Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio HU install gone wrong.. no interior lighting?

hi.. i had best buy install my HU last time, i replaced it with a Pioneer Deh-m6500, 1995 ford contour.

most of the wires seemed to match up, except my ford had a Blue, and orange/black that i didnt know what to connect to, and the HU had a Yellow & Black.

Problems:
the ceiling lights dont work, and a few others.
HU didnt turn on.
whenever i release the brakes, thers a peice of plastic under the shifter that clicks back and forth, only when the battery is on does it do this.

anyone know what i did wrong, do the dimmer/illumination wires have to do with this, i dont think i connected those right..?

thanks

ok i think i blew a fuse. i checked all the ones in the intrument fuse panel..the only one blown was the cigarette lighter, is this the reason?

Hmmmm


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http://www.installdoctor.com/Harnesses/Ford-Wiring.pdf
Check it out, you may find your wiring is incorrect.

Here are your Pioneer wire-codes in case you can't read the wire labels.
P o w e r
Memory (+12v Constant) Yellow
Ignition (+12v Switched) Red
Ground (-) Black
Dimmer Pink/White (Alpine only)
Power Antenna Blue
Amplifier Turn-on Blue/White
Phone Mute Light Blue (Sony only)
S p e a k e r s
Right Front (+) Gray
Right Front (-) Gray/Black
Left Front (+) White
Left Front (-) White/Black
Right Rear (+) Violet
Right Rear (-) Violet/Black
Left Rear (+) Green
Left Rear (-) Green/Black

check fuse 32 and 34. ones for radio, ones for interior lights

hmm this sucks. i didnt know i oculd mess up installing a HU so badly lol

all the fuses were good, i think i correctly hooked up all of the wires to the HU, but the reason why it wont turn on is the same reason as the rest of my interior lights wont turn on.
are there other fuses to check?

if this is still a problem for you, the same thing happened to me when trying to get my subs to work in my svt.

the interior lighting/cd player fuse blew twice while i was doing it..and eventually the internal amp on my head unit fried so for now im back to the stock cd player..

i believe i blew this fuse when i was connecting the amp-turn on wire from my head unit, to the stock amp wire. maybe its a better idea to not have these plugged into the cd player or anything else while doing it ...

yea tell me about it, 2 blown fuses and a blown int. amp.

im goin for a new record here

did that fix the brake noise