Re: [DML] Re: Aftermarket car stereos

[Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxx>]

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