Factory Radio wiring questions
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Factory Radio wiring questions
Hi everyone ... longtime reader, 2 month owner of my 05 Magnum SXT. Luvin' it.
Here's the deally-yo:
I have the factory radio system with Sirius radio (4-speaker setup). I'm wanting to keep the factory radio (i might as well get some use out of it). My problems are:
1. As most of you know, the dash contains "blanks", no speakers at all. AND... the F*$%in' thing contains no wires leading to these blanks. This is a BIG problem if you wanna keep your factory radio. I'm wanting to put 2 speakers there, but i have no idea what existing wires will work for these.
2. I have a Kenwood amplified bass tube. I'm wondering what wire to connect to the "Power Control Output" wire. I've done quite a bit of reading on this forum and i'm wondering if it might be the "Subwoofer" wires (which i'm unsure if these wires would be available on base-model stereo like mine), these are the "+ Grey/Brown" / "- Dark Green/Brown" combination.
Thanks!!
Here's the deally-yo:
I have the factory radio system with Sirius radio (4-speaker setup). I'm wanting to keep the factory radio (i might as well get some use out of it). My problems are:
1. As most of you know, the dash contains "blanks", no speakers at all. AND... the F*$%in' thing contains no wires leading to these blanks. This is a BIG problem if you wanna keep your factory radio. I'm wanting to put 2 speakers there, but i have no idea what existing wires will work for these.
2. I have a Kenwood amplified bass tube. I'm wondering what wire to connect to the "Power Control Output" wire. I've done quite a bit of reading on this forum and i'm wondering if it might be the "Subwoofer" wires (which i'm unsure if these wires would be available on base-model stereo like mine), these are the "+ Grey/Brown" / "- Dark Green/Brown" combination.
Thanks!!
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RE: Factory Radio wiring questions
ORIGINAL: MagnumDude
1. As most of you know, the dash contains "blanks", no speakers at all. AND... the F*$%in' thing contains no wires leading to these blanks. This is a BIG problem if you wanna keep your factory radio. I'm wanting to put 2 speakers there, but i have no idea what existing wires will work for these.
1. As most of you know, the dash contains "blanks", no speakers at all. AND... the F*$%in' thing contains no wires leading to these blanks. This is a BIG problem if you wanna keep your factory radio. I'm wanting to put 2 speakers there, but i have no idea what existing wires will work for these.
ORIGINAL: MagnumDude
2. I have a Kenwood amplified bass tube. I'm wondering what wire to connect to the "Power Control Output" wire. I've done quite a bit of reading on this forum and i'm wondering if it might be the "Subwoofer" wires (which i'm unsure if these wires would be available on base-model stereo like mine), these are the "+ Grey/Brown" / "- Dark Green/Brown" combination.
2. I have a Kenwood amplified bass tube. I'm wondering what wire to connect to the "Power Control Output" wire. I've done quite a bit of reading on this forum and i'm wondering if it might be the "Subwoofer" wires (which i'm unsure if these wires would be available on base-model stereo like mine), these are the "+ Grey/Brown" / "- Dark Green/Brown" combination.
FUSE TAP
If the cig lighter is on all the time(smoker group) then you can either move fuse #18 to the other slot (when you look at it you will see 3 holes, on leg of the fuse goes in the middle and the other goes on either side of it) to make the cig lighter ACC controlled. OR you can leave the lighter constant power and put the fuse tap in the 3rd hole. I am using the cig lighter as a source of ACC power for the in-dash DVD player so I had to move it.