Hi Rodders
just got a sony from a friend,here's the question. i tried hooking blk and yellow wires up and nothing. i got the wire diagram from sony to tell me what is what for wires. here's the problem besides speaker wires i got the following
yellow=constant 12 v
orange/white=illumination
Red=accesory 12 v
and also 2 blue wires for the amp and antenna remote ,i wont b using.
Now on my 81 camaro theres a yellow power and a blk ground,what do i hook up the orange and red wire to?
Pleeze help
Thanx in advance
Stevo

I have a new one should be the same.
Orange to dash lights on headlight switch.
Red to Ignition switch accesory wire.

Hope this helps.

where do i put the yellow[constrant 12v] from the cd or do i just cap it off? and i have a grey wire in the car that has a bulb at the end just hangin there its hot with the key, i think its a dash light do i just tap into it for illumination? Sorry but the guy b4 me chopped all the clips out I appreciate the help
Steve------>

got it.......hook the red and yellow fr the cd to the acc yellow in the car...then hook up the orange illumination wire to a dash light......and we got beats

If you hook both the red and the yellow up to your acc circuit in the car, chances are you're not going to be able to store any stations on that new deck.

The reason they include the 12V ignition line is for American cars where if you kill the ignition, the stereo goes off. In imports (at least VW's) you jump the 12V ignition from the deck harness to 12V constant so that the stereo stays on if the car gets turned off. This is a full manual setup, essentially.

Are you sure that you got that right with the constant 12V being the yellow line and the ignition 12V the red one? that sounds awfully backwards to me, and I've seen a lot of aftermarket stereos out there.

PM me if you have any questions.

the blonde weasel
san diego, CA

You might try contacting the tech support guys at Crutchfield (crutchfield.com). They have a lot of vehicle make-specific information and they are usually so helpful that I suspect they'd give you their assistance even if you hadn't bought the unit from them.

Thanx fer the replies, i got the color codes from sony.com 4 the cd
unit. and I'm pretty sure on the colors for the deck but if i only connect the red or the yellow and not both it wont power up.........anyways good enough , and thanx againi appreciate it. hey 5window good site, they got a video there of a installation.........i just need to download windows media player 7 so i can watch it
Steve

run the yellow though the firewall and hook directly to the battery, but be sure to use a fuse or fuseable link somewhere in between.
easy, and RIGHT.........

Find a hot wire in the wiring harness. If the previous owner cut off wiring connectors, you're going to have to probe individual wires until you find one that's live when the ignition is OFF. Just make sure you put an inline fuse in there.

If you have a wiring diagram, you can figure out which color wire should be live and save yourself some time.

red - accessory
yellow - live wire
orange - headlight/dimmer switch as mentioned above