3rd Gen Ram Double Din Radio Install
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2021
- Installing my new double din stereo into my 2006 3rd gen ram 3500 Cummins. It turned out really nice but had a real struggle dealing with weird wiring issues. Finally figured out how to make the radio not stay on without key power.
This Adapter solves all the issues that I was having. Everything works just like the factory unit with it. Darn CAN bus.
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That is crazy...I have been working on a 1992 Nissan Maxima, fortunately the 2000 Ford 7.3 is running strong... but boy howdy that car has made me appreciate my truck even more. I have a deep hole where money used to be and I have learned way more about the car than I ever wanted to... but it’s now nearing the end of the long list of repairs...I hope.. and I will get to enjoy the fruits of my labor, as you will as well. Take care and God bless... David.
Gosh, I hope this isn’t a sign of how difficult other mods will be! It was sad to see the ole girl drive off but going to someone who knows & understands the passion you put into her must give you peace of mind.
Thanks buddy for all you do making your videos and look forward to seeing your next video!
I’m thinking the same exact thing haha.
These trucks have a 10 min delay on killing power, just open the door and problem solved.
Thanks for the video! I really appreciate your guidance on this
Nonn no problem. After the fact bout and installed this adapter and it eliminated all the problems. Everything works perfectly now. It was the Can-bus system that was the problem.
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Thanks for sharing, hate to see the 7.3 go, but new trails are ahead! Maybe try this for the radio power issue, instead of plugging in the usb charger to cut the power to the unit, use your volt meter or tester to connect the positive to negative terminals in the 12 v plug. See if it registers any voltage and if it turns the head unit off the same way the usb charger does.
This Adapter solves all the issues that I was having. Everything works just like the factory unit with it. Darn CAN bus.
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Links to speakers?
Switch the fuse in the tipm! That's the 30 minute accessory plug. It'll be a 3 bay fuse. 20 amp.
Look for the accessory fuse, one is key off, other is 30 minutes.
I know I'm a year late, but your assumption at 24:45 is correct. Just enough power hanging out to keep it on. Add a 1/4 watt 100 ohm resistor to the back of your 12v outlet. That will burn all the residual current quickly. That's what I had to do with both my radio and my LED dome lights
Ahhh that’s a good idea. I ended up buying a control module built to work with CANBUS system and it has worked great. I expect that its doing something similar.
Looking good👍👍How much did you end up selling your 7.3 for??
Awesome helpful video. Going to be installing a similar one in my wife's truck for Christmas
Highly recommend picking up the control module I linked in the description. Made everything work perfectly for me. No more issues
Did u splice into the positive or negative wire? Could be cause it’s hooked in series and not parallel
What kind of wire did you use for the on off?
Did you try opening the door after you remove the key? A lot of newer vehicles will allow the accessories to stay on for up to 15 minutes or until a door is opened.
Yup, I tried that too. Radio still stayed on. I’m stumped on this one haha
@@LivingOnWheels either a normally open or normally closed circuit
Long time coming but my guess it has to do with relays the radio gets told to turn on by the key but never gets voltage change or anything to tell it to turn off… the radio stays powered because as you said its wired for power and just needs “signal wire” to actually turn on. That’s why when you leave something plugged in the cig lighter port that it will shut off because it’s completing the circuit that the relay is looking for🤔🤷♂️
Great video. Do you have the infinity sound system with the factory amp? If so how did you make all the sound work with that?
Thankfully I did not. I know that definitely gets more complicated. The module I have linked in the description might work with it but I’m not positive. You’d have to do a little more research on it. That’s what I ended up using on mine and it fixed all of the weird issues I had. Works like factory now.
My Gen 3 Ram has a time delay before all power turns off. Will the radio eventually turn off with all other power after the elapsed time?...circuit complete or not?
I know I'm a bit late, but does it shut off if you open your door? I still have "key on" power in my truck for 60 seconds after I shut the truck off and pull the key.....or until I open the door.
The stock stereo in my 09 ram stays on after you turn the key on and off but once you open the door of the truck it turns off. Or if you sit in the vehicle for a certain amount of time after shutting the key off the stereo would shut off after say 15min. As well as any lights you have left on do the same.
