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<blockquote data-quote="dnsherrill" data-source="post: 7840817" data-attributes="member: 643783">fwiw- I was told to the refer to Metra connectors as the green one (for the speakers, with the 4 RCA male ends) and the gray one (for the power supply to the new receiver...-I&#039;ve gotten my install advice from a guy at Installer.com ...he seemed to think that my amp in the trunk was not receiving power from the car, via the new receiver, but I have the bl/wh wires connected between the radio harness and the gray connector..-the new stereo harness has&nbsp; 4 pairs of wires for speakers (gr, prp for rear and wh, gry for front) which are not being used... it seems like if I make a connection between the radio harness speaker wire (wh + and wh - for ex.), with the RCA male end from the wh connector, that speaker will work correctly..- I just exchanged the head for a new one, hoping I had a defective item, no such luck-why is it recommended/required that I use the RCA outputs on the back of the new receiver/radio instead of the wires with the new harness? b/c I have a additional amp?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dnsherrill, post: 7840817, member: 643783"] fwiw- I was told to the refer to Metra connectors as the green one (for the speakers, with the 4 RCA male ends) and the gray one (for the power supply to the new receiver... -I've gotten my install advice from a guy at Installer.com ...he seemed to think that my amp in the trunk was not receiving power from the car, via the new receiver, but I have the bl/wh wires connected between the radio harness and the gray connector.. -the new stereo harness has 4 pairs of wires for speakers (gr, prp for rear and wh, gry for front) which are not being used... it seems like if I make a connection between the radio harness speaker wire (wh + and wh - for ex.), with the RCA male end from the wh connector, that speaker will work correctly.. - I just exchanged the head for a new one, hoping I had a defective item, no such luck -why is it recommended/required that I use the RCA outputs on the back of the new receiver/radio instead of the wires with the new harness? b/c I have a additional amp? [/QUOTE]

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