Circuit 129

problem

Radio dead, mute, or forgets presets

Fuse 9 (8 A), lid-card A (Radio) and C (Soundsystem), trunk battery, Bose amp, fiber ring on late cars. In that order. Not fuse B — B is the A/C clutch.

Dark head unit

Engine-bay fuse 9 (switched, 8 A white) then lid-card letter A (Radio) and letter C (Soundsystem / CD / door lamps). Slot B is compressor / kickdown, not audio. Then voltage at the radio plug. Accessory dropped at the ignition switch will also take the cigar lighter with it.

Alive but silent

Bose amp in the trunk, fiber-optic loop on Series III, antenna amplifier in the rear fender. Aftermarket head units that ignored the fiber loop are a staple of ‘it died after the new stereo’.

Forgets presets

Constant 12 V missing. Battery terminals in the trunk, or the constant pin at the radio. Not the switched fuse.