Remote Turn-on Lead

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Topic: Remote Turn-on Lead

Posted By: trupp55
Subject: Remote Turn-on Lead
Date Posted: August 15, 2003 at 11:30 AM

Can someone please help me? Does anyone know what color the remote turn on lead is for a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am SE1. This is the model with 6 speaker stereo system. Thank you in advance.

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Posted By: radioactive
Date Posted: August 15, 2003 at 11:16 PM

not familiar with '01's pontiacs but i believe with gm cars behind teh stock radio theres a harness which you can actually make an educated geuss. power wires....pwr, gd, and remote lead all 3should be all together in the section of the harness. cancle out the yellow...the other two...simple splice NOT CUT the gd and remote lead and use a digital multimeter on either one.....the one that gets a reading is it....just an idea

hope that helps...... i had same exact problem man with my lumina..figuring which wires were which

good luck with it

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Posted By: krazypolishboy
Date Posted: August 16, 2003 at 2:40 AM

test it with a multimeter untill you find a wire thats only on when the key is in the run position

Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: August 16, 2003 at 11:07 AM

Pretty sure this vehicle uses class II wiring, and assuming that's the case, there will not be a switched power wire in the radio's harness. This is because the stock radio does not even use a +12v signal to know when to turn on; instead, it relies on data signals sent over the Class II data wire.

To get a switched power wire for use with aftermarket equipment (head unit and/or amplifier) you have to tap into the ignition harness.

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Posted By: trupp55
Date Posted: August 16, 2003 at 11:10 AM

esmith69 wrote:

Pretty sure this vehicle uses class II wiring, and assuming that's the case, there will not be a switched power wire in the radio's harness. This is because the stock radio does not even use a +12v signal to know when to turn on; instead, it relies on data signals sent over the Class II data wire.
To get a switched power wire for use with aftermarket equipment (head unit and/or amplifier) you have to tap into the ignition harness.

Hey, I've been asking around and someone said you could just wire it into a switched +12v from the cigarette lighter, for example.

Posted By: trupp55
Date Posted: August 17, 2003 at 3:54 PM

How hard is it to tap into the igition harness? and are there any other components that i could tap into which have a switched +12v?