Car Stereo Wiring Harnesses & Interfaces Explained - What Do The Wire Colors Mean?
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- What do the colors on your wiring harness mean? How do you connect your wiring harness or interface to your stereo? We'll show you!
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Video Chapters:
0:20 Interfaces vs Harnesses
0:35 Interfaces
0:55 Data Bus
1:30 Wiring Harnesses
2:00 What do the Colors and Wires Mean?
3:50 Wiring Harness Color Diagram
4:00 Crimping Connectors vs Soldering Joints
4:30 Using Butt Connectors - How can they fail?
5:55 Should you cut your Harness?
6:50 Solder your Wiring Harness Connections
10:12 Taping/Cleaning up the Harness to look Factory
12:00 Difference between Harness and Interface
13:45 Completed Harness. What Next?
14:00 My Radio Won't Turn on! Voltmeter Check
14:25 Do you even need a Wiring Harness?
15:00 What if you have an Aftermarket Amplifier?
16:10 Alternatives to Soldering Connections?
Parts:
Car Stereo Wiring Harnesses
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Car Stereo Interfaces
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Car Stereos - Single Din and Double DIN
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Klein Tools Crimper
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Tesa 3/4" Cloth Tape
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my adapter harness did not include a RF filter. Is it worth the added cost and labor to add one?
Quality Mobile Video stock amp wiring color codes for power and speakers
What if your vehicle is turned off but your stereo is still on ??
And if sometimes the same stereo automatically turns on by itself when the vehicle is turned completely off
I have the 7018b radio backup camera. mine's has the Orange and black wire, what does it get connected to? And it also has a brown and pink wire what are those get connected to? I think the pink is reverse for backup camera. But the brown wire, I have no idea!
@@HappyHands. e. E vbbv
Finally a video that actually describes this stuff instead of gatekeeping or assuming people just know it
Dude, I'm a tech dinosaur. The way you explain things is exactly my learning type. I can't believe that you helped me finally wrap my head around this stuff. Thank you!
Glad to help! 👌
It's always a pleasure for me to watch someone who knows what they are doing.
Thank you! 🙌
This was awesome. I just got myself an android touchscreen stereo for my rover 75 and for the life of me, I couldn't wrap my head around the wiring. Your video had it up and running in no time at all. Thanks bud.
Awesome! 👌
One of the best instructional video's to ever appear on YT! Great job and thanks!
Probably the best car audio video I've seen. Very detailed and helpful! Thank-you!
Thanks Jeffrey!
Very well explained without being over informative. Just nice and simple!.Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Easily fall in the "Must-Watch" category. Educative, informative and above all-accurate. Thank you and best wishes and will look forward to your future videos.
Thanks! Glad you found it useful!
So so helpful! I’ve been installing aftermarket stereos since I was a teenager but haven’t done one in about 8 years in any kind modern vehicle. Your explanation of interface finally helped me understand what is going on these days with the wiring. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 👌
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Super clean work.detail is always the key to a good a job no matter what your doing.
The Atoto kit I installed was fairly straight forward for the labeling and color coating of wires. It was the 4 sets of speakers + and -, and then the ground, ignition and straight power from the battery. Thank you for your additional information. It gave me confidence and reaffirmed my installation.
prime example of an exact explination. simple and straight. thanks
This is a GREAT video! Thank you :)
Informative and well explained. TQ
Wow! Thank you so much for this video! I followed it to the letter (the soldering of the wires to the harnesses) and my stereo, which hasn't been working in over a year, is playing perfectly! Thank you! Saved me a bundle going to a car stereo repair place!
Amazing! Glad it helped!
Replaced everything in my truck audio wise. Didn't think I needed an amp for my component speakers. Now that I want to add one, the info on T-ing in to the harness to add am amp without rewiring was what I needed out of this video. Thank you!
Glad we could help!
Thank you so much for actually showing the harness soldering! Everyone else literally skips to the part after they soldered it which is useless, you saved my life! Awesome work
Glad it helped!
