Im replacing the cassette player in the car, and I have 2 wires on the cassette player that I dont know where to connect (yellow w/ white stripe & red w/ black stripe). Plus there are 4 on my new cd player that I dont know where go (blue, light blue,orange w/ white stripe, & blue w/ white stripe).
All the speakers and everything work, so I have no idea what they are all for. Thanks.
Okay I discovered the yellow w/ white stripe wire coming from the car is the power antenna, the orange w/ white stripe is dash dimmer (not needed), the blue wire and blue w/ white stripe can connect to the power antenna from the new cd player, and the light blue is for something called ATT.
The red w/ black stripe wire is still a mystery but everything seems to work without it.
What is the make and model of the unit you are putting in?
What was the make and model of the unit you are replacing?
Are you not using an adapter harness… http://www.scosche.com/scosche_caraudio.aspx?CategoryID=78&ItemID=HA02B or have you cut the stock radio plug off the radio harness and are now trying to “hard-wire” the new unit into place?
This is a pin out and color code for the stock radio harness… http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/HA-Wiring.pdf
Some of the wire colors you mention are not standard colors, EG; yellow/white power ant., the power ant. control lead in a G2 is brown/white
Most new HUs now use a standard color code…
Yellow - 12V+ constant
Red - 12V+ switched, [accessory]
Black - ground
Blue - power ant.
Blue - amp control
Light blue - attenuation
Orange or orange/white - illumination
The speaker outputs are…
Gray - right front
Violet - right rear
White - left front
Green - left rear
The black tracers are the neg.(-).:stare: 94
Thanks a lot for the reply.
Wow…a wire harness would have been much easier.
I have it all installed and working except attenuation, which I dont think I need anyway.
Unless you have a car phone or hands free kit for a cell phone you do not need the ATT. lead, if the lead is grounded, [cell phone would supply ground when ringing] volume of HU would be cut by about 75%, kind of like a mute button.:whisper: 94