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Old 02-10-2019, 06:17 PM
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I have a 2004 Ram 1500 with the 5.7, with the infitiny sound system. I have 3 tweeters and 2 front and 2 back speakers in the doors. I wanted to replace the stock headunit with a aftermarket one. So I went and bought a headunit and the adapter for my stock harness. The head unit turns on but no sound comes through my speakers. But if I hook the old headunit back up it works perfectly fine. Anyone have any insite on why this is happening??
 
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Did you buy from crutchfield? They would supply you with everything you need to make it work.
 
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Did you buy from crutchfield? They would supply you with everything you need to make it work.
no I bought my head unit from Walmart, the adapters I bought are scosche and from what I was reading it said it would work.
 
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There is a wire that tells something or other to turn on the amp. On aftermarket units, I believe that wire goes to the power antenna output of the head unit. Just need to figure out which wire that is.
 
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There is a wire that tells something or other to turn on the amp. On aftermarket units, I believe that wire goes to the power antenna output of the head unit. Just need to figure out which wire that is.
I have them all connected. The wire was labeled “amp power” and I connected it to the corresponding wire on the new radio harness. I’m starting to feel like it’s sometjinf to do with the infinity amp.
 
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I would need to see wiring diagrams to see how it actually is supposed to work.... but, I don't have 'em. I *think* there are service manuals around here for download somewhere????
 
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I would need to see wiring diagrams to see how it actually is supposed to work.... but, I don't have 'em. I *think* there are service manuals around here for download somewhere????
here is the diagram of the stock head unit.
 
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What wiring harness did you use? If it was metra 6502 then that is the problem.
Metra and scosche also have tech support lines that are helpful.
 
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Yeah, that diagram doesn't even show the amp.
 
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It's the amp turn on. I reneger reading years ago the aftermarket plug has the wrong color wire. So it basically is not turning in the amp, no amp = no sound
 


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