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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 09:01 PM
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For starters, when I first bought the jeep, the radio nor interior lights worked. I eventually figured out the wiring and got both to work. However, the backlight does not work on the radio display. I looked up under the steering column to inspect the relay center and saw that only two relay locations were open. I could be wrong but I don't have power anything, I only require two slot to be filled; one for the radio illumination and the other for the horn. I thought maybe the relay could have been bad so I swapped it with the horn relay, but that didn't help and the horn still works. What else could cause the display to not illuminate, before I decide that it's the radio that's at fault?

All of my fuses are good!
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 01:26 AM
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IIRC there's an illumination wire in the back. If you have voltage there, the problem is inside the radio.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 03:13 PM
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Oh yay! So, my relays center is not per any "'95 diagram", that I have. I have a '95 FSM and according to that, my relays do not coincide w/ any of the diagrams. I believe my fuse box is the same.
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