algraysa

Greetings from the tip of Africa! Perhaps when the two wires were ripped out, you replaced them incorrectly (i.e. swapped around). If they were say a speaker positive, and an accessory or battery +12V swapped that would cause a bit of chaos, and probably fry the radio. Most of these radios have more than one fuse, and more than one power cable. Cable 1: Permanent +12V from battery (unswitched) Cable 2: Ignition Key related > gives +12V to radio when ignition is switched on. These two power cables are usually Red and Yellow in colour. Both need to be powered for the radio to work. Check both fuses are okay. Then get a multimeter tester and see if cables are actually providing voltage at the input socket to the radio. Eliminate the obvious stuff. If you are out of your depth, then stop mucking around. Rather go to your local college that does electronics as a course (don't phone them). Ask the lecturer who could help you sort it out on the cheap. A good student. They know who the boffins in their class are. Usually electronics fundis are into car audio, it's just a question of finding the right techie. Ask for help, they are usually quite keen to help and will rarely charge much (if at all), do a trade or whatever. If they are so inclined, ask them to explain what they do in fixing it, you get to learn some cool stuff. If they hit a brick wall in the repair, one of their buddies will then be called in, hehe. Remember: Once you fry your car stereo, you cannot unfry it. Hope this helps. Oh yeah. First post. Hello to all. Thanks for the resource. Respect!