Hi i have installed this cd deck into many cars and i understand its fundimentals its just an older Koss radio nothing special, BUT i have taken the old stero out that was in my 1988 Fire Bird 305 TPI it was not the factory deck and was not using a harness, my problem is every time i charge my battery and take it off charge i whent to work came home to test out my install (cd deck, pioneer preimere champion series sub 1200w peak i and 400rms andi have a suntech 1 farquad capacitor and a kenwood 1000W peak amp) the battery was DEAD FLAT i couldnt start the car or anything. so we jumped my car and it started we took the cables off after a minute it ran for about another minute and then shut off BATTERY DEAD and this is without running the stero or anything. WHATS WRONG!!!!!!

 

I have the PINK wire of the car wired to the BLUE wire on my deck as a remote trigger i also have my amp wired to this wire. I have the YELLOW wire of my car (ignition) wired to the RED wire on my deck. I have the RED wire of my car wired to the YELLOW wire of my deck. I have the black wire of the car hooked up to the BLACK wire of the deck. I have all my RCA's and speakers wired properly. I have my power cable ran to my capacitor from the battery with the proper inline fuse. I have my capacitor wired from the negative terminal on the capacitor to the wheel well of the car. I have the amp grounded to the SAME SPOT on the wheel well. I have the power cable for my amp hooked up to the positive terminal on the capacitor as well. Before applying the 12 volts to the capacitor i did charge the capacitor using a test light and then i reinstalled the fuse.
BY THE WAY THIS IS A BRAN NEW BATTERY IN THE CAR AND YES IT HAD A FULL CHARGE TO BEGIN WITH.

PLEASE HELP I CANT START MY CAR WITHOUT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM

 

Are you positive that the stereo and amps are shutting off when you turn the key off?

What is the condition of the cap? Have you tried bypassing it, just to make sure it's holding a charge, and not just being a drain on the system.

 

LOL Great Minds Think Alike yea i decided to bypass the cap just becuase and guess what?????? NO PROBLEM Thanks anyways though