Aftermarket head unit produces no sound?

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Where would that fuse be located? I’m looking at both fuse boxes and I don’t see either fuse 41 or any indication about that wire.
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 AT 12:32 PM
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What about that 15Amp Audio fuse?
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 AT 12:36 PM
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The Audio fuse is good.
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 AT 12:46 PM
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We're missing something here. I would verify full power on the 2 feeds with the key on and use the Ground at the radio for verifying power. Also, what are you using to check for sound, since you don't have the Antenna hooked up? Do you have a cd in the head unit?
I see that the white harness plug is for the new head unit, correct? And you're using crimped connectors, but there looks to be a inline fuse, is that what's on the yellow wire?
One thing I have seen a long time ago was a speaker wire that had somehow become shorted out to the frame where the speaker was located. If I remember correctly, one of the tabs that the speaker wire was hooked to had been bent and was touching the frame in the rear of the vehicle, I don't remember if it cut out sound completely, but it was a problem area and the only time I had ever seen that be an issue.

But check your powers and ground with a meter and make sure there's a full 12-volts, and if after all that still nothing, go through the speaker wiring again.

Sometimes when I run into issues and I'm not 100% sure of a harness connector, I will de-pin a wire I suspect as possibly being the issue and retest. It's much easier than cutting and re-crimping wires. So, you could try de-pinning the right side speak/tweeter and see if audio comes back to the left, and then the reverse. But take a picture of the connector before de-pinning anything so you have a reference for where each wire goes back. Maybe there is a positive and negative switched around. I don't deal with audio issues like this anymore. But the diagnostic process is still the same. Run through what the possibilities could be and then make a plan.
On the back of that white connector, you should be able to see the tab that holds the wire pin into it, that looks like a pretty wide connector. I use a pin or super small flat head to pull up the tab and take the wire out of the connector while testing. But do that after your power checks.
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 AT 1:12 PM
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When testing for sound I plug in the antenna, and I also try Bluetooth. Correct on the yellow wire there is an inline fuse. You said you’ve seen before the speaker wire shorting because it touched the frame, would that cause the whole audio system to malfunction or just the speaker that said wire is hooked up to. And instead of de-pinning the harness could I just use the multi meter on the harness to see if each of the pins is receiving the correct power.
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 AT 7:43 PM
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Yes, I was just mentioning de-pinning the connector to check if volume comes back on either the right or left. So, if you de-pin the right-side speaker and the volume comes back you know there's a problem with the right-side speaker wiring. Or the reverse. But yes, you can just check the power right at the connector, and you should because you need to know power is making it all the way to the radio head.
With the speaker shorting out, I think it did cause there to be no volume at all, I remember it was something I had not seem happen before. And haven't seen it happen since.
If needed, try the old head unit and see if you have volume, this might be a speaker wiring issue. I would go by the OEM wiring diagram I'll repost that for you with the wires labelled.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 AT 9:17 AM
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Here is the OEM Nissan wiring diagram, I marked each wire color for you, the Right door speaker colors could maybe be a bit confusing. But these look to be the same as the aftermarket wiring diagram, but you can double check with this.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 AT 9:33 AM
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Okay, so I used my voltmeter, and the right door tweeter is receiving almost no volts (0.1). Should I uncrimp those wires and see if the volume comes back to everywhere else? Should I chase those speaker wires up to the tweeter and see if shorted up there? I apologize for not answering fluently, I've had school and other things have come up.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 9:27 AM
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I would try de-pinning the wires for the right speaker at the connector, you can cut the wires and check the volume then if that's easier for you. I don't think you'll have any shorted circuits to the speakers unless you were working in those areas. But unplugging the right-side speakers first should tell you if that's the problem area. You should get volume back on the left side.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 9:35 AM
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Okay. One other thing, the wires that were receiving power were receiving just under 6 volts and I want to make sure that’s the correct voltage that should be read.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 9:50 AM
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No that's not correct at all, both the power feeds should be battery power, the memory feed is 12-volts as well as the ignition switch feed (also 12-volt). You're getting exactly 6volts with the key on? There's an inline connector on the constant battery feed (E43 and M65 are the other side of the connector). The Ignition switch (Acc or on) feed has a connector at the J/B Fuse Block, M26. I'll try to find these connectors for you, but if you have the same exact voltage reading on both wires, your ground is most likely not good. Are you crimping these connectors tight enough? Without a full 12-volts, nothing is going to work right, usually when things get down to around 9-10volt level modules will start to act funny.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 10:19 AM
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Third diagram is the SMJ which looks to be located behind the passenger side kick panel. Here's the locations of everything.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 10:36 AM
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Yes, with the key on it reads just under 6. Once I get back home I'll make sure the ground is strong enough and most of the wires I crimped I had both wires go into the same end of the butt connector and crimped them like that, so the crimping shouldn’t be an issue.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 10:38 AM
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So, I got to the SMJ and I'm confused on what to do. I’m not sure if I read it wrong but am I supposed to test the pins the same way I would with the harness?
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 12:00 PM
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You're checking for where you are losing 6+ volts. Are you reading the same exact voltage on the Red/Green wire and the Red/Yellow wire, or just one of the wires? And what's the voltage reading at the two fuses? It seems very unlikely that you would be reading the same exact 6volts coming from two different locations unless it's a battery feed problem to those fuse locations. I put up the connector locations if one of the feed wires was different than the other. You're just checking basic dc voltage feeds. Has the battery voltage dropped off while doing all this installation?
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 12:11 PM
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I'm testing the pins on the connector and with the key on nothing is reading other than red/green and red/yellow. Now the red/green and red/yellow are reading around 11.2v so last time I must have been using a bad ground. One other thing is the blue wire for the aftermarket HU isn’t hooked up to anything currently and I'm not sure if that should be?
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 1:00 PM
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I didn’t mean to send that photo that was meant to be sent 2 messages ago.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 1:04 PM
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Your wire pinout for the blue wire reads "Power Antenna/ Amp Turn-On", so that should be a power output when the radio is turned on. To power either the power antenna motor or an additional Amplifier if you have a box with subs in back that needs a power up circuit. Does the old head unit work if plugged back in? What else do the instructions say that came with the new head unit? I only have information on the stock head unit.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 1:12 PM
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What voltage reading do you get if you use the black wire in the connector as your ground when measuring with a multimeter? And are you getting some different voltage measurement from other speakers than the one you mentioned had nothing on it?
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 1:15 PM
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These were the instructions.
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024 AT 1:18 PM

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