hey i have an aftermarket jvc deck in my 98 1500 the way i have it wired is my battery wire and acc. wire from head unit are with the key power wire which is red and white the music plays fine but my settings out save on my head unit. Also my dome lights do not work tonight i connected the org wire from the truck which i figure powers the dome light and hooked it too the acc. from cd player and the black and yellow wire from truck which is the dimmer i believe when i did this my dome light was on only when key was on when i turned key off light went out. Does anyone have an idea of what i should do? ha thanks!

 

Do you have the factory original radio? Did you use an adapter harness to connect your JVC radio to the factory stereo connectors? Sometimes there is a wiring diagram on a label on the radio which would explain what each wire color means.

You lost the settings to your radio because you didn't connect constant-power to it...both of the power leads you connected to a switched ignition (accessory) signal.

You might wind up needing a shop to make this right...

 

I just connected the wires didnt buy a harness doing it this way there is a black yellow wire a pink wire and an orange and on this diagram i have says that the pink is fused B+ i believe so im really what i should do with that either

 

If you haven't cut off the factory connectors to the radio from wiring harness, then go to a Circuit City or Best Buy and purchase the radio wiring adapter for your Ram. Make the connections from the JVC's harness to that adapter harness, and then plug it into your factory wiring.

This is the best way to complete the install. The adapter will have EIA color standards for the connections (power, speaker, ground, etc.) and will make it a breeze to complete the install of your JVC replacement radio.

 

Thanks for the help but i got it figured out blown fuse was taking the power from right wire haha

 

bourret, I am having the same problem you had while hooking an amplifier up to my sony head unit. Some where I must have let two naked wires touch and it blew that same fuse. Could you tell me which fuse you had to replace to save me the trouble of finding it.

Thanks