E-Class (W124) 1984-1995: E 260, E 300, E 320, E 420, E 500 (Includes CE, T, TD models)

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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 02:39 AM
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I replaced the head unit on my 95 W124.... Problem,radio is working,but when i switch to cd i dont get any sound,cd is spinning inside song play time is running but no sound. I dont think its my head unit,my friend told me it might be amp problem(if there is one?) or some way how to connect wires. Anyone have any idea whats going on???? Thanks!
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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you should get some sound out of the speakers, i would think...
what you need to do is pull out your head unit, and attach a spare speaker directly to it and make sure it's actually outputting sound.
your car has an amp in the trunk that may need to be bypassed, which is how i did mine. it should be on the right hand side of your trunk behind the trunk lining, under the hinge for the trunk
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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Thanks man... yeh i checked my output with spare speaker and its working... I checked my trunk for amp and i found two of them (atleast it looks that way)... And i discovered one more problem,when my illum wires are connected its working fine while the head lights is on,second i turn of my lights i get INTERRUPT message on my headunit,and nothing seems to be working,I turn lights back on and its working again... Any idea whats going on?
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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haha who installed it?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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My self with friend... Why what i did wrong?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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i think you might have hooked the illum wire up wrong, maybe to the cell phone mute or something. what is the make/model of your head unit? that would help a lot...
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 01:34 AM
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My HU is ALPINE CDA-9835 I ithink i hooked my wires wrong.... Dunno where to look... I have black/gray wire coming from the car but dont know what is it nor where to connect it. Thanks for respond man!
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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i'll see if i still have the stuff from when i did my car, i managed to figure out most of the wires.
the error would seem to be on the head unit side though, i think you hooked up the illum from the car to the audio interrupt on your deck.
look at the wiring again, make sure the PINK AND BLACK wire FROM your HEAD UNIT is hooked up to NOTHING. the ORANGE wire should be hooked up to the illumination wire from your car...
good luck!
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I'll try.. Thanks!
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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Got it working but discovered that one rear speaker isnt working so decided to replace them... Any suggestions on rear speakers, im thinking JL Audio component speakers.
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i'll see if i still have the stuff from when i did my car, i managed to figure out most of the wires.
the error would seem to be on the head unit side though, i think you hooked up the illum from the car to the audio interrupt on your deck.
look at the wiring again, make sure the PINK AND BLACK wire FROM your HEAD UNIT is hooked up to NOTHING. the ORANGE wire should be hooked up to the illumination wire from your car...
good luck!
OT your car looks incredible btw
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