hello

i installed a alpine iva-w230. it turned on and worked, then i took it out to installl the gps antenna.

Next day i attached the gps antenna and plugged in the harness and now the deck wont turn on anymore

how do i make it turn back on again?

 

Check if you didn't blow a fuse, maybe once adding the GPS it over did it and blew a fuse. In that case maybe you will have to go to a 20 fuse or bigger. Normally I think it's a 15.

 

Believe you have a fuse for radio under the dash and also under the hood. Check for blown. I would strongly advise against putting in bigger fuses. The wiring is made for 15A or 10A whatever it is. Though you may not see any adverse affect, but potential temperature the wiring can withstand may be over than what it will take to blow a fuse. Rather find the issue, or run a relay with a direct power suply from battery in thicker gauge. Just my opinion.

 

Putting a bigger fuse in to replace the one that is blown if thats the case can start a fire, because you are putting more draw on the circuit and now with a bigger fuse in there it will not blow and instead it will heat the wiring up and could start a fire from that, just keep that in mind.

Plus the radio fuse is a 10amp not a 15

 

Thx for the help. I returned the pos lol & replaced the fuse w/one of the backups