I’m about to install a aftermarket stereo in my truck. I hope it’s just as simple to just open the door and the stereo will shut off like the stock one would
Have you tried opening the door mine does that after I take key out but as soon as I open door it cuts off
Wow, hate to see the old girl go. I own two 7.3s and got some awesome tips form you.. I’ll always use your vids for reference.however, I’m gonna still gonna stay subscribed to your channel just for fun.. great job 👍
I appreciate it man
Bought my 2000 F-250 7.3 20 years ago and I'll let her when I go Home to meet The Lord! But I will say I've enjoyed watching Joe fix his truck up and gave me ideas on upgrades to Big Blue 😎
Just ran into this same problem. Scoured the internet for answers. You were one of the only ones to address it. Is the PAC C2R-CHY4 harness you bought still going strong?
Works perfectly 👍🏻
Good video, I love watching your vids, very informative and easy to understand and follow along. Question please. Did you have to buy a separate aftermarket specific wiring harness to be able to connect the new radio to the preexisting old wires? Everyone knows your friend got a sweet deal and a hell of a truck, hope we all get to see her again.
I appreciate it and yes I did. That is hands down the best way to hookup an aftermarket radio. It’s usually just a simple matching colors and plug it it. Super easy. The first video I did on putting the radio in the Ford shows that a little more.
Did you sell the 7.3 yet?
Not sure if you have figured it out by now but you have to use a interface with those kind of radios IT Supplies power to the radio and then when you turn the key off it'll stay on until you open the door then shuts everything off let me know if this helps
Like a deer frolicking back into the wild.
did this work with your steering wheel buttons
I actually don’t have wheels controls but I doubt it would’ve. However I did find this kit and installed it later on and it made everything work perfectly like it did factory. They also make a control module for the steering wheel controls thar plugs right into the adapter harness. It’s a little expensive but it made it work perfectly, so it was worth it for me.
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very interesting.
Does it turn off when you open the door.. I have a 09 3rd gen radio and lights stay on till I open the front doors
Where would I buy the whole dash piece for the truck
it’s a open neutral ground circuit
have a question for a 7.3 im stuck on defrost, ran through the basics replaced the motor, 4x4 actuator, checked all the 4 fuses but the pump doesnt even kick on. any ideas? any thing will help, the guy i bought it from had lock in hubs installed and i just noticed the are line that runs down to each tire hub isnt torn off, but shouldnt the pump still kick on?
Unfortunately I’m not sure I’ll be much help on this one. I know these trucks have a history of vacuum leaks. I’d say with you have a leak or the pump is bad. I would think that you could hook a multimeter up to the pump plug to see if it’s getting power. I’m not sure how that system works.
@@LivingOnWheels thanks for the advice i figured out it wasn't getting power to the plug and apparently there was one fuse i didn't know i had to check #28 wrong size was to small and busted. i replaced it and bam it started working thank god cause its getting top warm to not have ac lol
The one test that I would have like to have seen would have been to simply open the door to see if it would have interested the 10 minute delay off circuit.
I swear a did try that but it’s honestly been so long since this that I can’t remember for sure.
i'm currently tapping into my cigarette lighter for accessory power🤣
Found this harness and it works perfectly! No more shady wiring taps haha.
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im currently having an issue with hardwiring a radio into my truck, I CANT FIGURE OUT WHAT WIRE IS WHAT. my radio turns on but i cant figure out what wires are for the speakers, if you could help me with this that would be great, diagrams dont seem to be helping and the radio works with a different speaker.
Are you trying to splice into the factory wires instead of using the factory plug?
I need some help with the wiring im lost and the speakers wont work
Hey man. Do you know if there is any way we can upgrade that factory amp Fr or better sounding out put
I’m honestly not sure. I think I remember reading people say that they had to basically bypass it and run all new speaker wires from their new amp but I didn’t look a whole lot into it since I didn’t have that option
@@LivingOnWheels the reason I want to maybe go that route is I heard with that amp the door speakers only allow bass to play. So it’s pointless to get a good high quality speakers because it won’t play voice. Unless I upgrade the 3 dash speakers. Is that true. Do your doors only play bass ?
@@6nzchencho752 I don’t think that’s true but again, not positive since I don’t have the factory amp. Pretty easy test would be to just adjust the fade and balance to isolate the front door speakers and see what it’s doing. You might get the front tweeters with them but you should be able to tell the difference. That’s what I’d try to do.
What about the factory antenna for AM/FM radio? Adapter?
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Maybe it has a 30 second delay before it powers off. Leave sig. lighter out and take key out. Wait to see if radio ever shut off. Wish you the best.
