Ferrari Mailing List: Re: More Stereo Installation & Wiring Expertise Needed

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

Todd,

I am no electrical expert and am having a real hard time with this  
but, when I turn the car off or hook up the power to the factory  
always on wire the unit works great all the way up to max volume with  
no "Protect" warning its only when the cars ignition circuit is  
activated it shows a short. I used all new wires and as you can see by  
my gear lever photo on F-chat I take lots of time and am very  
meticulous. If there was some kind of short wouldn't the unit give the  
same warning straight from the battery?????? I pressed reset every  
time after turning the engine off and the unit worked fine until the  
car started then the lights went out and "Protect" came on, turn the  
car off, reset all fine again. I think that since there are so many  
things connected together like the antenna and heater fan the radio is  
seeing some short there? Im hoping that one of you with Pauls wiring  
diagram can look at it and give me some pointers. I am embarresed to  
admit it but it does not make much sense to me as an ex drummer! I  
wish I had taken some electronics classes when I was younger!!!

Rob

BTW Thank you for your reply I need all the help i can get. I rigged  
it so I can get to all the wires without removing the console,  
unfortunately I think there is something in this antiquated wiring  
that does not work well with the modern unit. I wish I had never taken  
the other one out now........... but ist sounded so bad and this ones  
sounds so good until you turn the switch! Thank goodness I dont have  
KERS.......


Robert W. Garven Jr.
rgarven [at] gmail.com


 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special  
vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for  
those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari






On Apr 26, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Todd Walke wrote:

> Robert wrote:
>
> > Result yesterday I got lots of ignition noise toady the unit says  
> > "Protect"
> > which the manual says that the speaker wire has a short circuit which
> > it doesn't.
>
>         How do you know the speaker wires don't have a short?  How  
> did you
> test them?  Are they new wires or the stock ones?
>         Try unhooking all the speaker connections from the radio and
> seeing if you get the Protect message.  If you don't, that would  
> indicate
> that there is a problem in the speaker wiring.  Hook up one set of  
> speaker
> wires at a time until you get the Protect message, the last set  
> being the
> one with the problem.
>         Also, I pulled up the manual off the web - did you press the  
> reset
> button after each change in wiring?
>
>
> Todd
> Seattle,WA
> '86 GTI, Red of course. (exciting racey car) 268,000 miles
> '01 Golf TDI, silver.   (new work car)       202,000 miles
> '87 Golf, Polar Silver. (retired work car)   654,000 miles <- Gone  
> to a new
> home :(
> http://www.pureluckdesign.com <-Ferrari & VW stuff
>
>
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