I wanted to sayThank You!! I was pulling what’s left of my hair out of my head, And I found your video which was the most straight forward to the point one there was, and now my 2000 Tahoe has an aftermarket stereo! Again thank you!
We needed to replace a misbehaving stock radio in our 2001 Suburban. After seeing the many wires on the old unit, I did lots of research before the swap to a new aftermarket radio was done. By far your video was the most helpful because it addressed clearly what could have been a major problem. Our new radio works perfectly, every speaker in each door plus the tweeters and bass speaker in the rear compartment sound just fine! Many thanks to you!
Dude... I hit the same issue in my 2001 Tahoe. Thank goodness I found your video because now it's working. I would have never guessed blue to pink! Thanks for putting this up!
thank you, as you stated that lil pink wire was to blue was my problem hopefully, it's cold tonight will try to connect in the morning and hopefully get back to you and tell you it worked.
I bought a generic android unit from Amazon. Unfortunately, even though it supposed to be plug n play, there were absolutely NO instillation instructions. Plug n play was true but I had no rear speaker sound. One optional plug canceled rear speakers, other option grounded out all speakers. Thank god for videos like yours, browsing TH-cam I caught a quip about unnecessary ground wire. Clipped two wires on option two and everything worked perfectly.
Thanks for the video bro. Just finished my install on the Avalanche. I knew i was going to need another harness once i saw the extra connector. Hooked everything up nice n no sound. You saved me some $$$ and time. THANKS AGAIN.
This little trick works perfectly👌 splicing the blue antenna wire from the aftermarket harness into the pink wire from the smaller On-Star harness worked like a charm. Thanks again dude!🤟🇨🇦
hi I'm having a problem with a Boss Audio amplifier, I put it in my truck and it has the rock, class,flat,pop, and eq off settings. When I have it in every setting but eq off all 4 speakers work, but when I have it in eq off only the drivers side works, could you tell me what's wrong.
I just started having the same problem with my 2004 Yukon xl I was like what the hell is going on thanks man imma fix it later on this week and my touch screen radio it’s a pioneer it’s really old we had it installed in the early 2000’s
That pink wire is the factory amp remote turn on so yea it’s not bypassing it, it’s actually just turning on the factory amp so the music flows thru the factory wires
I don't have the solid blue wire I've only just got the remote wire the blue and white and that's it but I've got the exact same setup as you I've got a suburban which is the same underneath the dashboard as what shoes is but what word I hook it up to if I don't have this to solid blue wire
Mines weird, i only lose amp on AV in ( use for Onn tv streaming stick and screencast mirroring to radio. ) AM, fm, Sirius, aux, dvd etc all work fine??? Mygig RHR in 2010 Ram with lockpick and av adapter. I already tried to replace av adapter but had same results?? If blue wire is for amp, i splice in and ground it ? It worked fot weeks then suddenly stopped ???
Hey that didn't work om mine. But i did bypass the the factory amp completely by disconnecting the amp and buying two Metra 70-2002 plug s depining them and jumping the speaker in to the speaker out. Look up tahoesteve amp bypass it will give you what you need. Beside what you doing is useing the amp . If you want better sound and aftermarket speakers the factory amp will make them sound bad. Do the bypass and all will work and sound great
Will this work on single din also? I'm having this same issue on a 02 Escalade no sound. I just have the blue and white wire no solid blue. It's a sony cd player, but I do see where it looks like someone already sliced into the pink wire. Do u think I should try connecting my blue and white wire to the pink?
Dont know wat adapter u dont have and it would be alot easier for me to see what u have u pretty much have to connect that pink stock amp wire to a power source its kind of like ur remote wire on an aftermarket amp.
Hey bro so I have the same situation in my 03 Sierra 1500 but I only get sound when the switch is on and I don’t get sound when I turn the whole car on can you tell me what it is?
I think you gotta get power to factory amp. So like some eles commented you get one of those blue wires to somthin with power like the red wire. And your good to go. Dont connect it to yellow because thats a constant 12v. Red turns on with car
Hey i have the same issue but not that issue. Earlier today i was listening to music just fine and have been for months. And usually I have to turn the deck off then back on for the back shelf speakers to work so that's what I did today and as I turned it back on none of my speakers were working and got no sound. But the radio was on and everything. It does have a factory amplifier in the trunk of the car that came with it as well. Wondering if that went bad? Hope you can help!!
