Radio Wires - Updated first post

[Yoshi]

Just disconnected my original radio (NA6). and am not too sure what all the different wires are. (im installing a new radio)

There is the black grounding wire in the centre - I know what this one is.

A large black coaxial cable form the right - Is this power from the battery? If so my new radio say it needs both positive and negative, does this mean i will have to run another wire from the battery?

Two connectors with wires, one on top of the other, on the left hand side - Are there all the wires from the speakers? I have the two door speakers and the headrest speakers.

Can anyone help me out?


UPDATE: Yay got the radio going . The problem is i pulled out the speakers and forgot to mark which wire went on what connector. Does it matter? I have two wires, both red, one with a white stripe and the other with a green. Back at the radio connector end the wires are a different colour so i cant tell which is negative and positive. I connected it up to the speaker trying both combinations and they both worked. Does it matter which way i connect it to the speaker? I thought it, but it worked both ways.

[Andrew]

Those gender changing looms that you can purchase would be the ideal way of installing an aftermarket head unit

....as for the wiring info, you may find it here

[Andrew]

....also have a read of this and this

[JBT]

A large black coaxial cable form the right - Is this power from the battery?

Antenna lead?

[Yoshi]

Wow thanks for all the links.

I just found a coaxial connection at the back of the radio, so i assume that this is NOT for the power. What is the coaxial cable for then, antenna?

In that case i also assume that power is coming from one of the two connectors. How can i find out which ones are for the power.

The reason why i ask is because the radio i bought comes with an adaptor on one end (that fits into the radio) and the other end is just wires, so i will have to do soldering even if i get the adaptor.

I know what all the wires mean on the back of the new radio, its just that i dont know what the ones in the car are.

Anyways its off to the shops to get me the adaptor.





Edit: I just saw a picture of the adaptor i need to get, looks easy because they are colour coded, matches the ones on the back of the new radio so i guess its just a case of matching colours So it shouldnt be a probem..

[sharyl]

When I riped the tape player out of mine to replace with a cd player I didn't need probably half of the wires that were in the car... it was confusing as hell figuring out what went where! unfortunately I wasn't on this site when I installed it or I could have saved mysef a few hours!!