I have a dvd player and Pioneer monitor which I installed via splicing into the head unit harness. I disconnnected the screen and pulled the headunit out to reroute the cable.

I accidently ground the black cable at the point where it connects to the screen, and now the dvd player and monitor are not getting power. The rest of the system works fine, though. Also the SRS light came on the dash. I checked the SRS and the SRS/Fuel fuses and they were ok. ANyone have any ideas.

 

Checked your fuses? (not just the SRS ones)

 

Chances are its an Open not a short. Id pull out a magnifying glass and look for burnt resistors or blown caps. How handy are you with a multimeter.

 

I checked all the under-dash fuses but I'm going to try it again after work. I also checked the fuses inline with the wire harnesses and they were ok. I'm stumped.

 

Not at all. I'm assuming this would be in the hideaway unit? It's weird because it is also affecting the dvd player, which has me thinking it's a fuse somewhere. Btw I sniff-tested the unit and I didn't smell any burning, I guess I have to crack it open then.

 

if you're powering the DVD/screen off of the red or yellow (+)
power wires headed to the headunit, they're on fuses 22 & 9, so
check those carefully. On the other hand, if your headunit is
functioning fully, those fuses aren't blown. Does the DVD player
cord/connector have a fuse built into it? Have you checked the
manual for info on fuses?
If the SRS light continues to flash, try disconnecting/reconnecting
the car's battery. Also, though you've probably figured this out
already, not a bad idea to disconnect the battery before working
on electrical components...

 

Yeah, learned my lesson.


Btw, the dvd player consists of a red and black wire. The red is connected along with the red from the monitor connected to the headunit into the ACC. Of course the black is grounded. There is no fuse on the dvd player. It's just weird that the monitor and dvd shut off at the same time.

 

so what wire grounded? the red wire running directly from the radio
harness when it wasn't connected to anything?

 

No, I had the red wire connected. That black multi pin cable that goes from the hideaway unit to the monitor is what grounded. It has a rectangular shaped clip with a small lip of metal that I saw spark. The dvd player stayed connected the whole time. I just snuck out of work and ran an extra ground wire from the dvd player to a bolt and there was no juice so I'm ruling out it not being grounded. I still think it is a fuse somewhere as the SRS light remains on. Oh, and I forgot when I pulled the seat out to do the wiring I forgot the plug the harness back into the seat and I did that last night also. Maybe that is the source of the SRS light coming on.

 

I checked the service manual, and while it doesn't say this explicitly,
I think you need a special tool to reset the SRS light, not just disconnecting
the battery. I suspect the SRS unit detected an intermittent condition, and
you'll have to go to the dealer to reset the light.
What/where did the connector touch ground?
Are you sure there's no fuse in the DVD unit? Most electronics have a fuse
somewhere, either in the power cord or perhaps inside the unit itself.