Aftermarket cd player

[Lone Ranger]

When my key is in the off position with the key out my CD player continues to play. I brought power from the positive side of the starter solenoid. I also grounded the radio straight to the battery( when not grounded to the battery the CD player would get very hot). Is my ignition switch faulty?

Every time I go to start the truck it's dead too. I can jump it and run it awhile but turning on the lights kills it and I have to jump it again. Not sure if these issues are related. Anyone else ever have these issues?

[Nitekruizer]

The best place to get power for an aftermarket CD, Cassette or AM/FM Radio would be to use the fused power wire to the original factory radio. Otherwise, I would connect the CD Player's power wire to a switched terminal in the truck's fuse box. There should be a switched and unswitched terminal in the fuse box. If your CD Player has a clock, you would connect the clock/memory wire to the unswitched terminal of the fuse box. Make sure that the CD player's power wires have in-line fuses.

[Lone Ranger]

I have my aftermarket radio all wired now but now I have a question about the under dash speaker. I assumed I could hook up front left and front right to this dash speaker. When I do this however the sound gets fuzzy. I have rear left and right going to door speakers. I hate to just have one side of the radio going to the dash speaker.
Does the under dash speaker have the ability to play stereo left and right?
Do I have to get a dash speaker that has two small speakers in it?

[Nitekruizer]

That's good to hear I'm glad you got it working. You can't use a single speaker for left and right. You will need a dual voice coil speaker. You also may be able to cut a piece of plexiglass, metal or particle board/plywood to fit the dash speaker hole and mount a pair of 3 1/2" co-axial speakers where the original factory speaker was. Something like this;

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[Lone Ranger]

Thanks nightkruiser. Did the factory radio radio setup not have stereo sound? My old truck with stock radio sounded great.... But only got AM