Memory Loss

capachi2 · 10-12-2007, 07:22 AM

Good day, After hooking up my indash dvd player my Car got a complete memory loss. It seems as though the power/memory wire used to hold memory for the indash stereo equipment got grounded or something. Now it holds no memory of previous settings once i turn the car off. What should i do and is there anything that can remedy the situation. Ive checked all fuses and none has seemed to be blown. Any ideas

Tastycakes · 10-12-2007, 07:42 AM

1 take it to the dealer and
2 i thought when i clicked the link you had come down w/ amnesia or something lol

Ryan T · 10-12-2007, 07:54 AM

Hmmm . . . seems I forgot what I was going to say.

Oh! Something about the dealer. . . . oh, wait, there it goes again . . . dang!

j/p The dealer should have to take care of that for you.

tolgaSI · 10-12-2007, 07:54 AM

lol i thought that too. amnesia haha

NRM · 10-12-2007, 01:38 PM

Hold up, you mean you were hooking up an aftermarket DVD player right? If it isn't holding positions in songs, movies, or remembering the time, then it's the hot wire (usually yellow) that isn't spliced properly. The yellow wire which is your constant power to your system which keeps all the data in memory. The red wire is your ignition wire which sends the current to turn it on. So if the yellow wire isn't properly spliced, then you will have this "memory loss" every time.

And if it was a bad ground, it wouldn't turn on at all. So you can rule that out.

capachi2 · 10-12-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NRM

Hold up, you mean you were hooking up an aftermarket DVD player right? If it isn't holding positions in songs, movies, or remembering the time, then it's the hot wire (usually yellow) that isn't spliced properly. The yellow wire which is your constant power to your system which keeps all the data in memory. The red wire is your ignition wire which sends the current to turn it on. So if the yellow wire isn't properly spliced, then you will have this "memory loss" every time.

And if it was a bad ground, it wouldn't turn on at all. So you can rule that out.

Wires are spliced perfectly according to diagrams, ive disconnected everything and rewired but i dont know if its a fuse problem. i just hope the constant wasnt grounded out or something. Can it just be a blown fuse. Having to reset the deck everytime i jump in is no big deal but i just want to make sure the problem can be remedied without taking it to dealer.

NRM · 10-13-2007, 02:51 PM

Yeah, I know what kind of pain the dealer can be. I'd invest in a multimeter and check your wires. I'd hate to say that it COULD be a blown fuse, because usually a blown fuse would show more symptoms than just a "memory loss." But you could check your fuses to be safe.

10-12-2007, 07:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
capachi2 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.S Virgin Islands Posts: 18 Shawn iTrader: 0 / 0%	Memory Loss Good day, After hooking up my indash dvd player my Car got a complete memory loss. It seems as though the power/memory wire used to hold memory for the indash stereo equipment got grounded or something. Now it holds no memory of previous settings once i turn the car off. What should i do and is there anything that can remedy the situation. Ive checked all fuses and none has seemed to be blown. Any ideas

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10-12-2007, 07:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tastycakes Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Suburbs of Chicago Age: 25 Posts: 2,644 Mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	1 take it to the dealer and 2 i thought when i clicked the link you had come down w/ amnesia or something lol

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Ryan T Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 25 Posts: 303 Ryan Trevisol iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hmmm . . . seems I forgot what I was going to say. Oh! Something about the dealer. . . . oh, wait, there it goes again . . . dang! j/p The dealer should have to take care of that for you.

10-12-2007, 07:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
tolgaSI Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 436 iTrader: 0 / 0%	lol i thought that too. amnesia haha

10-12-2007, 01:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
NRM Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 86 Mike Nguyen iTrader: 2 / 100%	Hold up, you mean you were hooking up an aftermarket DVD player right? If it isn't holding positions in songs, movies, or remembering the time, then it's the hot wire (usually yellow) that isn't spliced properly. The yellow wire which is your constant power to your system which keeps all the data in memory. The red wire is your ignition wire which sends the current to turn it on. So if the yellow wire isn't properly spliced, then you will have this "memory loss" every time. And if it was a bad ground, it wouldn't turn on at all. So you can rule that out.

10-13-2007, 02:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
NRM Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 86 Mike Nguyen iTrader: 2 / 100%	Yeah, I know what kind of pain the dealer can be. I'd invest in a multimeter and check your wires. I'd hate to say that it COULD be a blown fuse, because usually a blown fuse would show more symptoms than just a "memory loss." But you could check your fuses to be safe.