Honda Element. Manual - part 164

Fig. 50: Measuring Voltage Between XM Receiver Connector A (14P) No. 1 And No. 7 Terminal 
And Body Ground 
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Is there battery voltage?  

YES -Go to step 2. 

NO -Repair open in the wire between No. 9 (10 A) fuse in the under-hood fuse/relay box and XM 
receiver connector A (14P) No. 1 terminal. 

2. Turn the ignition switch ON (II).  

3. Measure the voltage between XM receiver connector A (14P) No. 11 terminal and body ground. 

Fig. 51: Measuring Voltage Between XM Receiver Connector A (14P) No. 11 Terminal And Body 
Ground 
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Is there less than 0.1 V?  

YES -Go to step 4. 

NO -Repair open in the wire between the XM receiver connector A (14P) No. 11 terminal and body 
ground (G551) (see FLOOR WIRE HARNESS (RIGHT BRANCH) ). 

4. Turn the ignition switch OFF.  

 

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5. Measure the voltage between XM receiver connector A (14P) No. 2 terminal and body ground. 

Fig. 52: Measuring Voltage Between XM Receiver Connector A (14P) No. 2 Terminal And Body 
Ground 
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Is there 10V or more present?  

YES -Go to step 6. 

NO -Substitute a known-good XM receiver and recheck. If 10 V or more are present, replace the original 
XM receiver (see XM RECEIVER REPLACEMENT ). 

6. Turn the ignition switch ON (II).  

7. Measure the voltage between the audio unit connector D (14P) No. 2 terminal and body ground. 

Fig. 53: Measuring Voltage Between Audio Unit Connector D (14P) No. 2 Terminal And Body 
Ground 
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Is there less than 0.5 V?  

YES -Go to step 8. 

NO -Substitute a known-good audio unit and recheck. If 0.5 V or less are present, replace the original 
audio unit (see AUDIO UNIT REMOVAL/INSTALLATION ).

 

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8. Turn the ignition switch OFF.  

9. Remove the audio unit (see AUDIO UNIT REMOVAL/INSTALLATION ), and disconnect audio unit 

connector D (14P). 

10. Disconnect XM receiver connector A (14P).  

11. Check for continuity between audio unit connector D(14P) and body ground according to the table. 

CONNECTOR REFERENCE 

Fig. 54: Checking Continuity Between Audio Unit Connector D(14P) And Body Ground 
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Is there continuity?  

YES -Short to body ground in the wire(s) between the audio unit and the XM receiver. Replace the 
affected shielded harness. 

NO -Go to step 12. 

12. Check for continuity between the audio unit connector D (14P) according to the table. 

TERMINALS REFERENCE 

NOTE:

Eject all the CDs before remove the audio unit to prevent damaging the CD 
player's load mechanism.

Audio unit connector Wire color

D9

BLU

D10

PNK

From terminal To terminals

D3

D9, D10

D9

D10

 

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Fig. 55: Checking Continuity Between Audio Unit Connector D (14P) 
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Is there continuity between any of the terminals?  

YES -Short in the wire(s) between the audio unit and the XM receiver. Replace the affected shielded 
harness. 

NO -Go to step 13. 

13. Check for continuity between audio unit connector D (14P) and XM receiver connector A (14P) 

according to the table. 

CONNECTOR REFERENCE 

Fig. 56: Checking Continuity Between Audio Unit Connector D (14P) And XM Receiver Connector 
A (14P) 
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Is there continuity?  

Audio unit connector XM receiver connector Wire color

D3

A3

BRN

D9

A9

BLU

D10

A10

PNK

 

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2007-2008 ACCESSORIES AND EQUIPMENT Audio - Element