Thanks for tips! I was struggling with wires recently during installation of Raspberry PI 4 (single board computer) with OpenAuto Pro software in my car. I decided to install two separated amplifiers for rear and front set of speakers and finally have perfect sound and modern infotainment in my car!
Enlighten me please lol I have raspberry pi and an 07 Escalade. The only way I’ve been able to integrate them is with an snes emulator for rear seat entertainment but this intrigued me
Great video. Answered a lot of questions in my conversion to a new radio in my truck.
I can’t imagine anyone not liking your videos. I think you’ve done an amazing job. Thank you.
Haters gonna hate. I think they focus on the person on camera and find things they dislike, rather than the information which is dense and reliable
Excellent video, very helpful, thank you!
Great video mate! Clear and well paced and with none of the shouting a lot of presenters seem to do! I personally hate crimp connectors and always solder (using a liquid cleaner/flux ) beforehand), but thank god for "heat-shrink" such amazing stuff!!!
Thanks!
What color does a Town and Country 2004 Chrysler for dual radio connector to the blue and what color is the coming from the stereo from the car
Need to know if my dual radio to a 2004 Town and Country Chrysler wiring what color is the wiring coming from the car car stereo in to the radio
That's because you're a doeeb
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100,000 thank yous. I have been struggling for a few days with a head unit install on my truck and in my daughter's car .... your video showed me where I was going wrong (how the acc. connection triggers the ON function). Many thanks !!!
Thank you. I feel much more confident about my stereo install project
Let us know how it goes!
Man you do a great job of explaining and then demonstration
Thanks!
Really superb. Thanks so much.
Thank you for being so thorough in the process. Lot of videos skim over alot.
Glad it was helpful!
Extremely helpful and clear! Now I can get my radio finished up tomorrow
Glad it helped!
Awesome video brother! I will try it and see how it turns out. Much appreciated.
Hope it helps!
@@Qualitymobilevideo Sir, my car SDVC function doesn't work in my i20 2011 1.2. all the other functions volume, etc. are working ok. Please show video how to check the SDVC signal wire damaged or shorted. Thanks in advance.
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The best video I've seen on this topic. Nice job.
Thanks Joe!
@@Qualitymobilevideo Sir, my car SDVC function doesn't work in my i20 2011 1.2. all the other functions volume, etc. are working ok. Please show video how to check the SDVC signal wire damaged or shorted. Thanks in advance.
That's the best video it has been taking me two days to install my planet audio, I did everything I hoped but the radio doesn't turn on. I am still working on it. I will test those wires tomorrow.
Great video! A level of detail that I haven't been able to find anywhere else.
Glad it was helpful!
AWSOME VIDEO, THANKS A LOT!
ANYTIME LUCY!
Lucy Gonzalez 😒
Very good video..you explain to the point..
great video. Amazing music!!
To sum up this video in one word... Excellent! From the presentation thru to the editing...clear and concise...I'm now a subscriber.
Thanks!
Really helpful for understanding some of the basics! Thanks a lot for this video :)
Glad it helped!
Nice video, would like to say if you used your crimp tool correctly, the wire would not pull out, you needed to turn the wire 90º when you made the second crimp to curl the terminal joints around on themselves
I've installed a basic car stereo without a harness and it took hours. The harness adapters are well worth the extra money spent
Ben Mitchell and you can put the stock unit back in if needed
Only if they make on for your vehicle , wont find any for mine , its a pain in the ass
@@detox2778 what car do you have
@@williamburgoon1834 a 2003 jaguar super v8 , with a premium sound system , a dumb stock amp , the whole nine yards of dimes dumbness lmao
@@detox2778 its possible but just gotta find the parts online, plastic kit harness antena adapter but yea pretty unique
My guy, thanks to you I finally have a new stereo. Thank you ! 😁
Awesome video, exactly the info I needed.
while i agree solder and heat shrink is the best connection, the butt connectors will not fail if installed correctly and you arent swinging on the harness. i also advise slide heat shrink over the wire before stripping to prevent strands from folding back
Amen
Good advice. I would argue about useing the wrong tool to crimp, try a ratcheted model that crimps two points at the same time against a third, if you find you must buy tools dont, just use the butt connectors with solder in them and heat with a disposable lighter or even a hair dryer, this also eliminates the need for any added tape as the outer silicone shrinks and is far better, not to mention it is very easy to use even for someone who has never solderd.
