little black box on hu yellow wire?

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Topic: little black box on hu yellow wire?

Posted By: T.Hill
Subject: little black box on hu yellow wire?
Date Posted: November 20, 2007 at 2:57 PM

This really isn't an important question but I'm just curious. On my yellow power wire for my headunit there is a fuse and also a little black box with what looks like a coil of some kind inside. Anyone know what the purpose of this is? This is on a Pioneer HU.

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Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: November 20, 2007 at 3:54 PM

isnt the yellow on pioneers the ignition turn on lead? well anyways the coil is probable a fuse holder AGU that will prevent any damage to the deck when it draws more than the specified amps.

Pioneer - red (constant 12) yellow (ignition)
but if its an older one, th eonly thing i can think of is sony wiring. they list their wires as red- ignition yellow constant 12.

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: November 20, 2007 at 4:04 PM

It's just an RF filter... a choke, that only allows the DC necessary for the deck to function, through, while keeping the RF and ancillary noises in the electrical system, out.

You can remove it if it bothers you, but you'll probably end up getting more noise than it's worth. posted_image

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Posted By: coppellstereo
Date Posted: November 21, 2007 at 9:36 AM

I'm pretty sure yellow is 12v+ constant and red is switched.

Posted By: perly
Date Posted: November 21, 2007 at 11:30 AM

coppellstereo wrote:

I'm pretty sure yellow is 12v+ constant and red is switched.

yah definately every deck I have seen it is Yellow = constant and Red = ACC

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: November 21, 2007 at 11:43 AM

Sometimes the "little black box" is NOT just a filter, it is a DC to DC power supply and must be used for the head unit to operate properly. What is the model number of your HU?

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Posted By: T.Hill
Date Posted: November 23, 2007 at 3:01 PM

it's a 980BT, just like my sig says posted_image

...sorry couldn't resist.

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Pioneer DEH-P980BT, Zapco DCREF1000.4,Pioneer TS-C520PRS, Adire Extremis, MTX TA91002, TC Sounds TC-3000 15"