Re: [DML] Re: Aftermarket car stereos
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Re: [DML] Re: Aftermarket car stereos
- From: Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:51:04 -0500
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 08:00 AM, Henry wrote:
Second, as Dave mentioned, you can not use the common ground for the
speakers - my Alpine head unit didn't work very well until I separated
the grounds for each speaker - so it's unlikely you'll be able to
install any new radio without cutting some wires. I used the old
harness for most of the power and some speaker connections, but had to
run some other direct from the new radio harness as well.
As an alternative to rewiring the speakers, you can solve the "common
ground" problem with an inexpensive device called a "floating ground
adaptor", such as the Peripheral FGA4. I bought one recently from
River Oaks Car Stereo:
http://www.installer.com/acc/index.html
Cost was $22.95. For the record, I have not yet installed this, but it
isn't rocket science, so I suspect it will work just fine.
--Pete Lucas
VIN #06703
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