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<blockquote data-quote="KaeZoo" data-source="post: 483537" data-attributes="member: 554753">All Explorers are &quot;premium sound&quot; systems in the sense that they all have factory amplifiers.&nbsp; The Scosche harness you linked to will fit the plugs but retain the factory amplifier.There is a Metra harness available for bypassing the factory amp:<a href="http://www.metraonline.com/product.aspx?sku=70-5514&amp;amp;x=21&amp;amp;y=12" target="_blank">http://www.metraonline.com/product.aspx?sku=70-5514&amp;amp;x=21&amp;amp;y=12</a>The long gray plug contains power and ground wiring.&nbsp; The square plug is for the speaker wiring, and connects to the cable that carries the input to the factory amp.&nbsp; The third harness is installed at the factory amp, and connects the input plug directly to the output plug, taking the amp out of the system.&nbsp; (The factory amp is located under the panel on the right side of the cargo area).This harness is the easiest way to bypass the factory amp in an Explorer, but its weakness is that it uses the factory low-level amp input wiring as speaker wiring.&nbsp; Another option is to just use the gray power/ground plug for the new head unit, and run new speaker wire to the factory amplifier to connect to the speaker output wiring there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KaeZoo, post: 483537, member: 554753"] All Explorers are "premium sound" systems in the sense that they all have factory amplifiers. The Scosche harness you linked to will fit the plugs but retain the factory amplifier. There is a Metra harness available for bypassing the factory amp: [URL="http://www.metraonline.com/product.aspx?sku=70-5514&x=21&y=12"]http://www.metraonline.com/product.aspx?sku=70-5514&x=21&y=12[/URL] The long gray plug contains power and ground wiring. The square plug is for the speaker wiring, and connects to the cable that carries the input to the factory amp. The third harness is installed at the factory amp, and connects the input plug directly to the output plug, taking the amp out of the system. (The factory amp is located under the panel on the right side of the cargo area). This harness is the easiest way to bypass the factory amp in an Explorer, but its weakness is that it uses the factory low-level amp input wiring as speaker wiring. Another option is to just use the gray power/ground plug for the new head unit, and run new speaker wire to the factory amplifier to connect to the speaker output wiring there. [/QUOTE]

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