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Finally got the radio working. Did in fact have to connect the blue antenna wire from the HU to the blue/white (AWP...still not sure what that stands for) wire in the Metra harness. Next had to tighten up connection on existing black coax antenna wire under dash down next to passenger door which...

Also noted that the guy at Metra said there was no separate blue antenna wire and blue/white amp power on in its harness- they were together. In fact the blue/white wire off the Metra harness says "AWP" not "AMP" 12 Volt. Either way...it didn't help to connect it to the sony antenna wire.

I finally got through to Metra and this is what they told me to try: Cconnecting the blue power antenna wire from the Sony harness to the blue/white amp power on wire from Metra harness. FYI: It didn't work. Also tried bypassing the Metra harness altogether and connecting the Sony blue...

I've got a 2001 Olds Alero, V6, 4dr and I replaced the stock cd/radio HU with a Sony CDX-GT31W 208W receiver. I purchased the Metra VT-GMRC-01 wiring harness (thank you GM for making things expensive and difficult) to keep the safety chimes in place along with an antenna adapter. The wiring...