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Old 10-09-2014, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ron59b View Post
I've checked many things and still can not get the wiring correct. I wired the radio to a constant hot and the accessory lights still only come on with the doors open. With the constant hot hooked to the radio, the radio works but also cuts off and on when the volume is turned up.

Any advice would be helpful.

Hmm, something isn't right. The radio cutting off when volume is up is the most worrying part. It almost sounds like there isn't enough current available on that circuit, and when the radio cranks up, the voltage drops to an unusable level. I would want to hook up a meter and measure the voltage on that wire, and see if it drops appreciably when the radio gets louder. If so, there is a bad connection somewhere upstream that is causing a bad current related voltage drop.
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