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Who wants to help me figure out my aftermarket stereo in my truck?

Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:42 pm
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
35643 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:42 pm
I seem to be having an issue...

2003 Chevy Silverado 2500HD

Factory stereo works fine, but it's not bluetooth. So, I ask Santa for a Dual double din stereo from Walmart. I believe in lieu of just a simple harness, I'm gonna need the interface harness because i'm doing a backup camera as well. i seemed to have wired everything up correctly. here's how it looks.



radio red wire to harness red wire

radio yellow wire to harness yellow wire

radio black wire to harness black wire

radio speaker wires to harness speaker wires.



i plugged the stereo harness up to the factory harness.

then plugged the stereo harness to the new radio.

turn the key/crank the truck and the radio will not turn on.

i hit the power button on the radio and it turns on.

i turn the truck off with the radio on and the radio will remain on even upon opening the drivers door.

i can turn power off to the radio just like i turned it on, but that's not intuitive like it should be.

i figured maybe my GM truck has the constant and switch wires backwards so i put red to yellow and yellow to red.

same outcome.

i plug my old radio back into the truck and it functions just like it did before i uninstalled.

any thoughts?
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35035 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

radio red wire to harness red wire

radio yellow wire to harness yellow wire

radio black wire to harness black wire

radio speaker wires to harness speaker wires.


No white wire? Raysis
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65692 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:49 pm to
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any thoughts?
I would have written a check to make this happen.

Good luck.
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
24287 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:55 pm to
Buy a new truck already. Sheesh.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:55 pm to
Is it 2006?
Posted by LurkerTooLong
Lakeview, NOLA
Member since Aug 2016
1857 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

So, I ask Santa for a Dual double din stereo from Walmart.


Why get a stereo from WalMart? Let me guess, it’s a Jensen piece of shite?
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108743 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:00 pm to
Could be an issue with the ignition wiring not working with the aftermarket stereo.

Try running the ignition wire to a cigarette plug that comes on/off when you start/stop the truck
This post was edited on 1/5/21 at 9:01 pm
Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
5159 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:13 pm to
In my youth I’d play around with those wires till I had it figured out perhaps for hours. I had two systems installed recently. My biggest headache was getting a ride from and too the install place. Ah how sweet life is
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
13895 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:16 pm to
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Factory stereo works fine,
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, dumb arse.
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
35643 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:29 pm to
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If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, dumb arse.


but it doesn't have bluetooth.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
13895 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

but it doesn't have bluetooth.
. Mine don’t either.
Posted by Eyebesmacinhose
Enterprise, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2017
1724 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

but it doesn't have bluetooth.


WTF is bluetooth?
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
NWA
Member since Jan 2012
6550 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 10:05 pm to
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
35643 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 10:14 pm to
i'm not an OT baller, what can i say?
Posted by doublecutter
Hear & Their
Member since Oct 2003
6586 posts
Posted on 1/5/21 at 10:24 pm to
Go to Crutchfield.com and see if they have the ready made harness/ connections for your year and model truck. As for back up camera, hard wire to back up light.
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