kenwood stereo in 1993 toyota pickup

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Topic: kenwood stereo in 1993 toyota pickup

Posted By: couch change
Subject: kenwood stereo in 1993 toyota pickup
Date Posted: November 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Howdy....Was wondering if I could get some help. I'm a confused puppy ATM. Here's a pic of the 3 wires left I have coming from the new stereo:

Now here's the remaining wires coming from the trucks wiring harness (taken from this site)

Constant 12V+     Blue / YELLOW
Switched 12V+      Gray
Ground      Brown
Illumination      Green

I don't know what goes to what and to compound that the stereo manual says the ground wire should go to the chassis yet according to toyota the brown wire is the ground..... Also there is one more wire, a red&black striped one which is separate from the main harness yet was connected to the old stereo. Any help is appreciated.

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: November 23, 2009 at 5:09 AM

New Radio, Constant = Yellow Switched = Red Ground = black Illumination (If it has one) = ORANGE / White

Grounding the radio to the wire suggested on this site should work fine. it will make for a cleaner loking install. If you are having problems with engine noise, you may try grounding it to the chassis instead.

Posted By: couch change
Date Posted: November 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM

Thanks for the help. Got it installed and works great. posted_image

Posted By: boxhead78
Date Posted: November 25, 2009 at 9:16 PM

yellow to blu/yel,red to gray,and black to brown

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