installed sub, now drivers controls dont work...

[STANG KILLA SS]

installed a sub yesterday. went in easy and worked right away. but i noticed after than the little controls over by the driver no longer work
its a '11 lsv with the sony headunit and sony driver control unit that looks like a circle with a "+" in it.
it powers up and shows the radio station etc. but NONE of the buttons work.

any ideas? i went back on the back of the headunit to make sure i didnt loosen a plug or something. everything was good there.

i also was playing with the EQ but dont think i messed with anything else in the radio.

i cant figure this one out

[ian ashton]

Not sure if that's a 1 wire remote or not, if so it soundslike the control wire (blue with yellow stripe) got disconnected.

[STANG KILLA SS]

well i connected to the blue wire (remote turn on lead) of course to tell the amp when to turn on. maybe i should disconnect the amp blue wire from the headunit blue wire and see if it starts working again? i just "Y"ed on to that wire should have interupted anything. and like i say its still getting power, and showing the stations/track numbers etc, just the buttons no longer work.

its a sony marine remote commander RM-X60M
appears to be a two wire. one headphone lookning jack and one SD or RCA looking jack (just looking at manual diagram)

[STANG KILLA SS]

fixed it.
but one of those deals where ill probly never know what was wrong.

i just unpluged and redid all the plugs for the 3rd time. fixed it.
i have a hunch is was the grey headphone plug though. the other black SD looking connector was just so positive of a fit and tight.
just glad its good to go now

[STANG KILLA SS]

well i went out to the lake last night, fliped the stereo switch and guess what the drivers controls werent working again ARG!
i was so pissed all night i didnt even ride.
i must have unpluged and repluged and wiggled connections and wires over 20 times out there. i only got them DCs to work twice. the first time it was acting crazy though. buttons were reveresed, and one time the up volume would go up to 8 then start coming back down to 2 then back up to 8 all while only pressing up volume. then i pulled audrey and they quit working again. redid everything 10 times or so and got them working again. then a bit later they quit again. SO frustrating.
im not 100% on this yet but i think the only time i got them working temporarily is when i also disconnected the blue remote turn on lead from the amp to eliminate it from possibility.
any ideas?
im gonna keep doing testing but with it being random, and not knowing whats fixing and breaking it, its hard to diagnose and fix.
VERY pissed.

[newty]

Thats got to be frustrating.
Is it a one wire connection,or is it a din plug and wires. Did you look to see if there is 2 blue remote turn-on leads off the deck? One may be an antenna lead and the other an amp turn-on. I know I had problems with a Clarion deck and remote because I had them hooked to the antenna lead instead of the amp lead. Didn't (at the time) realize there was a difference. That may be the problem and it be something that was done from the factory and not something you did. The remote may be fine to power off the antenna but the amps need to be off the amp turn-on lead.
At least thats a place to start. Hope this helps. You have a deck and remote model #. That may aid in the search for the problem.