Just installed a car stereo but it won't turn on without mixing wire...

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9UER0

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...colored red with the yellow one? So that means the red wire is not working what could i be looking at here?
Also by doing this(connecting the red wire together with the yellow one) the stereo turns on but won't turn off when the car is off. So we have to turn it off manually every time. Not that it bothers us but we just want to have our wires connected properly .By the way its a 93 GMC Astro Van . Please help !!!
 
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AdrianB

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you wired the stereo wrong. usually you connect the red wire to the yellow wire when you are trying to hot wire a car to start its engine. you might have wired your stereo to something that is dealing with the car's engine
 
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LeAnne

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Get out your test light - surer than heck you'll forget to turn the radio off and wake up to a weak or dead battery some morning.
The power that is on with the key off is for the keep alive station, volume memory. The feed that you want is on only when the key is turned to ACC or RUN - if it's dead, check your fuses.
 
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