CD Player turns off when headlights come on! Options

[torhne]

ok, i got it fixed, my problem before, it was one of the big fuses under neath the hood by the battery. but anyways, now that i have my cd player installed, i am getting no sound from any of the speakers for some reason, but the cd player is on, which is a huge step forward. But when i flick the headlights on, the cd player starts cycling on and off and keeps doing so until i hit the high beams, then it just stays off, all my gauges work, clock, cig lights etc etc... so any suggestions?

[itssteve]

ok well i have a few things that you should try, it seems that you have wired the constant power wire to the illumination wire, this would cut it on and then turn off when you turn the lights on cause the voltage drops when you turn them on and cuts off with the high beams, so i would go get a multimeter and check that, also i would check the continuity of all of the speakers because if there is a short it could stop all of the speakers from playing also you should pop test the speakers just to make sure they play in the first place. If all else fails run a straight wire from the batt to the radio and then run wire to all of the speakers its not hard just a pain. but take a meter to everything and that should help a lot, and i might be able to help you more