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Aftermarket head unit in 2008 - Krusty Driver - 09-08-2014
My son purchased a JVC KD-R950BT head unit for his'08 Focus S coupe, along with the appropriate wire harness. When he's attached everything he gets no power at all. Someone told him the '08 is different in that the wiring doesn't work as usual, you have to run a wire straight from the battery and fuse box in order to get power, but now it doesn't shut off with the ignition. Someone out there that's installed an aftermarket system have the same problem? Is there a way to shut it off with the ignition? I know the basics but this seems a little beyond my expertise. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
RE: Aftermarket head unit in 2008 - konafocuswrc - 09-11-2014
NOPE whoever told him is wrong.
Connect wire hearness as it was before but run accessory wire from headunit to accessory power, not to constant battery wire.
RE: Aftermarket head unit in 2008 - 03zx5 - 09-13-2014
Hey some one must of sold him the cheaper harness because my old sunfire I was sold the cheap wire harness any ways attach the wires colour to Colour like normal but the red wire that comes out of the new harness plug it into the fuse box wrap around one prong and plug it into one that turns off fully when the car does like fog lights ext
And or wrap the red and yellow together from deck and plug into fuse [/b]
(09-08-2014, 10:19 AM)Krusty Driver Wrote: [b]My son purchased a JVC KD-R950BT head unit for his'08 Focus S coupe, along with the appropriate wire harness. When he's attached everything he gets no power at all. Someone told him the '08 is different in that the wiring doesn't work as usual, you have to run a wire straight from the battery and fuse box in order to get power, but now it doesn't shut off with the ignition. Someone out there that's installed an aftermarket system have the same problem? Is there a way to shut it off with the ignition? I know the basics but this seems a little beyond my expertise. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.