95 ranger radio woes !

[ruger52359]

I have a 95 Ranger that I bought new . I paid extra for the premium FM / CASS stereo . I just bought a SONY radio and installed it myself . I bought a wiring harness that plugged into the existing plugs that I pulled from the back of my old radio . I just got done soldering the wires to the new radio plug and snapped everything into the dash . All of the functions of the radio seem to work fine only NO sound what so ever will come out of the speakers , even with the volume all the way up . ANY IDEAS ???

 

[Hanzo Steel]

Open the hood and look around then shut the hood and try again.

 

[Hanzo Steel]

Really don't know, search some audio forums I guess.

 

[rwenzing]

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Open this link and scroll down to the notes on Premium Sound. It might help.

 

[ruger52359]

Does anyone know where the AMP is located ??

 

[rwenzing]

Does anyone know where the AMP is located ??

The factory Wiring Manual shows a picture of it on the DS rear corner of the interior but the worded description says it's on the PS. So, your guess is as good as theirs....

 

[ruger52359]

95 Radio Woes !

To all that tried to help , THANK YOU very much . I never did have to locate the AMP by the way , so the location is still a mystery . I did find out that it is a JBL amplifier . I was on the phone with the scosche.com techie . They made the radio wiring harness that I used . It seems that there are 2 ways you can go as far as hooking up an aftermarket radio . 1 , is to get the harness designed to " integrate " the amp . This is the way I went . 2 , is to bypass the factory amp . This harness comes with a 3rd set of plugs that will bypass it . What I did wrong when I soldered up the harness to the new radio is I did not hook up the blue wire . This is called the " trigger " wire . When you turn on your aftermarket radio , the radio sends a signal to the amp telling it to turn on . What threw me off is the terminology that FORD used on the factory plug . There was a factory sticker on one of the plugs that pulled out of the stock radio . It says that the Blue wire is for the mute function -( optional ) . So I did not hook this one up . It turns out that this is the " trigger " wire that you need . On your aftermarket radio , this is a blue / white wire . Be sure to put these two together and you'll be good to go .........

 

[RangerX]

Good work solving the problem. Crank those tunes.