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing hmm it would seem kinda odd for all speakers just to go out like that randomly at once. I'll still check that tho as well. If not that then more than likely factor amp?
Well u could have burned them just double check to make sure if amp is also good then u might have a loose wire or your wires heated up and melted just double check those things
I had a shop install my aftermarket stereo and I’ve got sound but very low and no base so you’re saying they probably didn’t connect the blue wire for the factory amp?
What I did was install a line converter to the rear stock subwoofer so I can have rca connectors then installed a small sundown audio SFB600D and mounted it to the side of the stock subwoofer box. Connected power and remote and now I can run a external subwoofer box, I still have the stock sub hooked up to the trucks sound system so if I pull that box I still have some bass. The good thing is that its all under the panel so you don't see anything I even installed a speaker cup connector to the panel so I don't have to take off the panel to disconnect the speaker wire.
Where did u get and how can I get the pieces that are on both side of the stereo? I have an exact same one and I’m trying to find one so it can hold it with no problem, please help me man!!!!
Yo bro similar thing happened on my cobalt ss 07. I didnt switch back to the factory yet bc this is a recent problem. I do have a factory amp, and even my turn signal and door bell sound doesnt work. Do you think its similar to this?
The unit and harness came from a friend in an 07 comablt different model. His worked. My radio, amp and boppers worked before installing. I hooked the unit up to my ignition switch. Everything works on my car except sound, no signal sound, no door lock sound.
@@CressidaWrench u know to be honest this exact unit has been working perfect i tried to order a similar one not worth it i took it out my truck but this exact unit is great shows song and artist and it hqndles all my rockford fosgate door speakers well
dude i have the same issue but i just looked and i dont have lose blue and pink wires, was concidering replacing the stock amp with a better one but not very experianced in this, i have a 2000 durango btw
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing so took a pic of my wireharness aftermarket of course but i cant upload it here, i have a red wire is the same as the pink but both are already plugged in, thoughts? would it be easier to just change amps?
@@heresjohnny4836 well if u change amps u are going to have to run each speaker wire from all directions to new amp do u have instagram fb tik tok somewhere u can send the pic to me
@@ElGordo107 hmm only thing i can think of is maybe u have the wrong wires? Have u checked for duplicate colored wires maybe theres 2 pinks or blues or something?
Yo bro it’s simple fix man Go online look up your radio harness make n model for your vehicle then find a picture that matches up the same colors as yours and look for the “Radio On signal that’s what tells the amp to turn on
I wanted to sayThank You!! I was pulling what’s left of my hair out of my head, And I found your video which was the most straight forward to the point one there was, and now my 2000 Tahoe has an aftermarket stereo! Again thank you!
We needed to replace a misbehaving stock radio in our 2001 Suburban. After seeing the many wires on the old unit, I did lots of research before the swap to a new aftermarket radio was done. By far your video was the most helpful because it addressed clearly what could have been a major problem. Our new radio works perfectly, every speaker in each door plus the tweeters and bass speaker in the rear compartment sound just fine! Many thanks to you!
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Dude... I hit the same issue in my 2001 Tahoe. Thank goodness I found your video because now it's working. I would have never guessed blue to pink! Thanks for putting this up!
Thank god I found your video because I was tired of having no radio! Works perfect now! Need more of your videos!
thank you, as you stated that lil pink wire was to blue was my problem hopefully, it's cold tonight will try to connect in the morning and hopefully get back to you and tell you it worked.
I gotta give credit where it's due, I've been fighting with my 2004 tahoe since last night.
Your video got my sound working great. Thank you !!! 👍👍
I bought a generic android unit from Amazon. Unfortunately, even though it supposed to be plug n play, there were absolutely NO instillation instructions. Plug n play was true but I had no rear speaker sound. One optional plug canceled rear speakers, other option grounded out all speakers. Thank god for videos like yours, browsing TH-cam I caught a quip about unnecessary ground wire. Clipped two wires on option two and everything worked perfectly.
