Jugz
09-12-2004, 02:22 PM
I've had my E for about two months now and just tried installing my Alpine CDA-7894. I previously had this head unit in my 99 Accord and thought I'd install it in the new ride this weekend. I was pretty confident that I could get everything to work since I installed it into my accord on my own also, since starting I've run into a frustrating problem.
When I hooked up the wiring harness and tried out the system, the radio would work fine, but once I tried playing from a CD, there would be no sound coming from the speakers. The Alpine seems read the CD properly since the track timer ticks smoothly and I can even see the equalizer bouncing up and down as if there was music being played. The problem is that there is no sound.
At first I thought there was something wrong with my head unit, but I brought it to Best Buy and the guys there said there isn't anything wrong with the head unit and mentioned something about incorrect wiring interfering with the amp - which is causing it to turn off when a CD is being played - hence, no sound.
Has anyone encountered a problem like this? I thought it would be simple enough to connect the wiring harness, but now I know it isn't. Am I missing something? Is there some special way to hook it up because of there's an amp in the E? Please help!
When I hooked up the wiring harness and tried out the system, the radio would work fine, but once I tried playing from a CD, there would be no sound coming from the speakers. The Alpine seems read the CD properly since the track timer ticks smoothly and I can even see the equalizer bouncing up and down as if there was music being played. The problem is that there is no sound.
At first I thought there was something wrong with my head unit, but I brought it to Best Buy and the guys there said there isn't anything wrong with the head unit and mentioned something about incorrect wiring interfering with the amp - which is causing it to turn off when a CD is being played - hence, no sound.
Has anyone encountered a problem like this? I thought it would be simple enough to connect the wiring harness, but now I know it isn't. Am I missing something? Is there some special way to hook it up because of there's an amp in the E? Please help!