Radio not working

TYPERHUNTER

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1998 HONDA CIVIC
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
60,000 MILES

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Today I was connecting my aftermarket radio everything was working. I disconnected the radio to put my dash back in I tryed to connect it again and it didnt turn on. I think I might of let wires touch but now my red wire does not have any power but my yellow wire does. I went ahead and took a wire and went to the fuse box located under my hood and saw the radio back up fuse was blown. I replaced it and still nothing soo I took the wire and connected it to my back up radio fuse and the radio did turn on soo I am guessing its something between the fuse box and the red wire in my dash. The fuses under my steering wheel are fine also i'm baffled?

Sunday, October 11th, 2009 AT 6:17 PM

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IMPALASS

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Hello

Now if I understand you correctly. The only current problem is you have no power to the red wire with the key on? Here is a guide and the radio wiring diagrams so you can find where you are losing power.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring

Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

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Sunday, October 11th, 2009 AT 10:41 PM

TYPERHUNTER

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My car is a honda 98 civic ex. I was trying to connect an aftermarket radio with an aftermarket harness I unpluged the harness to put in my dash and I think the wires might of touched so now the red wire has no power. Yellow wire does have power. I went up to the fuse box under my hood and connected a wire to my back up radio fuse and ran it to the radio thru the outside of the car turn the key and the radio turned on. I checked the fuses on the driver side they all seem to be fine. I know I could probably run a wire from my batt. The the radio with a fuse in between but I would really like to do it the right way?

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Monday, October 12th, 2009 AT 7:23 AM

IMPALASS

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Hello -

I have attached the wiring diagram in parts. . .. . ..so you can see it better and print it out and tape it.

From what I see the constant hot is fuse 47 under the hood white/blue wire and the fuse 28 under the dash is switched on yellow/red wire. Check those to see if blown and use an ohm meter or new known good fuse.