How to get Dimmer to work on Alpine (or any aftermarket) radio?
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I installed my Alpine CDA-9883 using the metra harness. It said orange was for the Dimmer, and I connected it but it doesn't seem to work.
If i turn my dimmer all the way down, my display starts to flicker a bit on the radio, so there is something happening there, but its not dimming.
Anyone get "dimming" to work on a aftermarket HU? Solution?
If i turn my dimmer all the way down, my display starts to flicker a bit on the radio, so there is something happening there, but its not dimming.
Anyone get "dimming" to work on a aftermarket HU? Solution?
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Originally Posted by signal
I installed my Alpine CDA-9883 using the metra harness. It said orange was for the Dimmer, and I connected it but it doesn't seem to work.
If i turn my dimmer all the way down, my display starts to flicker a bit on the radio, so there is something happening there, but its not dimming.
Anyone get "dimming" to work on a aftermarket HU? Solution?
If i turn my dimmer all the way down, my display starts to flicker a bit on the radio, so there is something happening there, but its not dimming.
Anyone get "dimming" to work on a aftermarket HU? Solution?
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I used the metra harness. And so it was orange from the apline to orange of the metra. And it does work, just the dimmer dial doesn't work, but it does have two levels of brightness, one for without the headlights on and one for with (dimmer)
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