Friday 7 October 2011

What wires can i hook up just to see if my cd player works? also the color of the wires?

cd player, my brother made it smoke out the back, just looks like a blown fuse though, im trying to see if it works once i change fuses someone please tell me what wires to connect, thanks.



by the way, its a clarion
What wires can i hook up just to see if my cd player works? also the color of the wires?
Just to test if it powers up, ground the black wire (to the chassis or a ground if your bench testing it), and give the yellow and red wires a 12v supply. If it powers up then you know that much is ok. Next you'll have to test the speaker wires, just connect each set to a test speaker to see if theres sound, doesn't matter which is negative or positive, since your just testing for output, just make sure to use the wires that are the same color (one solid, one with a stripe), now if all of the speaker outputs produce sound through the speaker, then you know that is ok. Hope this helps.
What wires can i hook up just to see if my cd player works? also the color of the wires?
Sorry, but if you saw smoke it's not gonna be the fuse.

But if you want to test it just connect your Accessory wire and Constant wire to a +12v supply (like the battery) and your Negative to the chassis or any ground. the head unit should come on then, but dont get your hopes up.
YELLOW RED WHITE TO CD PLAYER