Even if this video is from 2017, you are still helping people like me... thank you so much for this excellent video. I will lookup your other videos, thanks again.
We tried to make and probably did make a decent video.
Thank you thank you so much, I’ve been trying all day trying to figure out what color is what, my first time hooking up my system and running a stinger 9 conductor wire. Running 4 kicker DS for the 4door speaker and running a 8” sundown neon and (2) 6.9 sundowns on a 5channel amplifier. This video just helped me finished my set up. Much appreciated.
Great to hear!
Would have like to heard more about remote amp turn on vs power ant. If it’s trivial and you can use either or when to use which. Great video!
You can use either, but some don’t have a power antena wire
@A. Melbs Im no expert but Power antenna is for when the radio is on so if your radio turns on at just the turn of the key then it gets 12v power, remote amp turn on is from the head unit and is made for an amp
i get no sound for bluetooth or apple carplay after, only from radio stations
after amplifier install connected maybe to antena wire , instead of power on so they made the wrong connection take it back to the shop or do it myself
The best online explained video ever. Can't find better.
Yet I'm struggling now to understand how to connect a new mp5, GPS radio. It's for my Nissan qashqai 2008 model. I had a standard radio Bluetooth cd player inside before. I removed it.
Any chance of me asking for help? And you helping?
What i require is a diagram or images to show me what to connect where.
Is it possible for me to send you images of what I have. Then maybe you could understand what I'm talking about.
Or is that not possible.?
Either way. I would really appreciate your response and know how.
Your's hopefully
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Rashid Majid .
nice try bro lmao
Thank you so much you give me the guts for trying to connect my car stereo and it works ! :)
Heck yea!
Best explanation!...very well put together video...absolutely full of information on every issue when upgrading
Thanks!
Its going on 2020 can someone please invent just 2 to 3 wires systems
Nick Davis there is a bunch of plug and play wiring harnesses! They are expensive tho.
@@carlosz4248 No such magical plug n play harness exists for obvious reasons. You will still have to connect the harness leads from the new headunit to the leads on the aftermarket harness by crimping or soldering. Then that will plug into your vehicles harness.
The deeper into the future we go the more wires come out of the woodwork.. sorry!
@@paulweston8184 here is one www.amazon.ca/Homyl-Adapter-Daihatsu-Harness-Connector/dp/B07D4JBGJD/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Toyota+iso&pid=bwqOVbr&qid=1578559537&sr=1-1-catcorr&vehicle=2006-76-1021-20--16---8088--1-1---4&vehicleName=2006+Toyota+Matrix
@@paulweston8184 here's another one www.amazon.ca/Homyl-Radio-Adapter-Extension-Changer/dp/B07BM7D62V
Clear and comprehensive video, thank you very much. I just got a little confused by your brief explanation about aftermarket amplifier connection. I have a 2005 Ford Focus ZX3. Just got a Pioneer AVH-1300NEX. I have a 4-channel Alpine amp I want to use. My plan is to take the RCA Pre-outs back to the amp, and run the speaker leads back to the front. I THOUGHT I heard you say I would not make the connections between the Ford Harness and the Pioneer harness for the speaker leads, but would wire the speakers to the Pioneer harness. Not to the Ford harness? How can the speakers connect via the aftermarket unit if those connections are not tied into the Ford harness in any way? Or is the Ford harness the primary, just passing the signals through to the aftermarket harness? I may have been thinking of them in reverse. I'm sure I am wrong in my thinking, not you in your presentation! Thanks for the great work.
