No gauge lights after radio install

[rangeron33s]

I installed my radio last night and now I have no gauge lights. It's an 88 extended can Xlt and there was 2 ignition 12 volts and 1 constant. I tried using one of the ignition wires and it blew the fuse for the lights so I switched to the other one and it blew the fuse for the warning chimer. So I tried both together and now if I turn the headlights on the radio comes on without the ignition being on. Please help I drive in the dark on my way to work every morning!

 

[Big Jim M]

Yep!

I installed my radio last night and now I have no gauge lights. It's an 88 extended can Xlt and there was 2 ignition 12 volts and 1 constant. I tried using one of the ignition wires and it blew the fuse for the lights so I switched to the other one and it blew the fuse for the warning chimer. So I tried both together and now if I turn the headlights on the radio comes on without the ignition being on. Please help I drive in the dark on my way to work every morning!

Put everything back like you found it. Drive to work without a radio! Then get someone that knows a bit more about installing a radio to do it for you.
Big Jim

 

[rangeron33s]

I've never had problems installing radios before I don't know what happended

 

[Mazda]

Constant 12V+ Green/Yellow
Switched 12V+ Yellow/Black
Ground Chassis
Illumination Blue/Red
Dimmer n/a
Antenna Trigger n/a
Antenna Right Front
Front Speakers 4" Dash
Left Front (+) Orange/Green
Left Front (-) Black/White
Right Front (+) White/Green
Right Front (-) Black/White
Rear Speakers 5" x 7" Rear Corners
Left Rear (+) Pink/Green
Left Rear (-) Pink/Blue
Right Rear (+) Pink/Blue
Right Rear (-) Green/Orange


Assuming you are using the stock wires...

 

[Spott]

I've never had problems installing radios before I don't know what happended

What happened is that something is mis-wired, badly.

Fuses blow for a reason, you need to figure out what that reason is and correct it before attempting anything else, and before worrying about getting the radio to work.

 

[rangeron33s]

The radio works just not the gage lights. Thank you for the wiring color list I'll try and go back through it all tomorrow. I'm hoping I didn't fry that plastic circuit sheet on the back of the cluster

 

[rangeron33s]

I got it fixed. Thanks Mazda for the wiring. I accidentally used the illumination for the ground and found out it was grounding through the antenna