stereo

[norm's tear drop]

Seeing if car stereo is working before i do install
i hook up wires to battery
a light comes on and says hello followed by goodbye
and powers itself off
whats wrong ?
Is this unit junk or what?


Norm

[carlson]

make sure the radio is grounded.......this sounds like the same issue i had on the new pioneer i installed in my jeep - as soon as i grounded it with the chassis it worked perfect

[dh]

I had the same grounding issue with my Kenwood CD player I put in my Jeep (Of course, that was a marine radio, I didn't want to fry it if it rained while I had the top down).

[asianflava]

Make sure both power wires are connected. There is usually one that is red which is constant power, and there is another the color is sometimes yellow or orange. That has to be connected to the battery also when you check it out.

If you are hooking up the black wire to the battery, then it probably isn't a ground problem. Just to be sure, touch the chassis of the radio to the negative terminal (and only the negative terminal) battery while you are checking it out.

You may also want to try turning it on after it is connected. It may say Hello because power was connected then goodbye because it is still turned off.