Radio Wiring

["Stian Birkeland" <dmc_norway@xxxx>]

I need some advice for the wiring of my new car stereo (Sony).
When I first got the car, it had a defunct Blaupunkt radio/cassette player. 
The car plug was long gone. The Blaupunkt only connected with loose wires 
straight to the radio.

I purchased an original Craig radio from DMC Houston, and thanks to Ralf 
Philipp in Germany I was able to figure out what wires went were. Also, the 
car wiring was cut and some wires missing (at least they did not correspond 
to the colors!)so I had to get a car plug from DMC Houston in order to hook 
everything up to the Craig radio plug.

But: It wasn't easy as some of the wires had been changed or removed 
completely like I said. I had to use a plastic "cube" or "bridge" connector 
(the ones you put wires in horizontally and fasten them with screws on 
top)in order to connect the loose wires from behind the center console. 
Anyway, I got it hooked up and working. Loose wires to the car plug and from 
there to the radio plug.

Finally, I got tired of the Craig radio and wanted a CD-player in the car. 
To make things easy I bought an standard ISO-pin connector for the car 
together with the Sony which I believed would be fine.

Now here's the problem I've come across:

There is only one red wire going into the "cube" and two wires going out of 
it (red and orange)towards the old car plug. Looking at the colors I realize 
that the two wires are the +12V line AND the ignition-switched +12V line. 
But they have been fed by just one wire (the red one) Is this supposed to be 
this way?

How can this be? I mean, it has worked when I hooked up the old Craig, but I 
doubt it will work with the ISO connector which have 2 wires, one for the 
12V and one for the ignition-switched 12V line.

The red and orange wires also have the inline fuses, should I keep them?
The sony player has an built-in fuse (10Amp)


> Power supply:
> +12V (continuous) red
> +12V (switched) orange
> GND black


> The (original) wire colors IN THE CAR was supposed to be:
>
> purple for the +12V (continuous), fused with 5A cable-fuse
> green/white for the +12V (switched), fused with 5A cable-fuse
> black for the supply-GND

Now, neither the purple nor the green/white wires are there. Only one red 
wire which I connected to the cube, and from there connected the red and 
orange wire coming from the car plug.

I guess I could leave the red wire connected to the cube and cut the wires 
after the inline fuses, but the main problem remains - Are the 12V and 12V 
ignition supposed to be on the same wire? Or am I missing completely the 12V 
ignition wire?

Please help!

Best wishes
Stian Birkeland
NORWAY

VIN # 06759
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