Always Bright EVERYTHING!?
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Always Bright EVERYTHING!?
I did the mod to make the overhead display always bright. But this got me curious. Is there a way to make the radio and everything always stay bright when the lights come on. Somebody should look into that and let us know.
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Here is a chart of wiring that I found that could help you.
Radio 12v lt. green/purple + radio harness
Radio Ground black and black/lt. green - radio harness
Radio Ignition pink/black or lt. green/yellow + radio harness
Radio Illumination lt. blue/red (dimmer) + radio harness
Factory Amp Turn-on dk. green/purple + radio harness
Notes: This is the subwoofer amplifier turn on lead. The subwoofer and amp are in the driver side rear corner of the cabin. The subwoofer speaker wires are brown/orange (+), and red/black (-) at the radio harness.
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- orange/lt. grn - lt. blue/wht +,- radio harness
RF Speaker +/- white/lt. grn - dk. green/org +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- gray/lt. blue - tan/yellow +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- orange/red - brown/pink +,- radio harness
Immobilizer Bypass Module: Required: Yes Type: SecuriLock Part #: 555U
Radio 12v lt. green/purple + radio harness
Radio Ground black and black/lt. green - radio harness
Radio Ignition pink/black or lt. green/yellow + radio harness
Radio Illumination lt. blue/red (dimmer) + radio harness
Factory Amp Turn-on dk. green/purple + radio harness
Notes: This is the subwoofer amplifier turn on lead. The subwoofer and amp are in the driver side rear corner of the cabin. The subwoofer speaker wires are brown/orange (+), and red/black (-) at the radio harness.
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- orange/lt. grn - lt. blue/wht +,- radio harness
RF Speaker +/- white/lt. grn - dk. green/org +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- gray/lt. blue - tan/yellow +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- orange/red - brown/pink +,- radio harness
Immobilizer Bypass Module: Required: Yes Type: SecuriLock Part #: 555U
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Here is a chart of wiring that I found that could help you.
Radio 12v lt. green/purple + radio harness
Radio Ground black and black/lt. green - radio harness
Radio Ignition pink/black or lt. green/yellow + radio harness
Radio Illumination lt. blue/red (dimmer) + radio harness
Factory Amp Turn-on dk. green/purple + radio harness
Notes: This is the subwoofer amplifier turn on lead. The subwoofer and amp are in the driver side rear corner of the cabin. The subwoofer speaker wires are brown/orange (+), and red/black (-) at the radio harness.
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- orange/lt. grn - lt. blue/wht +,- radio harness
RF Speaker +/- white/lt. grn - dk. green/org +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- gray/lt. blue - tan/yellow +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- orange/red - brown/pink +,- radio harness
Immobilizer Bypass Module: Required: Yes Type: SecuriLock Part #: 555U
Radio 12v lt. green/purple + radio harness
Radio Ground black and black/lt. green - radio harness
Radio Ignition pink/black or lt. green/yellow + radio harness
Radio Illumination lt. blue/red (dimmer) + radio harness
Factory Amp Turn-on dk. green/purple + radio harness
Notes: This is the subwoofer amplifier turn on lead. The subwoofer and amp are in the driver side rear corner of the cabin. The subwoofer speaker wires are brown/orange (+), and red/black (-) at the radio harness.
Power Antenna N/A
LF Speaker +/- orange/lt. grn - lt. blue/wht +,- radio harness
RF Speaker +/- white/lt. grn - dk. green/org +,- radio harness
LR Speaker +/- gray/lt. blue - tan/yellow +,- radio harness
RR Speaker +/- orange/red - brown/pink +,- radio harness
Immobilizer Bypass Module: Required: Yes Type: SecuriLock Part #: 555U
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It doesn't. Or at least pulling the blue/red wire doesn't do it. But it does blow your exterior illumination fuse when you do it. So if anybody knows how to do it though let us know.
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I don't think it had anything to get grounded on, but I'm going to try it one more time to make sure.
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So I was wrong. Pulling that wire didn't blow the fuse, it just got grounded. BUT, this mod doesn't work because it cuts off the radio button lights. Too bad
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I should have ask if you tested for voltage. when you cut the wire did you check for voltage on the wire out of the radio / or the wire in the harness. I would test it for voltage with the light on/off. Then you can tie the wire out of the radio to +12 or ground
to get it to stay bright, let us know what voltage you find.
to get it to stay bright, let us know what voltage you find.
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I should have ask if you tested for voltage. when you cut the wire did you check for voltage on the wire out of the radio / or the wire in the harness. I would test it for voltage with the light on/off. Then you can tie the wire out of the radio to +12 or ground
to get it to stay bright, let us know what voltage you find.
to get it to stay bright, let us know what voltage you find.
