Radio/Speakers install
03-15-2012, 01:44 AM
#21
Jordan
Wire them together, color coordinating.
You'll have four sets of pairs, one of each pair will have a black stripe. Green, purple, gray, and white I believe. They will match on both harnesses, these are the speakers.
Then there's Red, yellow, black, and blue. Those are ignition power, power, ground, and amplifier remote. The amplifier remote gets left alone and covered with tape if you do not have an amp.
There may be two orange wires coming from the truck side harnesses, tape them off if they do not match any on the stereo. These are illumination and dimmer wires, to match the dashboard lights.
What all is left over?
You'll have four sets of pairs, one of each pair will have a black stripe. Green, purple, gray, and white I believe. They will match on both harnesses, these are the speakers.
Then there's Red, yellow, black, and blue. Those are ignition power, power, ground, and amplifier remote. The amplifier remote gets left alone and covered with tape if you do not have an amp.
There may be two orange wires coming from the truck side harnesses, tape them off if they do not match any on the stereo. These are illumination and dimmer wires, to match the dashboard lights.
What all is left over?
Last edited by mr7confused; 03-15-2012 at 01:51 AM.
03-18-2012, 10:47 PM
#23
Crutchfield probably has better quality adapter, but they did not have the radio I was looking for or not in my price range.
But get the adapter, even if you don't use it. The truck has 2 plugs, gray for power arrangement and black for speakers. The metra came with 2 plugs and color code listed, along with each function. Plug the adapter to the car's plug (make sure you don't create a short, or disconnect the battery negative) and match up the original-adapter wire colors and function. Record this. Make sure you get the color right, don't call faded blue a gray, assuming you will remember later.
Wires have a dominant color then a stripe of another color. Don't mix them up. My eyes were getting little blurry after staring at them, so I made sure which was dominant and which was stripe.
You should know what your truck has. You will have to guess on some other things. I don't have a power antenna, so I don't need that wire. How does illumination control and such work? I don't know and the radio wire chart did not call for it. If I didn't need that wire, I just capped it with heat shrink.
Longest wire in my radio was for remote control antenna.
Now you id-ed the original wires. Look at the color chart that came with the radio. Match the function to the colors. List these in order and refer to them for each connection. Wrap the speaker and power wires separately. There is plenty of room in the dash. You'll see where you can tuck the wires into.
My truck had stock am only radio. It had 2 holes each side and I thought home made U (thicker cloth hanger wire) would work, but this only unhooked one side of the bezel. I ripped it out. Once the bezel is out, you can see latches on the side and how to press them for the radio to slide out. The cage was also removed, it was destroyed anyway.
If you did not get the radio yet, look for one that has sd card slot (mine is under the detachable face). I thought usb port was all I need, but the first usb flash drive was knocked sideways by my kid. Also, Boss radio I bought has usb port, but it does not accept direct ipod connection. This usb port was for flashdrive only.
It also turns out these radios have pre-set order of playing the music. After converting and moving the music to sd card, I rearranged the order and renamed them and the order number. But radio seems to rearranged them. I don't care enough to try figure that out.
But get the adapter, even if you don't use it. The truck has 2 plugs, gray for power arrangement and black for speakers. The metra came with 2 plugs and color code listed, along with each function. Plug the adapter to the car's plug (make sure you don't create a short, or disconnect the battery negative) and match up the original-adapter wire colors and function. Record this. Make sure you get the color right, don't call faded blue a gray, assuming you will remember later.
Wires have a dominant color then a stripe of another color. Don't mix them up. My eyes were getting little blurry after staring at them, so I made sure which was dominant and which was stripe.
You should know what your truck has. You will have to guess on some other things. I don't have a power antenna, so I don't need that wire. How does illumination control and such work? I don't know and the radio wire chart did not call for it. If I didn't need that wire, I just capped it with heat shrink.
Longest wire in my radio was for remote control antenna.
Now you id-ed the original wires. Look at the color chart that came with the radio. Match the function to the colors. List these in order and refer to them for each connection. Wrap the speaker and power wires separately. There is plenty of room in the dash. You'll see where you can tuck the wires into.
My truck had stock am only radio. It had 2 holes each side and I thought home made U (thicker cloth hanger wire) would work, but this only unhooked one side of the bezel. I ripped it out. Once the bezel is out, you can see latches on the side and how to press them for the radio to slide out. The cage was also removed, it was destroyed anyway.
If you did not get the radio yet, look for one that has sd card slot (mine is under the detachable face). I thought usb port was all I need, but the first usb flash drive was knocked sideways by my kid. Also, Boss radio I bought has usb port, but it does not accept direct ipod connection. This usb port was for flashdrive only.
It also turns out these radios have pre-set order of playing the music. After converting and moving the music to sd card, I rearranged the order and renamed them and the order number. But radio seems to rearranged them. I don't care enough to try figure that out.
03-18-2012, 11:34 PM
#24
Just Creepin
The tool for the Ford din, it pushes it and you have to pry outward on the tool. This squeezes the latch mechanism in and lets radio slide out. The tool also has notches in it that help grab as you pull. You can use a coat hanger yes, but it misses the part that helps pull radio out. Kind of pain without it.
Had a sable that used the tool and pulled that radio out more than I should have needed too.
Walmart has(had) them.
Had a sable that used the tool and pulled that radio out more than I should have needed too.
Walmart has(had) them.
03-19-2012, 12:33 PM
#26
Senior Member
Crutchfield probably has better quality adapter, but they did not have the radio I was looking for or not in my price range.
But get the adapter, even if you don't use it. The truck has 2 plugs, gray for power arrangement and black for speakers. The metra came with 2 plugs and color code listed, along with each function. Plug the adapter to the car's plug (make sure you don't create a short, or disconnect the battery negative) and match up the original-adapter wire colors and function. Record this. Make sure you get the color right, don't call faded blue a gray, assuming you will remember later.
Wires have a dominant color then a stripe of another color. Don't mix them up. My eyes were getting little blurry after staring at them, so I made sure which was dominant and which was stripe.
You should know what your truck has. You will have to guess on some other things. I don't have a power antenna, so I don't need that wire. How does illumination control and such work? I don't know and the radio wire chart did not call for it. If I didn't need that wire, I just capped it with heat shrink.
Longest wire in my radio was for remote control antenna.
Now you id-ed the original wires. Look at the color chart that came with the radio. Match the function to the colors. List these in order and refer to them for each connection. Wrap the speaker and power wires separately. There is plenty of room in the dash. You'll see where you can tuck the wires into.
But get the adapter, even if you don't use it. The truck has 2 plugs, gray for power arrangement and black for speakers. The metra came with 2 plugs and color code listed, along with each function. Plug the adapter to the car's plug (make sure you don't create a short, or disconnect the battery negative) and match up the original-adapter wire colors and function. Record this. Make sure you get the color right, don't call faded blue a gray, assuming you will remember later.
Wires have a dominant color then a stripe of another color. Don't mix them up. My eyes were getting little blurry after staring at them, so I made sure which was dominant and which was stripe.
You should know what your truck has. You will have to guess on some other things. I don't have a power antenna, so I don't need that wire. How does illumination control and such work? I don't know and the radio wire chart did not call for it. If I didn't need that wire, I just capped it with heat shrink.
Longest wire in my radio was for remote control antenna.
Now you id-ed the original wires. Look at the color chart that came with the radio. Match the function to the colors. List these in order and refer to them for each connection. Wrap the speaker and power wires separately. There is plenty of room in the dash. You'll see where you can tuck the wires into.
