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AM/FM RADIO WON'T TURN OFF
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 6:57 am
by firemedic4
HELLO ALL I WAS HOOKING UP AN XM RADIO SYSTEM IN MY TRUCK AND HAD TO UN HOOK THE AM/FM RADIO A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS DONE , I TURNED OFF MY TRUCK AND THE RADIO WAS STILL ON, EVEN AFTER I UN HOOKED EVERYTHING. THE RADIO WOULD STILL NOT TURN OFF SO I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE ? ANYONE KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG OR HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO HOW TO FIX IT THEM SELVES THEN PAYING BIG BUCKS FOR CHEVY TO FIX IT... THANKS BOB
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:34 am
by nmfire10
1. CAPS LOCK SUCKS
2. It would help if knew what kind of truck it was
3. You are probably backfeeding constant power to the ignition switched lead on the radio. Either that or you totally disconnected the ignition switched lead and spliced it into constant power.
4. If things went bad and you caused a short that melted insulation, you could have wires crossed.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:40 am
by firemedic4
sorry it's a 2000 gmc sierra
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:11 am
by ARZ902
Its possible you corrupted the CPU/memory in the radio.
There should be a way to do manual reset.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:20 am
by ssybert
Try using GMC LAB RSS to push a fresh codeplug into it. That should correct any CPU corruption

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:51 am
by Cam
What do you mean even after you unhooked everything? What did you unhook? Also when you were taking the radio out, did you just unplug it or were you cutting wires.
If I had to guess, I'd say that Matt is right and some how (most likely when you were hooking in your XM radio) you got a non igintion switched wire feeding your igintion switching wire.
Cam
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:51 pm
by KitN1MCC
When i installed my xm in my 2003 2500HD i did not have to remove the radio left it plugeed in just had to plull i out and plug in the modulator. i got power off the fuse block
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:06 pm
by spectragod
You won't need LAB for that, it's front panel programmable.
SG