Radio Wiring
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Radio Wiring
- From: "Stian Birkeland" <dmc_norway@xxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:44:00
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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