2005 Ford Escape subwoofer
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: 2005 Ford Escape subwoofer
Posted By: resq1
Subject: 2005 Ford Escape subwoofer
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 8:33 AM
Have a new 2005 Ford Escape. Radio harnes is in two parts Standard Speaker & power harness, and the other plug is for a factory amp/subwoofer combo. I installed a Kenwood aftermarket stereo, but couldn't use the factory subwoofer. But the stereo has preamp subwoofer outputs. I assume if I butcher an RCA cable and connect the kenwood preamp outputs to the Ford amp inputs, it should work, but I can't seem to find a wiring diagram to tell me what's what. The amp input has the following wire color codes: RED / yellow - 12v+ - This I know
Black - Ground
GREEN/ Black - ????
Blue/red - ????
Grey/black - ???? Can someone please help? ------------- Resq1
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 9:09 AM
im guessing 1 of those unknown wires is an amp turn on wire, quite possibly the blue/red. And the other 2 should be your + and - speaker wires.
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Posted By: Chad7n7
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 1:43 PM
Before you go to butchering your wire harness, this is what you need to correctly integrate your factory amplifier/subwoofer. You have a new truck, butchering harnesses and wiring could void your warranty. Just something to thing about before you consider hacking your truck up. Good Luck. -------------
Posted By: resq1
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 2:28 PM
Chad, Thanks for the reply, but are you sure that will fit a 2005? The other part of that harness appears to be incorrect, so I would be concerned that the amp part isn't the same either. Besides, I really wasn't going to butcher the car harness, per se, just an RCA cable and insert the ends of the cut wire into the car harness. At least to test anyway, then worry about an integrator harness later on. Thanks in advance ------------- Resq1
Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 2:51 PM
Posted By: resq1
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 3:17 PM
That is great. I am almost there. BUT....... can anyone tell me what the shield wire does (more specifically, where does it go to) it doesn't seem to go to the amp. and it is not a ground wire. Thanks ------------- Resq1
Posted By: Chad7n7
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 5:55 PM
hmm.....true, they changed the body and interior styling of these, therefore harness may not be the same, I know this fits 2000-2003, what harness did you use to install your deck, so I could possibly cross reference.
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Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 6:32 PM
The shield wire must be grounded, and the enable wire has to see 5v (12v works) for the amp to turn on from my experience with the Expedition.
Mike
Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 7:05 PM
And the actual harness you would need I believe is the Metra 71-5520-01 which comes with the radio harness, OEM DVD overhead harness (which you wouldn't use), and the subwoofer harness.
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 7:52 PM
I'm willing to bet your factory amp uses speaker level inputs anyway. I don't know about ford but chrystlers do. If this is true, butchering an RCA cable won't help you at all. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: March 13, 2005 at 8:00 PM
i'd try using the center lead of the rca to pin 1, shield of rca to pins 2 & 3, and the remote amp turn on (blue/white) to pin 4. adjust subwoofer output on radio for desired volume/ crossover frequency if applicable.
Posted By: resq1
Date Posted: March 14, 2005 at 8:55 AM
OK all, I've figured it out, tested it and it works. Pins 1 & 2 are the audio inputs. I hacked an RCA cable and inserted the two leads. Pin 3 I leave empty Pin 4 I use 5 volts (from onther source) and all works wonderfully. My final question is: Where can I find the matching harnes to this subwoofer plug. It is exactly like the one shown above posted by nowyaknow. Thank you all for your help ------------- Resq1
Posted By: tech460
Date Posted: March 14, 2005 at 11:24 AM
On this vehicle Metra makes a harness which is 70-5521 and it has the main harness plus an additional sub plug which is what your looking for. They also sell the sub plug by itself which is 70-5522. This is for all of the newer amplified systems that use a 70-5520 main harness including yours. Also on Fords is that the turn is not 12v it is 5v which isn't a problem but you may get a turn on thump. If so, use a 1.5kohm resistor in series with the turn on wire.
Posted By: resq1
Date Posted: March 15, 2005 at 10:00 PM
do you have any Idea where I could find hese parts? A cursory search online reveals nothing. Thanks in advance ------------- Resq1
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