Radio wires (aaaaargghhhhh)

G-man said:

i think ya gonna get a flock of starlings nesting in there!

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Sure beats meecies Ah'l have tae take the radio oot again till ah gets me Mud console
Just havin a slight problem with it though, can't get the bugger tae stay on after ah've switched the enjin off but left the keys in. Haven't connected the orange wire to anything yet, so ah wonder if that's got summit to do with it

orrange wire should be illumination, i.e. dims the headunit when yer lights are on, normaly connected to yer side lights.
what wire do you have your ign+ feed connected to? get a multi meter on the back of your ign barrel and find the wire that stays live with the ign off but with the keys in and wire the radio to that.

G-man said:

orrange wire should be illumination, i.e. dims the headunit when yer lights are on, normaly connected to yer side lights.
what wire do you have your ign+ feed connected to? get a multi meter on the back of your ign barrel and find the wire that stays live with the ign off but with the keys in and wire the radio to that.

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Aye the orange does say illumination, might be an idea to connect that then if it dims down cos when the radio is on, it's like a feckin juke box



The grey connectors were already on, so put a multimeter thingy onto these wires and they all checked oot okay. Tried swappin the red and yellow wires around, but it didn't keep the memory settings

ah bet you have trouble setting yer video/dvd recorder

slob said:

ah bet you have trouble setting yer video/dvd recorder

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Nope, ain't got one

Hey Buster have you got a brown/black wire connected to your battery, an if you have wot terminal does it go to + or - an wots it do, Mines not connected to the battery its either bin cut off or worn off, an connects to the main injun harness behind the bulkhead but I can't find where it goes after that.

ere Grunt
I mite av mis-understood. But Brown is normally unswitched live and Black is normally earth.
or did yu mean brown with a black tracer?

Yup brown with black tracer. I dont think it does owt, its not bin connected since I've had the vehicle, but you nevver know.

GRUNT said:

Hey Buster have you got a brown/black wire connected to your battery, an if you have wot terminal does it go to + or - an wots it do, Mines not connected to the battery its either bin cut off or worn off, an connects to the main injun harness behind the bulkhead but I can't find where it goes after that.

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Ah thought ye were tryin' tae wind me up there Grunt Got a brown wire comin' off the + terminal, can't quite see if it's got a black tracer or not cos it's dark outside. Ah'll have a proper look tomorrow after work and see if ah can find it for ye

This is how i done it

amp here

speakers here

GRUNT said:

Hey Buster have you got a brown/black wire connected to your battery, an if you have wot terminal does it go to + or - an wots it do, Mines not connected to the battery its either bin cut off or worn off, an connects to the main injun harness behind the bulkhead but I can't find where it goes after that.

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Sorry Grunt but ah couldn't find one. In the pic of battery(^ ^ ^), it's just a brown one, and on the engine side of bulkhead ah couldn't find it either. Plenty of plain browns and plain blacks

landy10 said:

This is how i done it
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amp here
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speakers here
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this is it so far






Got an under dash mount for the radio from DA's for a fiver, the speakers have bin kickin' aboot for years, so it'll have tae do the now until ah get me Mud dash and some new speakers. Need tae get a crankshaft pulley and the bit it bolts tae urgently furst