where can I connect my black and yellow wires?

[mcf57 10+ year member]

I have a 2007 VW Passat with a JVC stereo I installed in it several years ago. I also hooked up a changer, SIRIUS (JVC SIR-1) tuner and bluetooth adapter to it. These all sit under the driver's seat and all has been working great.

I recently got a JVC KSSRA100 (along with a SIRIUSConnect tuner adapter) in order to upgrade the SIRIUS (get more stations). Unlike the SIR1 where it was a simple plug-n-play, this KSSRA100 requires me to hook up two wires for it to operate correctly. These are a black and a yellow wire.

From what i can tell, the black wire is for ground. The yellow wire is then for constant power. It was recommended that I hook these up behind the head unit. The black & yellow wires are only about 12 inches and since I want to put this under the driver seat, they won't normally reach the head unit (unless I add an extenstion).

Is there maybe some other options to install these wires (especially the yellow wire)? Like maybe directly to the VW fuse box? Or maybe somewhere else?

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[A_Contraptions]

powered seat?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Solder and extend the wires.

 

[mcf57 10+ year member]

yes, seats are powered. IF I do "extend" the wire, do I simply tie into the exisiting yellow/black connection on the back of the JVC receiver (between receiver and wire harness adapter) and have 3 wires connected for yellow, 3 for black?

 

[A_Contraptions]

the power seat is constant on. 30 amp circuit which is wayyy more then that device uses. you can find the hot wire under the seam and ground the black

 

[mcf57 10+ year member]

can I easily tap into the power seat yellow wire? Maybe some sort of alligator style clip? Or do I have to cut it and splice them all back together? I'm just afraid of cutting something and then not being able to get the seat to function properly somehow.