Thanks for the video bro. Just finished my install on the Avalanche. I knew i was going to need another harness once i saw the extra connector. Hooked everything up nice n no sound. You saved me some $$$ and time. THANKS AGAIN.
I knew the amp was going to be a problem, but thank you for pointing out which wire it was!
Your video helped a lot bro I just stripped the blue radio wire n plugged it with the pink n it work no slicing or cutting.
Thank you so much for your video!! I took two back to the store because of no audio! Wish I would of seen your video first!!
This little trick works perfectly👌 splicing the blue antenna wire from the aftermarket harness into the pink wire from the smaller On-Star harness worked like a charm. Thanks again dude!🤟🇨🇦
Thanks man, got stuck with the same problem on my 2002 Avalanche. Appreciate the help.
No problem glad i could help
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Thanks for this video bro, spent like an hour trying to find out what was wrong
Damn, that's a huge help. Kept me from doing all kinds of crap that I saw in other videos. Thank you. I now have sound in my 2001 Yukon again
hi I'm having a problem with a Boss Audio amplifier, I put it in my truck and it has the rock, class,flat,pop, and eq off settings. When I have it in every setting but eq off all 4 speakers work, but when I have it in eq off only the drivers side works, could you tell me what's wrong.
Bro thank you so much!! I almost lost all hope, now my sound is working and it’s amazing!!!!
I just started having the same problem with my 2004 Yukon xl I was like what the hell is going on thanks man imma fix it later on this week and my touch screen radio it’s a pioneer it’s really old we had it installed in the early 2000’s
Back in O8 or O10
No problem bro hope u get it fixed i know it sux not knowing what the problem is
Thanks man, 2020 checking in. Appreciate the video, I was pulling my hair out.
That pink wire is the factory amp remote turn on so yea it’s not bypassing it, it’s actually just turning on the factory amp so the music flows thru the factory wires
@@slowb4lls1 You know what radio adapter that is in the video? The white plug?
I don't have the solid blue wire I've only just got the remote wire the blue and white and that's it but I've got the exact same setup as you I've got a suburban which is the same underneath the dashboard as what shoes is but what word I hook it up to if I don't have this to solid blue wire
Mines weird, i only lose amp on AV in ( use for Onn tv streaming stick and screencast mirroring to radio. ) AM, fm, Sirius, aux, dvd etc all work fine??? Mygig RHR in 2010 Ram with lockpick and av adapter. I already tried to replace av adapter but had same results?? If blue wire is for amp, i splice in and ground it ? It worked fot weeks then suddenly stopped ???
thats not a stock amp thats a radio modulator you hook a ipod up to to get sound through your radio......the amp is located under the center console
I installed a pioneer single din radio in my 2001 Chevy Silverado and back two door speakers work but my front two don’t work
Blue wire seems to cause many people problems. What happens if you don't connect at all?
Thanx Bro..! That solved my dvd problem! Lets find out if the blue/pink combo gives me sound
Thank you so much !! I was pulling my hair out !!
Same harness running to the amplifier?
Do you know why I'm only getting sound from my 2 front speakers? No sound from rear speakers
Does this apply to 2004 GMC Yukon too?
is that the remote wired for the amp
Yes
Hell yeah zo im tuning in and didnt even know this was your video cuhhhhh! 💪💪 thanks carnal
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Thank u bro cuz i was show boutta have to ho spend thats 65 the radio dont cut it no more lol…bless bro thank u
Worked for me brother. Awesome video straight to the point. Ill share this around.
Hey that didn't work om mine. But i did bypass the the factory amp completely by disconnecting the amp and buying two Metra 70-2002 plug s depining them and jumping the speaker in to the speaker out. Look up tahoesteve amp bypass it will give you what you need. Beside what you doing is useing the amp . If you want better sound and aftermarket speakers the factory amp will make them sound bad. Do the bypass and all will work and sound great
Do you have a picture of your head unit installed
I can get a video of that as soon as my yukon gets back home you just want a video of it playing and the head unit i use??
I was having the same issue and ended up having to connect the blue antenna wire to power NOT the blue white. Sooo frustrating
Do this work for a 08 impala
What did you do with the orange “illumination” wire?
