aha! the yellow wire is for constant power, like when the dome light than can stay on all the time, red is for a switched 12volts power that stays on when the engine is on like the cig lighter, if u crossed them then when engine is off, the yellow wire is giving power to everything... correct me if im wrong but that the way i remembered it.. So did you find the out where is the prob?

 

That is correct Ace. They need to be switched.

 

ahh.... so i should just cap off the yellow wire then eh? ill do it on monday cuz my friend's garage isnt open n i dont have the tools in my garage.. ill go see to that n tell ya how it goes..

 

No. The stereo needs the constant yellow for memory (and also uses this while the ACC/red is switched on). BOTH the red and yellow need to be properly connected...

 

ok now im lost..

 

The yellow wire has 12V+ on it all the time. When you tied that to the red wire (switched 12+V), you've bypassed the key/switch. This effectively puts 12V everywhere - making all your accessories work - despite key position.

By properly wiring them (not tie the red/yellow together), your accessories will work when the key is on, and stop when the key is in the off position/removed. Whomever told you to do that - ignore any further advice from them.

The Yellow is constant 12V
The Red is switched 12V by the key position

DO NOT TIE THOSE TOGETHER!

 

yea i figured, ur last post just confused me, theres no yellow wire in the harness so i'll just go ahead n cap it off, i also got an ipod adapter so i will mind as well hook that up..

 

There should be a yellow...
You're not using a plug-and-play harness like this are you...

http://bestkits.com/ViewImage.aspx?img=i/BHA1761.jpg

 

There maybe some harness with different color codes, if thats the case, you'll have to find out which wire is the constant 12volt and the switched/accessory 12volt power

 

yes exactly, theres no yellow so im thinkin bout just cappin it off..

 

no dont cap off anything, just do it the right way and find out which wire goes where.. You can post a pic of your harness and maybe some guys here can help you out...

 

crap... i left my lil instruction bag in my bud's garage.. and... i've capped off one wire already.. so.. lol...

 

lol dude, you're like in a mess.. just take it to an audio shop if you cant fix it, but DIY is fun, take some time and learn things..

 

Strange, what brand is your deck?
Most use standard colors, only exception I can think of is really really old Pioneer. For those old ones, the thicker orange with a fuse is the 12v constant if I remember right..

 

ok now dont go flammin on me but with the money i can afford was a Dual XDVD8265 and im using the exact same harness as the link above, note that i can still get that instruction bag for that harness..



Side note.. an asian female friend said that hummers look better than a scion tc (i hate hummers with a passion useless pieces of S**T... fugly as*s cars)

 

woot, finally got it working right, i proved my friend dumb.. lol so after i separated the red a yellow wires it worked properly, everything turns off the way its supposed to when the key is unplugged, on top of that i got the wire to the ipod wired right, thanks guys for helpin me out, the thing frickin rocks lol

Note that is an authentic japanese Razo black carbon fiber wrapped shift ****

 

lol glad to you had it fixed man, that looks nice...

 

Yeah, now hardwire that radar detector, looks 20x better. PM me if you have questions about it.