Head Unit Wiring

[bombhead88 0]

Hi all,

Had a look through the forum and cant find what im after, so;

 

Come to fit new headunit and having some trouble.

Had a look at wiring diagram in haynes manual and its no help atall as all the cable numbers are different.

 

in the car ive got the following cables;

 

213 - white

213A - red

211 - white

211A - blue

thick white cable

thick green/yellow

thick blue

212 - white

212A - yellow

214 - white

214A - green

 

What cables are what?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

1) If you have a Haynes manual, I'm sure it's all in there.

 

2) It'll take a little time, but just get a circuit tester to first find the earths & powers (switched & unswitched), then connect your head unit and just use one pair of speaker wires to determine which of the other wires go to speakers.

[mhyphenl 10 1 Cars]

If you look at the connector head on, the four outer ones each side are speaker cables and are also thinner, as long as their positions have not been messed with the very outer pair each side are the front, left one side right the other, next ones in are rears. The power will be, yellow/green - earth. Finally the white and blue thick ones, one is switched power ie comes on when the key is turned. The other is constant power so on all the time so you stereo doesn't forget who it is when you turn the engine off. Match these to your stereo, ideally buy an adaptor connector to save any messing around.

[bombhead88 0]

Cheers, ill have a fiddle in abit.

[bombhead88 0]

Nipped to halfords in the end, got an adapter for £13. Happy days