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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 03:46
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hey guys,
im trying to fit a cdplayer to my ae86 sprinter and i need help identifying some wires.
the plug going into the back of the standard stereo has 7 wires coming out of it. i have identified that the white wire and the black/white striped wire lead to the left hand speaker and the red wire and the black/red striped wire lead to the right hand side speaker.
so that leaves 3 wires:
- a white wire with a black stripe
- a green wire
- a blue wire with a black stripe
which of these three is the earth?
which is the accessories?
and which is the power?
need help ASAP!
cheers
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Location: Crapberra
Registered: September 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 03:58
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Standard convention is white with black strip is earth, blue is accessories, so by default green is power, although that is not the usual colour for power. But this can all depend on the brand of stereo, so no guaratees this is correct.
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 05:04
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bump
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Location: Gawler, SA
Registered: August 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 08:17
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Ill grab colours for you in about 10 minutes.
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Location: Gawler, SA
Registered: August 2003
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Location: Melb, Victoria
Registered: April 2004
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 08:58
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toyota's h/units mount directly onto a bracket, which is earthed already. my celica also had a earth wire thou, which was brown.If u need to find a contant 12v, then either go to your key barrel, brake pedal etc. u really need to get your hands on a test light ($3 from an auto shop)to be certain.better be save than sorry.
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Location: tas
Registered: June 2002
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 17:32
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i have abit of paper i printed off the internet, it shows the wiring colors for toyota audio connectors and how to wire upto official ISO standard wiring connectors. Invaluable for hooking up my JVC headunit last week. Shows everything you need.
In the 86 Celica Brown was the ground, red was the accesories/ignition. And my supra was also the same.
if you get stuck i could take a pic of this paper for u, as i can't find it on the internet anywhere anymore.
by the way did your headunit bolt right up to your old brackets? I had major problems using my old brackets, had to modify them and use washers to attach them to my headunit.
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Location: Crapberra
Registered: September 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Mon, 13 September 2004 23:16
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Can I just clarify, is this a Toyota head unit or an aftermarket one??
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: October 2003
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Tue, 14 September 2004 07:31
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dingaling - the brackets screwed perfectly into place with my clarion head unit.
Azrael - i am trying to fit a clarion head unit into my car where there was a standard toyota one previously.
i will take a picture of the wires so you guys can see what im talking about.
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Location: Gawler, SA
Registered: August 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Tue, 14 September 2004 08:18
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I dont see whats so hard though, its pretty straight forward. Using a 12v light globe one wire should always work (battery), one only when ignition is on, and the last shouldnt do anything.
The last wire + light globe + either of the other wires will = on. Hence its ground.
Speaker wires are almost always really obvious because they are colour paired (one plain one striped). And old cars dont have antenna wires so no problems there.
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Location: Sydney (Campbelltown...!)
Registered: December 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Tue, 14 September 2004 09:24
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just in luck
i just put a cd player in today
Green wire - dimmer (power when lights on)
blue wire - accesories
white with black stripe - constant power
hooked earth to one of those screw holes in the metal bracket where the cd player goes in
dont know about speakers tho
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Tue, 14 September 2004 16:14
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finally someone who knows exactly what im on about
thanks Flogbag thats exactly what i needed to know
thanks to everyone who posted, i really appreciate the help. i know it must've been hard to know what i was talking about without actually seeing it
cheers
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 04:23
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i believe i have figured out the problem.
in this stereo the accesories wire is yellow and the power is red. there is a fuse on the yellow wire (accesories wire) and it may be blown. that would mean that i have constant power but no accessories power causing nothing to show up on the face.
maybe...
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 04:31
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Are you sure? The constant is the one that the stereo get's its power from, it's normally a little thicker and has a fuse on it (and usually yellow).
The accessories (usually red), is just an indicator for the stereo to turn on.
Easy test to see if your stereo works is to plug both your stereo constant and accessories to a constant power and it should all light up (nb: You may have to turn the stereo on).
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 04:50
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i tried what you suggested and nothing worked. maybe ive got my car wires mixed up?
thanks for your help anyway,
i need to go to uni now, ill be back in a couple of hours to try and get this all sorted out.
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Location: perth
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 09:15
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SORTED
the cd player is in now
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Location: Sydney
Registered: August 2004
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 09:32
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no offence, but it would have been alot easier to buy a 2 dollar test light! good on ya for getting it to work.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: October 2003
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Re: Need help with stereo
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:36
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driftae86 wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 19:15 | SORTED
the cd player is in now
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Good to hear
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