i recently bought my 99 ram 1500 sport and i was hoooking up my alipine head unit...well the problem is the radio works fine..the cd player doesnt play sound just the bass lines....i thought it was just my cd player but i hooked my friend sup and its the same thign also the bigger problem i have and need help on is when my truck is started the radio will come on like it should but then the air bag light comes on n the dash and then it beeps and i lose all power to my gauges...they work when i first start the truck but once the radio turns on the light comes on and the gauges go off....has anybody had this problem or does anybody know what might be the problem????????????? please help

 

Sounds like a short, Did u make the harness , or use a unversal chrysler to alpine adapter? if you made the harness , are u sure u wired it correct? For only the sub to come on , it sounds like some wires are crossed. I had a diagram that had all the colors and charts for the ram sound system , as i was doing my radio in december and had to make my own harness, Ill see if i can find it for you.

As for me thats all ive got. Maybe make sure something didnt get unpluged when u took the dash faceplate off, A wire could be loose.

 

no its the one from chrysler then the one that came with my cd player...i was thinkn i jus crossed up a wire when connectin the two but ive checked it like 5 or 6 times and i just dont get it cuz the radio will work but then the gauges dont and if i unhook the radio the gauges work but right before the gauges shut off the odometer reads "no bus"

 

odd, im clueless... sorry i cant be much help. But it seems like the radio is shorting the power to the gauges.

 

Do you have a bare wire, it could be arcing and shorting something else out, but I am gunna have to go with that it is hooked up wrong, or you nicked another wire.

 

You hooked up something wrong. Meaning, there is nothing we can do to help you.

Rewire and try again.

 

Since you "hardwired" it in, you might want to look in the merry Christmas thread. It has a PDF file of schematics on a 2001 ram. That should help you find out which wires go to what.

 

I made this when I hooked up my stereo. might help you out.

 

yep thats a good digram you made Maxx, It sucks i had a infinity premium setup , and i couldnt get the amps on the speakers to work , so only my tweeters worked. I replaced the speakers with new keenwood 5 way 6x9`s , only running two speakers right now.