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I just replaced my headunit in my 94 camry. It now has an alpine hu and everything works fine. Except when i turn the headlights on the dash lights dont work. This is kinda anoying when im driving at night as i cant see how fast im going.. I checked all the fuses and they are fine except the tail one keeps blowing when headlights are turned on.
Where was your car made? ... Canada?
Anyway ... just a guess .... check for a solid green wire in the vicinity of the radio/cd unit ... inspect and see if it is possibly touching anything that might have cut the insulation or shorted it to ground... This green wire comes from the tail relay, and I think maybe from the headlight relay, if your car is the Canada version.
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The guy is in the land down under, where women glow and men plunder. Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Anyway, I'd assume that it was either made in Japan or in Australia.
At this point, just pull the radio out and double check all the wiring. If it is still a problem, remove the radio completely and re-wire it so that you can correct the short that you have somewhere in the system.
Out of curiosity, which Alpine did you go with? And any chance that you can take a picture of it? Just wondering how the console looks in a Camry with the wheel on the right side.
hey dude. i got an apline deck a few months ago. when i installed mine. i think 2 of the wires ended up being usless. i just put a piece of electric tape over them, for the rest i threw some electric tape aswell, just to make sure nothing is touching. good luck
i agree with what everyone else said here about touching wires. speaking of which, were you able to wire yours so the alpine unit only lights up when you turn on your headlights? for me, all of the lights on the HU turn on as soon as i power up the radio. its a little annoying at night because i cant control how bright it is.
speaking of which, were you able to wire yours so the alpine unit only lights up when you turn on your headlights? for me, all of the lights on the HU turn on as soon as i power up the radio. its a little annoying at night because i cant control how bright it is.
turns out i just had something connected wrong. bit of fiddlings and a few blown fuses and its all good :P
as for the lights, yer the hu lights dim when the headlights are turned on. connected the illumination wire on hu to the green wire in car (well its green in mine)
hey dude. i got an apline deck a few months ago. when i installed mine. i think 2 of the wires ended up being usless. i just put a piece of electric tape over them, for the rest i threw some electric tape aswell, just to make sure nothing is touching. good luck
be sure to tape them good. if you can solider and use heat shrinks.. better connection and more secure.
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i agree with what everyone else said here about touching wires. speaking of which, were you able to wire yours so the alpine unit only lights up when you turn on your headlights? for me, all of the lights on the HU turn on as soon as i power up the radio. its a little annoying at night because i cant control how bright it is.
some HU come with adjustable display feature. not sure if your HU have one or not. thats how mine is too. but its dim during day time and gets brigh as its get dark.. wished i've gotten teh 4900ib instead of the 3900mp...
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The Camry is a car that I can rip out someone's pride, stab it, beat it, and completely bash their egos, and it's so ridiculous that the person comes back with a hysterical laugh... ROFL They got trainlengthed by a Camry that in their mind, was a 18 sec car.
turns out i just had something connected wrong. bit of fiddlings and a few blown fuses and its all good :P
as for the lights, yer the hu lights dim when the headlights are turned on. connected the illumination wire on hu to the green wire in car (well its green in mine)
Ive got the same problem gotta take a loook at this tommorrow LOL i was wondering what the (Orange) Illumination wire was for
The Camry is a car that I can rip out someone's pride, stab it, beat it, and completely bash their egos, and it's so ridiculous that the person comes back with a hysterical laugh... ROFL They got trainlengthed by a Camry that in their mind, was a 18 sec car.
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