aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
03-06-2011, 01:01 PM
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aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
A few weeks ago a buddy oof mine jumped my 92 rs. The idiot was smart enough to put the cables on my battery backwards while I was in the house grabbing some stuff. When I came out there were sparks shooting everywhere, really ticked me off. Well there was no apparent damage except that my radio no longer works, its an Alpine CDE-9842. I have replaced the radio fuse are there any othere fuses which could cause this or is my radio most likely fried? Thanks
03-06-2011, 01:03 PM
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
check your fuses under your dash one might have blown there instead
03-06-2011, 01:05 PM
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
That's what I already checked
03-06-2011, 01:08 PM
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
there is a fuse on the back side of your cd player i thought thats the one you ment...so pull your radio out and check that fuse
03-06-2011, 01:12 PM
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
Found it, and it is blown, thanks for the help I hope this will fix it
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
On your fuse block under the dash there is a fuse labeled ARC. Check that fuse, it controls constant power to the stereo, when my stereo was giving me trouble it turned out to be that fuse, and it is a common problem with our cars, most likely it blew out. as said above, check the fuse on the back of the stereo as well.
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
no problem...and dont let him jump your car again lol your really lucky thats all it blew
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03-06-2011, 01:40 PM
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
the acr fuse was good, and I replaced the one on the back of the radio now its works perfectly, and there's no way im letting anybody hook anything up to me again. Thanks again
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Re: aftermarket radio wont work after mismatched jumper cables
Be happy you only had some blown fuses, btw id check all the fuses just to be safe. And fyi, hooking up jumper cables backwards can actually cause a battery to melt down and possibly explode, if left connected long enough....
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