I got it!! I don't know why no one else had this problem, but the blue remote turn on pin is not in the position of the diagram above on the harness. Instead it is one pin over. So I had to move the blue/white over to the blank spot where the remote is supossed to be. What gives? I hadn't even thought to check the harness aside from the yellow and red.

I have just the problem of a "pop" sound when the unit first turns on. I had that same problem with I pioneer I once had. It has something to do with the built in amp. Anyone else have this?