04 Monte Carlo

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Topic: 04 Monte Carlo

Posted By: Walkercustoms
Subject: 04 Monte Carlo
Date Posted: April 27, 2005 at 10:49 AM

Has anybody installed a HU in a 04 Monte Carlo yet with the bypass harness and some red wire the shop gave the guy for me to install for his dash or something.

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Posted By: Walkercustoms
Date Posted: April 27, 2005 at 3:30 PM

Can anybody help?

Thanks

Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: April 28, 2005 at 7:58 AM

Connect the red wire to an accessory circuit and run to your deck.

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Posted By: Walkercustoms
Date Posted: April 28, 2005 at 3:21 PM

Run it where on the deck? Just use the red wire they gave him and run it to like a dome light circuit or something?

Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: April 28, 2005 at 8:34 PM

"Just use the red wire they gave him and run it to like a dome light circuit or something?"

That would be great if you wanted the radio to turn on and off anytime the domelight came on.

Connect it to the red turn on wire on the head unit. Run the other end to a switched 12v source. If you go to the ignition switch, make sure to put a fuse inline. If the a/c controls are accessible, there should be a pink wire which will test as an accessory wire that you could tap into.

Mike

Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: April 28, 2005 at 8:55 PM

Run the red wire to the red igintion wire on the new radio, connect the other end to the ignition wire or acc wire in the main wire harness coming down the steering column. The wire colors may be pink for Ignition and brown for ACC (if they did not change the colors), so test with a meter of course.

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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: April 28, 2005 at 9:20 PM

Do not run to the a/c controls for an accessory- they usually won't take even the small load you put on them, and can start acting funny. It's not much harder to run to the column.

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My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.

Posted By: Walkercustoms
Date Posted: April 29, 2005 at 1:36 PM

Thanks guys you have been a big help.