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ohio420jb

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Posted: August 13, 2005 at 8:33 PM / IP Logged

what color is the wire that needs to be hooked up to get sound from the speakers?

chrisAWD

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Posted: August 13, 2005 at 9:50 PM / IP Logged

i'm guessing your looking for the factory amp turn on wire....

to find it....

take a meter and look for all the switched 12v wires that are 12v with radio on and nothing with radio off. then unplug factory radio and see which wire now gives nothing...that will be your output 12v for the amp.

ohio420jb

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Posted: August 13, 2005 at 9:56 PM / IP Logged

ok, the only wire that is not used that is in the dash, is a solid blue wire.

I hooked the power antenna wire from the head unit to that and it didnt work, I tried the same with the accessories lead from the head unit, still nothing.

But, I just got to thinking. I was using my own ground(to a bolt in the dash) and not the braided wire in the dash. Could the braided ground wire be the reason why it wont work? Could it be the ground for the amp as well, and since I wasnt using it(the braided ground) it wasnt completing the circuit?

chrisAWD

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if the radio turns on, your ground should be "good enough" to produce sound.....not saying its a great ground but....

i always use the ground strap on chryslers for my ground.

if you hooked the power antenna out from the head unit to said wire and said wire WAS the amp turn on you should get sound while listening to the radio but it would shut off sound when you put a cd in.

ohio420jb

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Posted: August 13, 2005 at 10:57 PM / IP Logged

ok, I understand that, but what Im saying is the braided wire, would that be the ground for the amp as well, and with me not using that ground as the head unit ground, the amp isnt grounded? Im just confused.

And that wire is the only wire left in the dash, everything else is in the harness. And the harness is just for speakers, and battery, access, etc..

chrisAWD

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 4:28 AM / IP Logged

no, that would NOT be the amps ground......if that's what youre asking

what I would do, not having any resources at my disposal at the moment is to first figure out if the car has a factory amp seperate of the head unit. that's it....first step

ohio420jb

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 10:15 AM / IP Logged

1993 intrepid, amp wire? -- posted image.

I dunno man, I am lost

ohio420jb

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 2:28 PM / IP Logged

anybody else?

geepherder

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 8:55 PM / IP Logged

Where is the black wire from your new head unit running? If it's not connected to anything, then it may only be grounded through the antenna. Make sure the amp turn-on is connected to the blue/white on your new head unit. If you connect this to the blue wire (power antenna) on your new deck, you will get no sound on CD. Also, some lower end (Kenwood's especially) decks have no power output at all to the power antenna lead, only the amp turn on.

My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.

ohio420jb

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 10:25 PM / IP Logged

the black wire from the head unit, I just hooked it to a screw in the dash for temp purposes. It is a good enough ground as the cd player turns on.

About hooking the remote wire from the head unit, to the amp wire. Thats the thing, I cant find the amp wire.

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