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97 Mazda Protege, head unit

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Topic: 97 Mazda Protege, head unit

Posted By: medik
Subject: 97 Mazda Protege, head unit
Date Posted: July 03, 2006 at 8:52 PM

I have a 97 Mazda Protege and I am putting in an aftermarket radio. I found a wiring diaogram on-line that was helpful however, going by the diagram I should have one Purple wire (left front +) and one Yellow / Blue (right front +) this is accurate inside the doors but not coming through the dash. The wires coming through the dash that are left over are White / Red, White and Yellow / Red all other wire colors were corect and I have hooked them up. I have power, memory and rear speakers but no front. I have tried several combonations with the left over wires with no luck, if anyone can help I would be grateful...Tim




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Posted By: coppellstereo
Date Posted: July 03, 2006 at 11:15 PM
are you using a wiring harness?

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Posted By: medik
Date Posted: July 04, 2006 at 11:30 AM
Yes, the wiring harness that was provided with the stereo, solid colors only, no stripes...Tim




Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: July 04, 2006 at 12:00 PM
That's not what he meant.  Your local stereo shop will have a wiring harness for your car.  You wire that to the new stereo's harness and it'll plug in where the factory radio did before.  I'm curious what kind of stereo had no striped wires, this must be an older unit.  The newer units follow a universal standard for ease of hook up: https://www.the12volt.com/request/request2.asp.  The speaker negatives should all have a black stripe.

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




Posted By: medik
Date Posted: July 04, 2006 at 1:09 PM
no there is no wiring harness, and as far as the stereo it's a walmart brand cd player, Christmas gift to my son for his car. also i'm kind of committed to the wirees i have now due to the fact that i soldered all the conections...thanks...Tim




Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: July 04, 2006 at 2:08 PM

Read the sticky "how to figure out stereo wiring".



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





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