Nothing its isolated. Not connected
Will this work on bose system
Were u get bracket I need 1 for 05 Tahoe
Ebay
Will this work on single din also? I'm having this same issue on a 02 Escalade no sound. I just have the blue and white wire no solid blue. It's a sony cd player, but I do see where it looks like someone already sliced into the pink wire. Do u think I should try connecting my blue and white wire to the pink?
Yes should work the main goal is to find the wire off the car harness with sound but yes simgle din should be the same
Hey shay did you ever get it working? Im having a problem with mines not turning on what did you do?
Did you have to cut some plastic from the cradle to get the double din to fit ?
What if I don’t have the extra adapter with pink wire where would I connect the blue wire to then??
Dont know wat adapter u dont have and it would be alot easier for me to see what u have u pretty much have to connect that pink stock amp wire to a power source its kind of like ur remote wire on an aftermarket amp.
I would say ignition wire bro not constant power tho hope day shit help
Hey bro so I have the same situation in my 03 Sierra 1500 but I only get sound when the switch is on and I don’t get sound when I turn the whole car on can you tell me what it is?
Maybe ur hooked up to the wrong wire do u have a blue wire sometimes the wire u need is the blue wire get bak to me if the blue wire doesnt work
Is it separate then the remote Blue that’s for The amp?
@@bernadohernandez1479 it should be the blue on the harness already on the car not ur stereo harness try that then get bakk at me if it dont work
1NONLY ZO thanks appreciate
saved me a bunch of headache, thanks!
BRO YOU SAVED MY LIFE WTFF
Also Try Blue (Antenna) wire or Blue & white (AMP) wire to Red (ACC) wire
Thank you so much!!
would this work for 2001 ford taurus?
I think you gotta get power to factory amp. So like some eles commented you get one of those blue wires to somthin with power like the red wire. And your good to go. Dont connect it to yellow because thats a constant 12v. Red turns on with car
This saved me a ton of time, thanks!
Hey i have the same issue but not that issue. Earlier today i was listening to music just fine and have been for months. And usually I have to turn the deck off then back on for the back shelf speakers to work so that's what I did today and as I turned it back on none of my speakers were working and got no sound. But the radio was on and everything. It does have a factory amplifier in the trunk of the car that came with it as well. Wondering if that went bad? Hope you can help!!
Have u checked your speakers maybe they went out if not it might be factory amp gave out may want to test those teo things out first
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing hmm it would seem kinda odd for all speakers just to go out like that randomly at once. I'll still check that tho as well. If not that then more than likely factor amp?
Well u could have burned them just double check to make sure if amp is also good then u might have a loose wire or your wires heated up and melted just double check those things
Factory amp went out look up tahoesteve amp bypass .
I had a shop install my aftermarket stereo and I’ve got sound but very low and no base so you’re saying they probably didn’t connect the blue wire for the factory amp?
Sounds like they could of missed maybe bypassing a wire or they didnt connect the blue wire correctly
Doing gods work, thank you!
Where else can I connect the blue wire to I don’t have an extra unused harness with a pink wire.
What year is your vehicle and what model and r u not getting sound?
No sound for 96 gmc sierra everything turns on except sound
Thank you bro. You saved me some time.
I have to extra blue ones witch i plug to the pink one?? One is blue with white stripe the other one is just blue??
Should be just the solid blue wire that you use
What is blue color wire for use ..?
Usually remote wire for power to amp
So how you connect the subwoofer
Bett i got you
What I did was install a line converter to the rear stock subwoofer so I can have rca connectors then installed a small sundown audio SFB600D and mounted it to the side of the stock subwoofer box. Connected power and remote and now I can run a external subwoofer box, I still have the stock sub hooked up to the trucks sound system so if I pull that box I still have some bass. The good thing is that its all under the panel so you don't see anything I even installed a speaker cup connector to the panel so I don't have to take off the panel to disconnect the speaker wire.
are u an auto electrician i got a lil job if u think u can coach me though it on the phone? would love the help
Im not brotha just like to save my money and try things myself
Your video saved my butt! Thanks man!
Where did u get and how can I get the pieces that are on both side of the stereo? I have an exact same one and I’m trying to find one so it can hold it with no problem, please help me man!!!!
Ebay
What’s it call?
