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urgent need help on wiring a car radio.

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: March 26, 2026 at 4:23 AM


Topic: urgent need help on wiring a car radio.

Posted By: sssss123
Subject: urgent need help on wiring a car radio.
Date Posted: June 23, 2003 at 1:42 PM

how do i wire this...
from back of car there is two wires one red( sure this is live) one black not sure what this is?????
from radio, 4 speaker wires 2 are + 2 are - i think u wire all to speakers,
one red wire which is live and one red and yellow wire which i think is also live....
one brown wire by the name of ground what is this wire?
i want to wire 2 front speakers also....

hope u can help......

i tried the above red to both lives speaker wire used all 4 , for 2 speakers, and put the ground to the black wire,,,,, not sure if i should of done this streo worked ok but i got little electric shocks of radio, what do i do now?



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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: June 23, 2003 at 2:10 PM

First off you need to be a little more specific. What kind of car is this, and what kind of equipment are you trying to install. If its aftermarket could you please list the components you have.





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