Car Stereos: 99 dodge durango installed aftermarket cd player, power antenna, antenna wire

Question
Hi Brian, I installed a panisonic cd player I'n a 99 dodge Durango wired it up threw the wire harness correctly audio on the radio mode works switch to cd mode get no audio so I hooked up a speaker to the radio to make sure that it has audio I'n cd mode I was correct it has audio so I took two speaker wires from the cd player and touched two speaker wires on the factory harness still no audio so Brian I dont know were I whent wrong can u help me I've been installing for 12 years never had this problem except I'n a 89 Landrover were I had to tap into each speaker because they didint make harnesses and tunner kits for it so Brian if u can help me I will greatly appreciate it

Answer
Hi David,

This is a very common problem with a very simple fix.  The adapter harness you used in your Durango has a blue wire.  Naturally, you connected this to the blue wire in your Panasonic deck harness.  This is incorrect.  The blue wire in the adapter harness must be connected to the blue/white wire from the head unit.  This is a factory amp activation wire, and by connecting it to the solid blue (power antenna) wire from the new head unit, you're only activating the amp when the tuner is selected.

This happens all the time in Chrysler vehicles, because for some reason all the after-market harness manufacturers use a blue wire instead of blue/white for the Infinity amplifier turn-on wire.

Hope this helps!

Brian