Hey guys.

I just bought my headunit. The Kenwood 2035. I got it from Crutchfield. Everything was included. I got it installed and fit in and everything. But I have 2 problems.

1. Nothing is comming through the speakers. At all.

2. The memory settings (EQ, etc.) keeps resetting after you turn the unit off.

Is this just faulty wiring? I did the wires together by just twisting and taping. It worked fine for my Grand Prix. The thing is, I did that for the power wire too (the red one going to the 12v and it works just fine. But the actual harness isn't. That's what I don't understand. So I'm not even quite sure how the power wire works then.

Please guys, any ideas at all??? It's SUPER urgent. I have no stereo in my car right now. haha.

 

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I'd expect that the harness from crutchfield wouldn't need repinned...I'd say you got wired crossed or in the wrong spot...or actually RTFM(Read the Fine Manual) on your deck cuz IIRC kenwoods have a security thing so that could be part of it.

As for losing memory settings, do you have you 12v constant and 12v switched mixed up?

 

A. Learn to use a wire crimping tool and stop twisting and taping things like a pre-schooler at craft time.

B. You have probably reversed your switched and constant power leads. Or your twisty work fell apart.

 

Sounds like you wired it wrong.

 

How about a soldering iron? And shrink sleeve?

 

hey now, if you twist and tape correctly it will last forever...lol Sounds like he's not getting a constant Power source, and does your car have a pioneer 7 speaker system?

 

Actually, the problem was that I had to bypass the factory amp. Or something along those lines. A guy at my work used to install stereos a few years back. He attatched another wire (one of the blue ones) to the power wire, and voila, sound. I guess that's one of the few ways to do it. All I know is I have sound, and it sounds great! And yes, I do have the Pioneer set-up. And BTW, the ghetto-ass twist-n-tape way works just fine thank you very much. haha!