Car Audio Wiring Colors + How to interface with YOUR CAR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ต.ค. 2022
- If you want to install an aftermarket radio, speakers, and car audio system you will need to know the wire colors in your vehicle. The problem is manufactures rarely use the same colors, or even have the same wires available behind the radio anymore in today's newest vehicles. So what do you do? Here's the answer along with an explanation for the basic wire colors you can expect and what they mean!
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definitely more complicated than the old days when installing aftermarket gear....If only every install could be as easy as a 1985 Camaro. 😎
Thanks for telling us about crutchfield's useful menu !
Hi Mark, great info! Do you have the specs available for a 4 sub box for a Chevy 3500 like the box you built with the 4 JL Audio 10's for the F150?
I worked as a car audio installer back in the day. I liked how many various accessories installation stuff Alpine made just for Alpine. Alpine made their own speaker wires and RCA cables power cables too.
hi Mark I'm upgrading my 2017 XL ford, I'm also gonna be installing an Alpine KTP- 445u.I am going to be using the pac steering wheel control kit, Can I just run low level RCA'S from the HU and splice the speaker wires from the amp to wires right into the harness before the plug. . I;m just trying to avoid cutting any of the stock wiring, it s gonna be an aftermarket HU.
I learned by taking the door panels and back panels off my old 96 Honda civic hatch for the speakers and ran my own power, negative and just plugged in the antenna. After that, I pretty much learned how to wire amps, sub's and able to watch in-dash DVD players bypassing the e-brake😅.
Mark brother is it good Idea to use car radio with Amplifier I mean whole system in home ?
I'm little bit confused related to this please help me.
Hi, I have a little problem after installing a new head unit and I did not run new speaker wires (which I now wish I had done) I have a problem with my front speakers left and right are back to front, no problems I just untaped everything swapped them over and taped everything back up, but now when I tested it they are still back to front so this time I just swaped over the left and right wires coming out of the head unit and taped it back up, but now they are still back to front so do you know what is going on.Thanks.
As an international viewer, it would be nice if you could partner with someone overseas in Europe once in a while. Great info and videos, thanks
You can ground the parking wire to watch DVD's while you drive 😁
It can get complicated really fast especially when the colors are really close to each other.
Taking your time is vital to not screw it up.
Can anyone explain the taboo subject of a vehicle that has a wire that a wire connect to the radio running to an airbag connection?
04 explorer with C240A connector that has VSS line and airbag connection wire yellow. Connector C240B has the regular power and speaker connections.
I see so many videos about people installing an aftermarket HU then they get the airbag light after that on many makes and modles.
Figure this is the SRS airbag loop that does its initial loop check. But why the radio?
I already have installed an amplifier 5 channel but sub output is 75 watt at 4 ohm my subwoofer is 250 w rated at 4 ohm
I wonder if tha will cause a wire burning. Since it happened before
The guy said it was cheap made wires.
So he instead used better quality.
So I wonder if I can have them to add a mono amp for the sub for better sound and matching the subwoofer. But still keep my already installed amp 5 Chanel
Well my car, to many of the cars functions are in my factory "radio" including AC/heat controls, so my only options for aftermarket are these 2 or 3 company's that make a replacement screen that has all the ac/heat controls with the other car functions, its $1000. my car 2016 does not have apple car play/android auto so i bought a kit from gtacarkits that gives it that function for $500 while retaining the factory "radio"
Swapping out a headunit in many new cars is just not an option as it does way to much and no longer the Double Din size.
With those you just need to focus on the spaeakers
Was it Pioneer that used to not use the same color wires on their harnesses as everyone else?
I'm trying to connect my car sterio wires to the android tablet but unexpectedly I found the cable to which I'm supposed to connect the wires is cut off! Please can you advise me what i should do.
Thank you
I am looking for a single DIN car radio. The most important features are:
1) volume knob that works - ie, requires a long push to go into menu so when you are driving you can adjust volume without going into menu system hell
2) When powering up the radio/car it should ramp up volume slowly and stop when volume knob is touched.
3) Have independent gain setting for bluetooth and FM. So you do not have to crank volume up high on bluetooth, or at least be matched
4) Has dimmable input wire, so it does not blind you at night with lights on.
5) Ideally can set LED colors to match rest of the car back lights.
It is sad how many car radios fail on these simple things. I hate the volume knobs and menu system so bad....
