Car stereo wiring?

[bloodhound31]

hey guys, it's been years since i put in my last stereo and the colors are all different now.

Can anyone join up the wires for me? See pictures...

I have a crappy old Mitsubishi ute and a second-hand clarion...

Baz.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Hi Baz

I suspect that the (stereo) wires that are in pairs...aka the grey/grey with trace; the white/white with trace; yada yada are the speaker wires (4 channel). Probably one of the wires is an aerial earth..it supplies earth to make electric aerials go up/dwn and maybe the other 4 wires (yel/Or & 2 blue) are pre-amp RAC outs?? Only guessing on that and more than likely wrong as they are not coax wires.

Red for pwr & black for earth...other than that????

As for the car wires...best if your trace them & measure them for pwr & earth. You cannot sometimes rely on the car wires as they can be known to change coulours when they route thru connectors...so the only way is visual & measurement.

It looks as if the car wires are for a 2 channel speaker system where the radio is a 4 channel system.

Maybe you might find something here or from clarion here. Maybe type in your radio model number in the Clarion site.

Good luck

[bloodhound31]

Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Hi Baz

I suspect that the (stereo) wires that are in pairs...aka the grey/grey with trace; the white/white with trace; yada yada are the speaker wires (4 channel). Probably one of the wires is an aerial earth..it supplies earth to make electric aerials go up/dwn and maybe the other 4 wires (yel/Or & 2 blue) are pre-amp RAC outs?? Only guessing on that.

Red for pwr & black for earth...other than that????

As for the car wires...best if your trace them & measure them for pwr & earth. You cannot sometimes rely on the car wires as they can be known to change coulours when they route thru connectors...so the only way is visual & measurement.

It looks as if the car wires are for a 2 channel speaker system where the radio is a 4 channel system.

Amybe you might find something here.

Good luck

Thanks mate, it helps a little. Yes, the ute only has 2 speakers where the stereo has wires for 4. I assumed the four pairs were FR FL RR RL on the stereo. I can work out the wires for the car speakers by tracing them back but as for the rest, I'll have to test somehow as I am not pulling the whole harness out.

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Hi Baz,

White pair = Left Front Speaker

Grey pair = Right Front Speaker

Green pair = Left Rear Speaker

Purple pair = Right Rear Speaker

Brown = Mobile phone mute

Yellow = Constant 12VDC for memory

Orange = Illumination

Dark Blue = Power Antenna

Light Blue = Amplifier Remote

Red = 12VDC Switched through accessory

Black = Ground

This is generally the standard Clarion convention.

Regards,

Stephen

[bloodhound31]

Awesome Stephen! You are just awesome. Thanks so much.

Baz.

[stephenb (Stephen)]

anytime Baz.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Originally Posted by glenluceskies

Hi Baz,

White pair = Left Front Speaker

Grey pair = Right Front Speaker

Green pair = Left Rear Speaker

Purple pair = Right Rear Speaker

Brown = Mobile phone mute

Yellow = Constant 12VDC for memory

Orange = Illumination

Dark Blue = Power Antenna

Light Blue = Amplifier Remote

Red = 12VDC Switched through accessory

Black = Ground

This is generally the standard Clarion convention.

Regards,

Stephen

Now that's what I call an answer!

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Just make sure above ALL ELSE Baz .... ya DONT cut the red wire first

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Got carried away Baz ... forgot to include this
http://www.the12volt.com/installbay/...itsubishi.html

It may or may not help ... hopefully it will be useful if you add it with the info you already know about.

[bloodhound31]

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Just make sure above ALL ELSE Baz .... ya DONT cut the red wire first

oh noes!!

[bloodhound31]

All done blokes. Thanks for the quick info it really helped. Pumpin' out the Battlestar Galactica Season II soundtrack to really get the nerds fired up!!

Black ute, shiny mags, doof doof thumpin' what next? I feel 19 again..

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

All done blokes. Thanks for the quick info it really helped. Pumpin' out the Battlestar Galactica Season II soundtrack to really get the nerds fired up!!

Black ute, shiny mags, doof doof thumpin' what next? I feel 19 again..

Nerd Alert on the streets of Canberra! Well done Baz.