I also tried that. Turns off after about 15 minutes... then turns right back on haha
I just wondered why you didn't use the power source from the factory radio. My truck is an 03 3rd gen so it was easy from the factory harness so maybe I'm just missing something. These so called Premium sound systems from the factory are more trouble than they're worth. I'd rather have a 150.00 Kenwood than the best radio the factory has to offer.
That was my plan. I checked every wire and there was not a single clean power wire for the factory radio. I’m honestly still not sure how they do it with the factory system but my understanding is it’s something to do with the canbus system.
I know this is a old video but maybe you can help me. I just installed a new head unit in my 07, it already had a head unit in it from previous owner but I want to update it. Spliced in the new radio harness with a new stereo adapter harness and the head unit powers on for a second then shutdowns. If I unplug it and let it sit and replug it back in the same thing happens, radio powers up for a sec then shuts down. I can't figure it out for the life of me.
Maybe something with the canbus system. I had my issue if not powering down and used the adapter that I listed in the description. It solved my issue. Can someone for sure if it will help your problem or not.
Took me about 20 minutes to figure out the same conclusion with the remote power lol
Where is the link to the video to remove dash
Where did you get kit from. And doesn't have the wire
Everything should be linked in the description of the video if you’re looking for it. I think all the links are still good.
So with my truck I keep my radar detector plugged into that outlet and that outlet keeps power even with the key off and out of the ignition until you open the door. Just like with your factory radio, it stays on with the truck off until you open the door. See if that does anything I guess. That may just be how it is.
Thanks for the input. I was actually able to find a control module that solved all the issues. Works perfectly now 👍🏻
@@LivingOnWheels what was the control module and where? currently having all the same issues as you with my new pioneer double din
I put a link to it in the description. It just wires online between the truck and head unit.
Why u mounted the microphone there when it goes on the pillar?
Mounted it there so I didn’t get real bad wind noise if I had my window cracked.
@@LivingOnWheels oh
I have my set up wired like this also but I’m having a issue with mine. When my truck tunes off the stereo turns off fine but when I turn it on none of my setting stick so I have to tune it everytime I use it abs I have to use usb because if I want to use Bluetooth I have to go to my settings press forget device and do all that stuff again I was wondering if anyone had a solution for this ?
I didn’t have that issue but I did find a control box that made it work perfectly like it was from the factory. I think I have it linked in the video description. Wiring took a little extra thinking but wasn’t too bad
what brand radio did you install
I believe this was a boss
All miss that sound
You and me both
Good video bud I assumed it was because it stays on till you open the door ? But idk 🤷♂️
It was something to do with the canbus. I linked the module that solved the issue for me.
Dude I had the exact same issue I was wondering why this was giving me so much trouble
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one haha. The module I linked in the description made everything work perfectly!
So I am getting my grandpa's 03-04 I believe doge ram 1500 5.7 liter hemi and it's not 4x4 (just giving as much info as I know lol that could possibly help), I do have a spare pioneer AVH-p4400bh radio and I can't find any videos or anything on if it would fit. Do you know if it would or could work?
I’m sure you can make it fit one way or another. Just have to know if it’s single din or double din, by the right adapter, and get the appropriate harness adapter.
Is it a pioneer radio?
This one was actually a Boss stereo.
I am replying here to say you DO NOT need the adapter on Amazon he listed in the description if you have a 2002-2005 truck.
2006 and up trucks DO REQUIRE this adapter
Yes. From my understanding this is correct.
Some dodge trucks have power running to things until you open a door then it cuts the power
Yeah. I tried testing that as well. Unfortunately didn’t change anything haha
Find another switched power supply that is already part of a complete circuit.
She gone !
and... She Gone!!😢
Add a relay to accessory cig wiring that will fix it. There is a small voltage just enough to trigger the unit with the key off. It not enough to keep the relay energized. Tap the output of the relay to the radio. If you need a diagram let me know.
I have actually thought about adding a hot bus bar using a relay just like that. Be nice to have a few slots for light duty accessories down the road.
You where supposed to catch the signal from the fuse box
I ended up getting a control module that works perfectly.
Bye truck
Perhaps if you used the data link maestro you wouldn't have had that issue.
Nice job speeding through all the components you needed to take off.. 🙄
Took about 30 seconds to look up.
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Open a door...
More video less chit chat
Too much needless talking and the removal was in fast motion, I can;t work that fast, On to a better video,
Get to the point 5 mins of talking
You talk to oook much. Folks want more action on fixing the problem. Show how talk later
Great video, however the adapter link you posted is showing speakers not the adapter. Please repost
Thanks for letting me know this. The link should no be updated.
Thanks!!!