radio keeps resetting when car is turned off

[Jaso0on]

ok i wired it really ghetto, i have the radio power going to one of my fuses (i think its the cig. lighter or something that only comes on when the key is turned) someone told me i should run a wire to my battery too, but i have power going to my radio from just that fuse, but everytime i turn the car off and turn it back on the radio is reset.. on the back of the radio i got the red wire and the yellow wire going to that fuse and the ground to a bolt.. should i run the yellow wire to the fuse, red to battery, and leave the ground on that bolt where it is? lmk |ASAP please guys!

[Kirk]

red to battery or anythign that has constant power even when car is off. should be something on your stock radio harness.....

[93ex]

red = switched
yellow = constant

yellow wire has to be to somethign with a constant 12v to it, red is the ignition lead

[stockls 15.4??what]

yea what 93ex said

[SkwervE]

well there is no stock harness in it...but would it work like this: red-to a fuse....yellow-battery? or the other way around

[TBSpyder]

Your problem is that you have the red and yellow connected. You need to run the yellow to a constant (a wire that is always live). Leave the red where it's at.

[SkwervE]

yea we had it together and then another wire into it too, it was 3 in the morning when we did it so we kinda ghetto'ed it ALOT

[Bumpin Expo]

Do what John said

next time watch what your doing, you could have caught the cd player on fire or some wires. Should have went to wal mart or CC and just got the snap on harnesses if your too lazy to do it right.

[SkwervE]

well when ur falling asleep as ur doing it, its hard to pay attention..thats why i finished mine in the morning so i could do it right.....but there wasnt anything there except for the wires comming from the speakers..and i havent put a cd player in from scratch i have always had the harness from the car and from the cd player so i had to figure some stuff out...but we are going to finish his tommorow..