#Car radio died the second time mx-5 2000

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wanton patrol
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Installed Sony DSX-A410BT. Worked perfectly.
Put its bracket in after testing it, won’t start anymore.
My car got a bad idle after this. Checked both fuses (not with multimeter but by looking at them); they look okay, not broken/ burnt/shot.
Checked manual and it said red and yellow wires should be swapped depending on the car wiring.
Checked and red and yellow are swapped in my car. Swapped them in the attached pic as the manual suggests. Still nothing.
The old radio doesn’t work anymore either and neither does the normal clock.

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little siren
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You're gonna need a multimeter

wanton patrol
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Will get one tomorrow first thing.

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Whats the most likely explanation? Blown fuse?

little siren
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It's really difficult to diagnose anything without a multimeter reading because so many different small things can go wrong lol

wanton patrol
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I see

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Could I try to swap the room fuse to the radio fuse?

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I’d temporarily lose interior light, auto antenna and warning buzzers

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Both 10A

little siren
little siren
wanton patrol
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I swapped two wires

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So red matches red and yellow matches yellow

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Could that have caused the blown fuse?

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But it shouldn’t have caused that

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It should’ve just caused the radio to continuously drain the battery

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Like them not matching beforehand

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The swap I did was after it stopped working

little siren
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you can try swapping it, and then swapping it back

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and if your interior light breaks then you know lol

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good luck man

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miata's are finnicky

wanton patrol
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Hmm

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My interior light went out after this happened

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But it happened a while after

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So I thought it was just a coincidence/ old bulb

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Maybe that fuse is also blown?!!

little siren
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I hope not

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try triggering the buzzer

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if the buzzer works you should be fine

wanton patrol
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If that one is blown too

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How bad is it?

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I mean cheap to replace but what could’ve caused it? A slight miswire?

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Im quite a noob

little siren
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I'm a noob as well when it comes to wiring at least

wanton patrol
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The buzzer fuse is also blown

little siren
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well that's an issue

wanton patrol
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It was just the room fuse

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All good now

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Except the radio is getting quite hot