Audio/Visual Electronics - Instrument panel wont light up

My friend wired up a cd player in my car yesterday, cd player works fine, all my gauges work fine, but the lights wont work on my instrument panel when i turn my headllights on. Any suggestions on what might cause this? I checked all my fuses, and every one of them is good.
Thanks
Mike

did ya make sure to check the dimmer switch and make sure that did not get turned off??

Yes, along with checking all the plugs on the back of the panel where the radio is, and all the wires and connections to the radio.

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just had to ask ya know. soo many times it is the obvious that gets over looked

What year is your civic?

Its a 2004 civic vp.

Did your friend run wires behind the cluster? Maybe pulled the main harness to the cluster itself?

No, the only wires that were run were the ones coming right off the back of the radio, he actually ran the wires in the house, then took the harness-plugged one end in the cd player and one end in the factory wiring harness.

I'd be interested to know what could be wrong as well. My instrument panel lights up, but my gear shifter lights on the center console don't light up (i have an automatic).

did you disconnect the battery b4 install?

baybella, if only the shifter light doesn't come on, i'd check the cluster bulb.

i had the same porblem but not from installin the cd player...i changed all of the bulbs in the cluster and it worked but then it wouldnt work sometimes...i am guessing it was a short or a ground problem somewhere...when it wouldnt work i could push up on the shroud and it would come on....i havent had the pproblem in a while so i dont know what fixed it...i have a 91 though...try pushing up on the shroud over the gauges and see if it comes on...oh yea after i changed the bulbs my cluster would work sometimes and soemtimes it would blink or just not work...does yours do this?

unplug the radio and see if they work, also, if you are using an electrical tester to check the fuses, make sure the headlights are on when you check them. if they work when the radio is unplugged, then you wired up the ground wrong, ground it to metal.