hey, um today i put in a nice reciever into my 86 rx-7 was a pain in the a$$ but i got it done. my question is how come i can't hear any sound now lol? did i splice the wrong wires . . they're all color matched . . and if i did how come it didn't blow up in my face? any help or general flaming for my complete and total newbieness is welcome thanx! :)
Adam
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Rave 'Till Dawn!
What do you mean by " color matched " ?? All vehicle wiring is different and you have to hook up wire according to their characteristics, not color match. According to the diagram the 12+ is BLACK in color and the switched IGN is BLUE so make sure that you did not color match to this otherwise you may have blown the receiver.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
uh oh. i color matched by the table on the back of the wiring harness package. so then there no real universal way of doin it then huh . . the reciever isn't blown tho is it? cuz it still turns on and acts as tho its playing. only thing wrong is no sound. so the only thing i think i mixed up was the speaker wire splices. but if i change those with the others . . well i got my nifty DMM as of yesterday nothin can stop me now lol. unless i blow the fuse in that =). i'ma use the diagram on here and see what i did wrong n post after i've:
A: finished the job nice thanks to 12 volt's community
B: shocked myself to death (veeery slowly) with 12 volts
C: blown the reciever
PS i'm hoping for A. wish me luck ^^ . . . kinda scary that i was a job in this industry huh =P
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Rave 'Till Dawn!
ok this very sux. since it turned on fine and illuminated fine the only thing i was going to mess with was the speaker connections. right front postitive and negative ya they were reveresed however .. . the colors dont match on any of them to the diagram on here. the wires i have are like green and brown . . all the colors for the diagram on here are like . . blue whats up?
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Rave 'Till Dawn!
Did you cut into the factory harness? If not, go to a good stereo shop and purchase the Metra harness adaptoer. If you have already cut off the factory connector, here's the chart for your car:
https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/detail.asp?info=alarm&year=1986-88&make=Mazda&model=RX-7&ID=18329&type=Stereo
awesome thanx to both of you guys the job is done. the ONE wire i thought i didn't need (the blue one) powers the factory amp . . . i didn't even know the car had one. but ya it works great now and i did use the harness adapter thanx you guys! =P
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Rave 'Till Dawn!