Dash Light Wires

Just bought my 98 Sentra on Friday and I love it!

The guy I bought the car from had the stereo and speakers installed by Wal-Mart and told me that ever since they had been installed, the dash lights had not worked and the radio did not retain any station settings, etc.

I thought I could handle fixing that as I have installed head units and speakers before. There was no constant power to the pink wire and no switched power to the blue wire - traced these both to blown fuses in the fuse panel on the drivers side and re-wired properly (Wal-Mart had used the interior light Red/Yellow and Red/Green wires for power).

The radio now turns on with the ignition, and not the lights, and it retains the station settings. Now, this is where I am stuck - where do I connect the Red/Yellow and Red/Green interior light wires to get the dash lights functioning again?

Regards,

Steven

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mpb43055
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Okay, I have done some more searching online and found out that the Red/Green is the Illumination wire and the Red/Yellow is the Dimmer wire, but I still have no idea where to connect these.

Any help?

Steven

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AlbaTiVo

AlbaTiVo cried out

should just be the dimmer for the stock head unit, try your fuses, might bave blown the fuse, dash light circuit is not designed to power a head unit so probably a blown fuse. Most aftermarket head units do not support the dimmer function so clip and cap that wire to avoid short circuits in the future

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Rosco

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