bladerunner Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) I know there are numerous threads regarding this subject but here we go.................... Just fitted a new Alpine head unit in my Z, all went well until i tried to power it up and yes you guessed it..........................................NO power at all anywhere, refitted the bose unit and all worked fine, tried the alpine again with all the connections and it turns out that the bose unit was using the radio antenna as an earth, once that was sussed out i found i had power but no sound, mmm after a bit of trial and error i found a blue/yellow wire in the new harness that when connected to a wire in one of the multi plugs (more trial and error) i found sound and lots of it. Once this was identified i only had to lengthen this blue wire and bingo we have a fully functioning head unit with Blue tooth and facebook, it plays audio from a hard drive or an sd card through usb too. Happy Days. Edited May 26, 2016 by bladerunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 If only you'd read one of the numerous threads on the subject, you'd have known about that before you started Glad it's all up and running What unit did you go for? Any pics of the install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladerunner Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 I had read numerous threads on this so i knew not to give up on it, no pics of the install tho i can post a pic of the finished article later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetirider575 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Hows the volume - did you use a PAC line converter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlehermit Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I'm having this exact issue, which wire in the multi plug did you connect the blue wire to? Was it the remote wire (blue/white)? I've read the guides on here but there are either pictures missing or they're talking about wires i dont have! (Alpine head until also) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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