Hi guys. I have a question. Recently my headunit died in my car so im going to go look for another one and i saw a used on on craigslist for pretty cheap. Im intending to go on the weekend to check it out. I was wondering if any of you know how to turn it on without connecting it to your car? any help would be appreciated thank you guys in advance.

Ohh thats very Simple ..... You'll need a few things b4 u can do any thing.

Stuff Needed:
1: A 12-Volt Car Battery, or one of those special AC~DC Adapters especially for these purposes.
2: Atleat one pair of car audio speakers.
3: If its attached, use the special connector that is on the car-audio system for connecting the speakers or you'll need those mini clamp-on plugs, and carefully find out which r the pins for the speakers and connect them properly.
4: A few neat & clean Audio CD's. Make sure u have atleat one original cd, 1 homemade cd [made at home with CDRW drives] & 1 MP3 CD ,if it is supported by the player>.

Thats all .... once u have the above stuff, Do the proper connections and test it.
OR
A Simpler way is, go ahead and talk to the person who is selling it and Take Him & The car audio system to a repair workshop or something cause those guys know all the know how's. Then there they would test it in front of ur and the sellers eye's, and if any problems, can be solved there at once.

I cannot give more details apart from above because each kind of car audio system if different from each other, i have dealt with like 700 different types and believe me, no 2 are similar.

Hope this helps . If any further help needed do Kontakt Me

ok i have the car battery and speakers the thing is how do i connect the thing to the battery cas isnt the harness the thing wihch plugs into da car?? but den how do i connect the harness to the battery itself?


EDIT: I heard you can connect it to a computer power supply? do you know how i can do that? i have an xtra power supply lying around i can giev it a shot

Aiiiiiyyyyyyeeeeee ..... PC POWER suppy .. can be risky .... since all car audio systems & power supplys have different ampere ratings and wattage ....
if u connect it you have a higher risk of hearing a "dhuski" and a lil smoke along with electric burning smell .... "TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK"

Ok now connecting the power ......

There is No negative (-) lead since the radio has a metal backside body which is grounded into the car chasis, and the battery's (-) lead is also linked for grounding and supply purposes.
For the positive (+) lead ... In the Special connecting slot .... there is a solid RED colored wire .. Now Now be careful with that too .... connecting it to the wrong wire can lead to another "Dhuski" .. and god forbid if its the speakers wire .. then u r into emptying your pockets cause u have just blown the IC of the speakers ....

Then ,... this harness ,,,,, what exactly is that "harness" ,,,, ummm i am guessign that you are mistaking the FM Antenna Plug as that .... just lemme know what it looks like ...

..Lemme know of any other developments ...

nice

thanks ill try this on saturday when i look at it btw the unit is JVC KD-LX100 ‘El Kameleon’ owner says it wont power on if u know anything about it he says it was working fine till he pulled out of the car

My only lucky shot guess ...... The Main Power IC of the radio has Blown UP .... i guess u can get it fixed .... but u have to shell some money outta your pocket.
BTW can i have some details abt it ... like features <mp3, am, fm, equalizer, no of speakers supported, max speaker output wattage, etc etc etc .. also where it is made in ... i am guessing CHINA>