Yeah, like a few of the guys said you definitely have a factory amp. The problem is you can't amplify and amped signal. So no sound. What I had to do was run wire right to my speakers from my amp, bypassing everything factory. Running wire to all four speakers is a pain in the A**, but so is screwing aroudn with everything else. Deck rca's to the amp, then to the speakers from the amp and everything will work. Good Luck.

 

I guess I didn't read enough. I gave an explanation front and rears. Not sure if that will help so I apologize. So if all you did was install a new amp to an existing system it shouldn't have affected the fronts/rears. Installed rcas, ground, power, remote turn on. check the wiring harness, fuses, and ground. Check amp settings. Definitely check the remote connection. Did you tape it off or use a good crimp connector? If it touched anything it could have fried something. Fuses, etc. Hope this helps.

 

go look for a line driver. It is a low level amp that will boost the signal voltage to a little closer to 8 volts where the factory amps like it. Most small shops will have them, most big box shops will look at you like you are nuts. Ebay has more then a few to choose from

 

OK... so the install edge part has all the wires that you would need to install an aftermarket deck, (it's a universal part)including someRCA outputs for the front(??)and rear... I connected the RCA cables to the one labeled rear and the subs now work full blast[8D]

....BUT still, the other speakers don't even buzz or anything. My friends that I had look at it (one worked at an car audio shop for a few years, the other works for a DJ business and installed his own system in his car and a few other friends' cars) both said maybe when I pulled out the deck to connect the wires to the amp, I might have disconnected a wire for the door speakers. However, I have searched the entire dash for any open wires and have not found any...[:@]

Any more help is appreciated... Thanks to those who have responded already,
Addison

 

have you started simple and checked fuses? I can remember a customer in an explorer that was about the same year as yours that came into my shop, but this was when it was only a couple years old. It was driven by an polite older man and it seemed strange that he was exchanging the factory cassete player for an aftermarket cassete player, and I noticed on the pre-inspection checklist that the deck had power but no sound. He said the deck went out and he hated to replace it but what could he do, he checked the radio fuses and they were good?

I have said this often on here and for some reason everyone thinks I am joking but the circuits in the car are often linked, meaning that your wipers might get power from the premium sound circuit. This was one of the cases as when I started pulling each fuse one at a time to check EVERY fuse and it was about the 4th or 5th one in I found a burned fuse, and when I replaced it the sound came back on for the factory radio. I can remember almost being upset that I had fixed the factory radio and felt obligated to tell him since I knew he was perfectly happy with it and would probably not want the pioneer unit, we made a bonus when we were in customers cars but not if they return the product. Being honest to a fault I told him and he was excited to hear that, and realized that I could have thrown the pioneer in and he never been the wiser and thanked me. A week later his grandaughter came in to have the pioneer installed in her car and two weeks later my general manager came in with a great letter written to him from that customer praising me. The honesty paid off for a change but again I am really trying to ask did you check fuses? Did you check ALL the fuses both under the dash and under the hood?

 

Wow, The only fuses that I have checked are the one for the power cord to the amp and the one on the back of the deck... I wouldn't know where to start, I guess... I would suspect the manual would have something about it... right? lol

Thanks,
Addison