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Mount
New Radio
Cover
Page
Remove
& Install
Before
You Begin
Wire
New Radio
Supplemental information if you need help
Document Title Document #
Testing wires when installing a new radio 999013
Why use an OEM snap on wire harness 999008
Wiring your new radio using a wire harness 999009
Wire splicing: soldering vs. crimping 999004
New Radio
Auto Makers
Factory
Radio
Wire Harness Inside Vehicles
Dash Which Plugs Into The
Rear Of The Factory Radio
Wiring Instructions:
The power and speaker wires needed to connect the new radio are attached to
the connector of the wire harness located inside the vehicles dash. The Install
Doctor STRONGLY recommends using an optional snap on wire harness that
is specifically designed to snap into the vehicles dash wire harness connector.
This will keep you from cutting the vehicles wires. This optional snap on wire
harness will have wires on the opposite side of the connector that will allow
you to splice these wires to the new radios wires. The only other option is to
cut off the vehicles dash wire harness connector and splice the new radios
wires directly to these wires. The optional snap on wire harness takes all the
guess work out of trying to figure out what each wire is in the vehicles dash
wire harness. The optional snap on wire harness tell you what each wire is.
(Note: the radio shown is for display purposes and may not be similar in
size or dimensions than the auto makers factory radio in your vehicle)
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Step By Step Wiring
Optional (STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED) Snap On Wire
Harness That Splices Into The
Wires Of The New Radio
POWER AND SPEAKER WIRES FROM NEW RADIO
POWER AND SPEAKER WIRES FROM THE VEHICLES
DASH WIRE HARNESS OR SNAP ON WIRE HARNESS
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
STEP 6
STEP 7
STEP 8
Connect the GROUND wire of the new radio to the ground wire of a
snap on wire harness OR crimp a ring terminal connector to this wire
and screw the ring terminal to metal inside the vehicles dash.
Connect the +12 Volt Battery or Constant wire of the new radio to
either the +12 Volt Battery wire of a snap on wire harness OR connect
this wire to the +12 Volt Battery wire found in the wire chart above.
Connect the +12 Volt Ignition or Switch wire of the new radio to
either the +12 Volt Ignition wire of a snap on wire harness OR connect
this wire to the +12 Volt Ignition wire found in the wire chart above.
If your vehicle has a POWER ANTENNA connect the
POWER ANTENNA wire of the new radio to either the POWER
ANTENNA wire on a snap on wire harness OR wire in chart above.
Connect the LEFT FRONT speaker wires from the new radio to the
LEFT FRONT speaker wires on a snap on wire harness OR the
LEFT FRONT speaker wires found in the chart above.
Connect the RIGHT FRONT speaker wires from the new radio to the
RIGHT FRONT speaker wires on a snap on wire harness OR the
RIGHT FRONT speaker wires found in the chart above.
Connect the LEFT REAR speaker wires from the new radio to the
LEFT REAR speaker wires on a snap on wire harness OR the
LEFT REAR speaker wires found in the chart above.
Connect the RIGHT REAR speaker wires from the new radio to the
RIGHT REAR speaker wires on a snap on wire harness OR the
RIGHT REAR speaker wires found in the chart above.
Ground Wire
+12 Volt
Battery Wire
+12 Volt
Ignition Wire
Power Antenna
Wire (if available)
Left Front Speaker Wires
Right Front Speaker Wires
Left Rear
Speaker Wires
Right Rear Speaker Wires
Ground Wire
+12 Volt
Battery Wire
+12 Volt
Ignition Wire
Power Antenna
Wire (if available)
Left Front Speaker Wires
Right Front Speaker Wires
Left Rear
Speaker Wires
Right Rear Speaker Wires
