I've had a sony Xplod CDX-4000X cd player in my truck since I bought it, but recently decided to put a computer behind the seat for mp3z, and realized I needed a deck with aux in, so I bought the Panasonic CQ-DF800U and got it today in the mail, go to install, of course the harness is for the sony, so I drive to best buy and they try to sell me the same plug as came with the unit (bare wires on one end, panasonic plug on the other) Seeing as that wont do ##### for me, I say a polite version of stick it, and go home and break out the shop light and go at the wires, just crimping the wires by color and electrical taping the ends. Get all excited and turn key to acc, nothing happens...so I turn it off and break out the voltmeter, yellow wire (battery lead/always on) to ground is .04 volts, *sonufa!*
switched lead is 0, dar, turn key to acc 12.68 volts, good. put voltmeter on the top of the harness to the yellow lead, 12 volts, but past the harness it is .04-.10 volts...what the hell is going on and why doesn't best buy sell a Ford-Panasonic harness????


1995 F150XL - Reg cab/bed, 4.9L, 5-speed, Metallic Navy Blue/Gray int.
Mods: Tanno cover, bed-liner, 1200 watt Crunch amp, 2 10" Rockford Punch Subs, sony cd-player, K&N Filter, Flowmaster 40 series w/ no visible exhaust exit, BFG A/T 31"x10.5"R15 & Rancho RS5000 shocks

 

Check and see if there are any small in line fuses that may have blown. Most of these are very small, and very easy to blow. If you continue to have problems I would just run a new wire, you could probably take a lead off of your fuse box from the horn or cigarette lighter fuse, or some other fuse that has constant power. You could also go straight form he battery to avoid the fuse box.

Good Luck

Murph

 

It was a blown fuse, but not one of the inline ones, the fuse closest to the drivers side front panel in a black box, (never knew there was another fuse box there, instead of the one in the dash) pop old fuse out, new one in, fire up the truck and stereo starts thumping, and I LUV the way the new deck looks, it has a 8 band dancing EQ thats the same color as my truck, I'm in luv!


1995 F150XL - Reg cab/bed, 4.9L, 5-speed, Metallic Navy Blue/Gray int.
Mods: Tanno cover, bed-liner, 1200 watt Crunch amp, 2 10" Rockford Punch Subs, sony cd-player, K&N Filter, Flowmaster 40 series w/ no visible exhaust exit, BFG A/T 31"x10.5"R15 & Rancho RS5000 shocks