Do you have a recommendation for such a car radio?
Hey Mark. Have you noticed that the eq on cellphones has changed? The don't play low's anymore.
Noticed this when i changed my old phone into a new one, and the sound in my car didn't play low's anymore on the new phone. The equalizer on the new phone stops at 63hz now.
What can i do?
Buy a dragonfly DAC that’s what helped me
i recommend an app called power amp it will work with outside dac's as well
hi mark! my 2011 crv has a factory amp and sub if i will replace my headunit with that maestro rr interface, is my factory amp and sub will work with this?
Check the maestro website. It will tell you what features you gain or keep based on the configuration you have
I have a honda accord sport 2021 can you give me some recommendation that harness I can use to add an audio control lc7 ... please and thank you...
Go to crutchfield and see what they have for harnesses. You may be able to make your own T harness easily.
I have a harness for you. Find me on FB & message me if you're interested!
Honda has crazy rolloff as well as anc. Dsp would be better buy than lc7 . Make sure you take care of the light in the rear deck because it has a heavy rattle
I have a question: my headunit has a Orange/White wire and no solid orange but my Wiring Harness has only Orange and not Orange/White. Should I connect the Orange/White with the Solid Orange? Or should I cover them and not connect them?
Ssame for me! Someone please respond
Can you skip adding an LC2i pro with this harness thing cause i just want to install a subwoofer and not an entire system
Well to get the audio signal from the factory radio for the amplifier for your Sub, you have 2 options, line output converter like the LC2i, or an amplifier with high level inputs, or an aftermarket radio with sub pre-outs
Long shot here, but you wouldn't have any idea on how to upgrade a Ford Sync V1 unit, would you? I'm sick of the system in my 2011 Taurus SHO. The bluetooth cuts randomly and won't connect until I reset the whole system. I hate it. However, HVAC is tied into the head unit. I haven't seen any factory options available to help me with this problem.
I love those cars. I think maestro IR works with Ford. Also there are some Kenwood amplifiers with it built in, or Rockford Fosgate DSR1. Good luck.
Maybe just buy Ugreen 40759 with aptX HD and connect it to AUX input? My 10 years old car has only headset profile BT on headunit, so I bought it and 0 issues so far.
@@aleyer_s A separate BT receiver could work I suppose. The issue then is that the levels between AUX in and factory Bluetooth are much different. AUX doesn't get anywhere near as loud.
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I've never heard of Maestro. What does it do that will help me here?
@@amorton94 well, that's strange. Haven't faced that issue with my cars and radios.
It sucks. I bought the module and steering wheel interface but guess what. I bought a new JVC stereo and it's not compatible now. I either use my old eclipse stereo or buy a new module. 🙁 I go online and find the SWI-RC that is compatible but so far it isn't working. I contacted PAC and they want me to buy another module that is worth $129. I already wasted plenty 😡
Ground in Black I am fine with...
But I think I will never understand why yellow is battery 12V constant on these harnesses.
Why isnt it red? Like on the battery itself or on jumper cables. there its red for + and black for -
You have power coming from battery and accesory in some cases so red is acc while yellow is batt
@@Baldwaldo Yeah I know. but why is it switched? Red constand and yellow acc would be way more locigal 😂😂
Good Morning! I emailed you through your website for custom blueprints for enclosures and have not heard back. Are you still creating blue prints? If so please check your emails and find mine. We need help with our Jeep 392 sub box.
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I put an radio in the step son car. Only time he could use it was when he had his head lights on.
Friend grounded his sub to the rear seat and it only worked when someone sat in the back 😂 as the seat would touch on a bolt underneath
You wired the acc. wire on the radio to the illumination wire of the car
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door speakers.......
To see videos while driving just connect light green with yellow and that's it....
Definitely don't do that.
@@CarAudioFabrication forgot to say that...sorry! Best Regards!
Hahhhaahha awesome hack, worked for me xDDD
You WILL run into vehicles which ALL the wiring colors on every diagram are wrong and will need to trace each wire....
Yep, but at least they get the spots on the harness correct, which is why aftermarket harness and integration kits are a great solution
Thats only if you chop the harness off and need to do a hardwire installation, in which case you will need a multimeter cause there is no vehicle where the colors match up to aftermarket colors
I want to buy new speakers for my 2012 JCW mini coupe. Can you sell me new system?