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Car stereo wiring diagrams,
and amplifier wiring diagrams.
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1. What is
the difference between:
Answer
Car Stereo and Security Wiring Color
Codes
When removing the original factory stereo that came with the vehicle,
you will notice a plug that that is plugged into the radio, after
removing it from the dash.
It will also indicate the wire color and its purpose ( Located
throughout the vehicle) for installing, remote entry, security systems,
remote start systems and also a GPS navigation systems, as these
diagrams will indicate Vss wire or vehicle speed sensor wire, which
many GPS navigation systems require.
Please note that the security wiring color codes are for the wires
located in the vehicle
itself, and not for the security system, remote entry, or
other accessory that you may be adding.
Example:
If you are looking for the
unlock wire for the door locks:
These diagrams will indicate
which wire to connect to (on the vehicles wiring harness) from your
security system, two achieve this objective.
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Factory Amplifier Wiring Diagrams
Factory amplifier
wiring diagrams will indicate more detail
May vehicles are now equipped from the
factory with an enhanced audio system that may contain:
If your vehicle is
equipped with any of these devices:
Amplifier
Wiring Diagrams, will indicate wire colors and their
purpose, for the wires that go to the factory:
These to diagrams are quite handy to have as this will allow
you to either bypass the factory amplifier, or to add other device's to it!
Amplifier
diagrams however, do not contain information about the
security wiring.
Please see
Car Stereo and Security Wiring Color
Codes for all security wiring
and basic radio wiring.
How do I know if
my factory car stereo system has an amplifier?
There are a few
ways to find out if your factory system has an amplifier
system.
One way
is to verify if your system has more than four
speakers.
If it does it probably has an amplifier.
This will not always however, be
the case.
You may also want to check with your factories owner's
manual to see what type of system that you have.
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Many
manufactures will title their enhanced audio systems
with
names such as:
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Ford:
Premium
sound
Mock
systems
General Motors
Monsoon
Bose
Volkswagen
Monsoon |
Nissan
Infinity
Bose
Mitsubishi
Infinity
and many others
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