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cd player, 1993 mercury villager

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 17, 2024 at 8:49 PM


Topic: cd player, 1993 mercury villager

Posted By: jdmef9
Subject: cd player, 1993 mercury villager
Date Posted: November 04, 2007 at 10:02 AM

hey all, got a 1993 Mercury Villager LS for free for a winter beater, my other car is off the road. last night i took out the stock tape deck and put in a sony cd player, i used the proper wiring harness ( https://www.bestkits.com/ViewImage.aspx?img=i/BHA5514.jpg ) the one on the right is the audio, the one in the middle is the power/Gnd and what not, and i have no idea what the one on the left is for, i was thinking maybe it was for the models with an EQ or something, but mine does not have one. Anywhoo i hooked everything up last night and it turned on, read cd's and what not, but absolutley NO sound, i have another deck, and tried that too, nothing. triple checked my wiring and i know its not that, i install all of my own sound systems, and in dash dvd's.

the only thing i can think of, is that on the back of the stock tape deck, there were 2 antenna looking cables, one male one female, havent seen that before. and also there are 2 wires that arent hooked up because they clip in to the stock deck, and there are no place to clip them into the harnesses or the sony. they are (I THINK) blue and yellow, unless they were really dusty and are black and yellow. Factory amp?? do i need to run power and ground to those wires somehow?? please help!!




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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: November 04, 2007 at 10:30 AM
If it's an LS then it probably has the Ford Premium Sound package so yes, it has a factory amp.  I suggest you need the Metra 70-5514 amp bypass harness and just jumper it out.

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Posted By: jdmef9
Date Posted: November 04, 2007 at 7:14 PM
would you happen to know which wire is pos and which is neg?  and would it be ok to connect it to the pos and neg of the amp turn on wires on the aftermarket wiring harness??




Posted By: jdmef9
Date Posted: November 04, 2007 at 7:46 PM
ok sooooo, i just went out and disconnected it all, and hooked up the stock deck, everyhting works on the stock deck, even without that harness with the 2 wires, the only thing that it wouldnt play anything without (other than the audio and power harnesses) was the 2nd Antenna looking thing, the Female, the male (obviously) is the radio antenna, but as soon as i unplugged the female looking one i lost the clock and the sound, all the other lights stayed on. weeeird doodie, please help, dont tell me i cant put a cd player in this thing :(




Posted By: jdmef9
Date Posted: November 05, 2007 at 7:43 AM
any suggestions??




Posted By: jdmef9
Date Posted: November 11, 2007 at 9:12 PM
if it helps...the female looking antenna, also looks like it would fit an RCA in it?? any suggestions??





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