No remote?

Cook · February 15, 2007

i just picked up my 03 silverado (non-bose) and wanted to install my kenwood deck with my sirius radio because im sick of regular radio and cd's that can only hold 15 songs. anyways, i wired it all up and i had no power. i took my meter and checked everything. my ground is fine, and i have constant power. my remote however isnt there when i turn my key on. i tried again from the stock wiring harness and i still have nothing. i checked my fuses in the trucks fuse panel and the 10A fuse on back of the deck and everything checked out ok. kinda weird that when i put the stock deck back in, it still works. where my kenwood wont. i think tomorrow im going to run a wire from the ACC on the fuse panel to my kenwood, then try it. any idea whats going on here guys?

February 15, 2007

i just picked up my 03 silverado (non-bose) and wanted to install my kenwood deck with my sirius radio because im sick of regular radio and cd's that can only hold 15 songs. anyways, i wired it all up and i had no power. i took my meter and checked everything. my ground is fine, and i have constant power. my remote however isnt there when i turn my key on. i tried again from the stock wiring harness and i still have nothing. i checked my fuses in the trucks fuse panel and the 10A fuse on back of the deck and everything checked out ok. kinda weird that when i put the stock deck back in, it still works. where my kenwood wont. i think tomorrow im going to run a wire from the ACC on the fuse panel to my kenwood, then try it. any idea whats going on here guys?

Did you get the serial adaptor as well?

The '03 does not have an ignition on wire. You need the serial adaptor to give you that output when you turn the key on. I think you need it even on the non-Bose systems.

Halen5150 · February 16, 2007

There isn't a switched power wire behind the dash on an '03. Use a test light to find switched power on one of the wires below the steering column, and splice into it. I'm almost 100% sure it's a blue wire.

Cook · February 16, 2007

kinda weird, how does the stock one turn on then? oh well. i was told its the pink wire, but im just gunna go off the fuse panel so i dont start splicin around the steering column

thanks guys

-cook

Mike M2 · February 16, 2007

You'll find a 25amp fuse marked "wipers", top row above the relay. That will give you accessory power. Notice your door chime is now gone? It was part of the factory radio. The factory radio new when to turn on from data provided by the trucks BCM. You could buy a GMRC-01 and that would give you your accessory power plus the door chime if you wish....

Halen5150 · February 16, 2007

kinda weird, how does the stock one turn on then? oh well. i was told its the pink wire, but im just gunna go off the fuse panel so i dont start splicin around the steering column

thanks guys

-cook

You don't have to cut any wires. I just used a snap connector to get power to my radar detector...no cutting of wires involved. But for the head unit, I bought the expensive harness that includes a switched power connection and the door chimes.