Also, the after market stereo wire harness doesn’t have the blue wire, and it is the same model and exact same double din stereo
Thank you! This was my issue in my 2002 Avalanche!
Yo bro similar thing happened on my cobalt ss 07. I didnt switch back to the factory yet bc this is a recent problem. I do have a factory amp, and even my turn signal and door bell sound doesnt work. Do you think its similar to this?
The unit and harness came from a friend in an 07 comablt different model. His worked. My radio, amp and boppers worked before installing. I hooked the unit up to my ignition switch. Everything works on my car except sound, no signal sound, no door lock sound.
I connected that pink wire and still no sound
I think you gotta disconnect a solid green wire on that aftermarket connector.
Thank you brother. Very very helpful👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.
I did that got and got sound, but now my battery keeps draining????
Is your stereo or lights or somethimg staying on that wasnt before???
No, when I open the door it goes out.
@@joemiller1949 when u open the door ur battery drains? Or ur sound goes away 🤔🤔
Nobody else has a battery draining issue?
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing I meant the radio shuts off when I open the door. But somehow the battery drains now. never did till I installed the radio
Legit a life saver I was about to take a baseball bat to my yukon
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Thanks bro that really helped me out alot
You are a life saver.
So pink wire to remote turn on wire
Thanks bro got it working💯
Man thank you so much this helped me big time
Glad to help
Thanks Bro straight forward
super helpful, thank you.
Appreciated the explanation! Thank you sir!
Yessir
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing and hows this unit working? Thinking about getting it after getting my old pioneer working in my burban
@@CressidaWrench u know to be honest this exact unit has been working perfect i tried to order a similar one not worth it i took it out my truck but this exact unit is great shows song and artist and it hqndles all my rockford fosgate door speakers well
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing where did you get the install kit? Is it just a generic double din gm kit?
@@CressidaWrench yea off of ebay i get almost everything off ebay
You are my hero🙏
dude i have the same issue but i just looked and i dont have lose blue and pink wires, was concidering replacing the stock amp with a better one but not very experianced in this, i have a 2000 durango btw
It should be same concept if u dont have those colors just try to find the ones that run to that amp or whatever it is under the dash
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing so took a pic of my wireharness aftermarket of course but i cant upload it here, i have a red wire is the same as the pink but both are already plugged in, thoughts? would it be easier to just change amps?
@@heresjohnny4836 well if u change amps u are going to have to run each speaker wire from all directions to new amp do u have instagram fb tik tok somewhere u can send the pic to me
@@ListoPalDesmadreRacing johnny lilgreen on fb
This still didn’t work for me I connected it like you said and still have no sound
But u still have sound when u reconnect stock stereo?
Yes I do
@@ElGordo107 what vehicle do u have and year
It’s a 2002 GMC Yukon XL
@@ElGordo107 hmm only thing i can think of is maybe u have the wrong wires? Have u checked for duplicate colored wires maybe theres 2 pinks or blues or something?
Thanks bud
Didn't work have a 2001 Tahoe
Thanks 😎
wish i would’ve saw this before i got pissed off and through a $1200 radio out the window bc i thought it was broke 😭
This didnt work for my 2000 gmc yukon
Thanks dude
Thanks bro!!
Tanks for your help
I still have no sound
Man
Thanks
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Update 90s silverado didn't work for me
Tthhhaannnkkk yyyooouuuu!!! This is and was EXACTLY what the problem was.
Tha k you so much !!
VERY HELPFUL!! Thank you!!
Glad i could help
i done this and i still have no sound
Yo bro it’s simple fix man Go online look up your radio harness make n model for your vehicle then find a picture that matches up the same colors as yours and look for the “Radio On signal that’s what tells the amp to turn on
@@xavierrios873 I think the amp is fried
@@brucewhite9657 go get one from the junk yard that’s what I’d do bro
@@xavierrios873 yeah, we got a pick and pull in Wilmington, just hope I can find a Denali Yukon or ESCALADE
@@brucewhite9657 a 04 n up Tahoe or suburban with the Bose has the same amp a
Thank you bro👏👏👏🙏
Still no sound
Thanks really helpful
Thanks so much
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Thanks big dawg
No problem G glad i could help
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Drivers should not watch tv while driving
But all new cars come with screens like this right?