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[tb04512 10+ year member]

i just got my deck today and i tryed to install it my self the instructions told me to cut the wires so i could fuse them eith the new ones but i have no idea what the power cords are or speaker cords plz help me!

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[Radar 10+ year member]

Have you gotten a wiring harness? Those help alot. Check walmart for a cheap one or look around online for one spacific to your car.

What type of car is it?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Wiring harnesses remove any of the tough work related to this. All you need to know is your type of car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif they take care of the rest. Plug and pray, hehe.

 

[tb04512 10+ year member]

its a 93 camaro ok they sent me some install kit thing and in the instructions they told me to cut the wires and fuse em together with the old ones then plug that in... but i cut the cords now i dont know what cords are what.. i already cut them so i dont know what to do

 

[diminishedpower 10+ year member]

can you get any pictures, becasue if you dont kno what you did how can we kno hwo to help you, pics would help a lot

 

[tb04512 10+ year member]

umm ill try to i dunno if i can

 

[Zerstorer 10+ year member]

Here is a long shot:

factory H/Us sometimes have the wire labels imprinted on the back of the hu... stamped in the metal or in the plastic. look CLOSELY for that.

 

[tb04512 10+ year member]

nope no lables..... ok where the old radio had the wired plug into the back i took that thing out and then it told me to cut the wires so i could fuse them together witht the new ones..sry dont really know how to explain it

 

[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

If you still have the factory plug, I'd reattach it and use an adapting harness.

If you don't, here's the most likely wire colors for a 93 Camaro:

constant power: orange

accessory power: yellow

ground: black or black/white

Left front speaker: tan (+) and gray (-)

Right front speaker: light green (+) and dark green (-)

Left rear speaker: brown (+) and yellow (-)

Right rear speaker: dark blue (+) and light blue (-)

Note that you'll have at least two yellow wires; you'll need to use a multimeter to tell which is which. Also you may have extra green and gray wires for illumination; a multimeter will help you tell them from the speaker wires.

 

[tb04512 10+ year member]

omg thanks whats a multimeter ?

 

[Zerstorer 10+ year member]

Multimeter/VOM... it's the testing device with the two eletrical probes, usually a dial for its mode, and some sort of output, like a screen or needle...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

may be also referred to as a DMM...digital multimeter. VOM stands for volt-ohm meter.

Get one, you'll use it almost as much, if not more, than a soldering iron in electronics.

 

[tb04512 10+ year member]

how much are they

 

[diminishedpower 10+ year member]

anywere from 20 buck to 200 depending on what fetures how much amprage they can take, how compact it is, just depends

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

more like anywhere from $5 bucks to whatever...

a $5-$7 one from radioshack would be enough for simple uses...

I bought a decent one for $30.

A more expensive one will have more features & the specifications would be able to handle a variety of different circuits & devices. It also will have a less margin of error.

my guys always think I'm some crazy geek whenever I pull out my multimeter when I have the system on with the car off for long periods of time (because I'm measuring voltage to make sure I don't kill the battery...which happened a lot with my old battery)