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rems
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Post by rems »

hi all

just woundering has anybody had this problem

i have fitted an after market radio and had to redo some of the wiring as it was on a bodge (not that mine is any better but i know mine aint as bad as what it was :wink: )

anyway cutting to the point

i have sorted all the speaker wires however

i have 2 red and black wires which i think are the same wire linked up to the ignition wire on the radio but when the 2 red and black wires are not connected to eachother the dash lights dont light up

a green wire which is a constant live which is the memory

and a black wire which is earth

oh and a random brown wire which has no power from it atal so its not connected to anything

sounds fine but i have a slight feeling that the ignition wire is incorrect due to the fact that when i turn my lights on or put high beam on m radio cuts out then works agen, so if the 2 black and red wires are the dash lights and are just used for the live on the radio where or what colour is the ignition wire?

soz if none of that makes sence its the best i could do to explain it :oops:

cheers
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Post by kaos »

browns are earth,

pinks occasionly seem to be live,

green is live on radio.

i'll try and grab a photo of my loom tomorrow if i get a chance.
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Re: wiring

Post by rems »

oh ok

how come where i tested the brown with a power probe there was no power going through at all :?

i dont seem to have a pink one, not that i can remember :?

the green is from the car tho or isd that what you mean?

cheers mate a pic would be alot of help :D
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Any brown on a 300 is earth (well... on the stock wiring) Yes, the black with red stripey pair are dubiously connected in the radio plug, keep them connected! Green is the other power (unswitched... ) The one I can't remember is straight black and the wiring diagrams are less than helpful for the radio!
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I had this exact same problem a while back and I can't remember what sorted it! Yay for alcohol-induced memory degeneration!
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filthyjohn wrote:I had this exact same problem a while back and I can't remember what sorted it! Yay for alcohol-induced memory degeneration!
Maybe it was actually the alchohol itself that solved your problem.
Solves all mine.



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Post by germ »

IIRC you have to keep all the pairs etc together otherwise you loose dash lights etc and it wont work.
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does anyyone have a pic of this atall?

may help me out a lil bit better :wink: as they say actions speak louder then words lol

cheers
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