Hah, never mind. Searched your videos and found this: czcams.com/video/dTX1zHgaOsI/video.html
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Great video, Gave me the basics to attack my Suzuki to Pioneer. Thanks.
Nice!
A thousand videos and finally find one that works .
This was so clear-exactly what I was looking for! Great video man! btw anyone know what music's playing around 8:10?
Made by a band called Wake The Wild! Look them up!
Quality Mobile Video thank you! Btw this video helped me finally hook up my stereo, so thanks again? ✌🏻
Overkill..Ha!! More like Quality!! 🙏Very nice
YUP
A very solid video for us beginners out here. Well done.
Dude, you’re are bad ass!
Ty for this. So quick and to the point!
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Jesus, aftermarket head unit sure is looking good now....
Butt connections are perfectly fine dude. Relax
Awesome, thank you for explaining what each wire does!
Glad to help!
Very informative and methodical, this is how an informative video should be done. I highly appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am installing a Pioneer FH-X730 BS in a 2006 Lincoln Town Car with steering wheel control. I am using a Maesto SW interface controlor. On tne plug there is a red/blue stripe wire thst is markd"SWIT-in . where does this wire connect to the wiring harness?
Maya Playz I'm installing the same stereo in my ex state patrol car, crown vic police interceptor, 2010. Everything works great except I have no wipers, any ideas?
When soldering, staggering the connections will reduce a big bump in the harness where all the connections are, it's a bit more fuss, but could be useful, and look better.
Excellent point!
great video clearly explaining what i need to know,thanks
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Good job Bro. Very professional!
imagine finishing soldering them all up only to find out that you forgot to slip in some shrink tube.XD
happens many times if you ask me! :P
Just happened to me!
You really just saved my bro and I a lot of time and money. Thanks for that! Amazing video 💯
Thank you for sharing! That was very informative.
Glad it helped!
I don't think the inventor of the but connector designed them with the intent of using them for mountain climbing or car towing or for any heavy pull load of any kind :)
exactly lol
For real. The damn wire is gonna sit there behind your dash.
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What happens if you don't have a car or a stereo
Only kidding thanks big man. Dink dank do. Bolton thing
Lol anytime
Ppp just sit in silence.
I have a 2012vw jetta SE I want to hook up an inline converter what colors are the rear speakers.
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Amazing job man! 👍🏼 Thank you!
This was broken down so well ! Thank you!
Thanks a lot for the nice video but please next video reduce the background music it is very very annoying
Is there anybody can help me , I have 2004 Lexus RX330 , one of the CD player stuck , thank you
Gary Phan my SC430 used to do that. You just have to keep hitting eject like nonstop or keep holding down the load button if it’s a multi-disc
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thanks for that wonderful explanations...good job sir...👍😃
Thank heavens for good people like you 🤗🤗
3:50 for the thumbnail picture....
Nah, still as confused now as I was when I started watching the vid.
What are you confused about Tom?
@@Qualitymobilevideo which wires is the wire for SDVC function wire?? Please help how to locate that wire on your video.
Thank you! This cleared up a lot.
You're welcome!
This video helped me hook up my radio for the first time. Thank you
Of course butt connectors are gonna fail if you use that much force to separate if you do it right it will last
Just don't have any1 tug on ur butts
Thank you, sir. I'm installing an interface, aftermarket stereo, 2 amps, spare tire sub, Hertz processor and 3-way components in an '06 IS250. So I have a few wires. Not my first time but my first time doing it RIGHT/in 15+ years, so THANK YOU. Goin' after that SQ baby!
Amazing nice and clear and well explained video, thanks for sharing regards.
Thanks a lot! I was thinking of learning this。
Glad it helped
one of the best video ever I understood a lot of things! thanks from Italy !!!
Grazie mille!
That soldering rig is insanely awesome!
Thanks!
Very professional good tutorial thanks
So good video, all well explained. Very good job, Thank You
Glad it helped!
very well done. hard to find anything about the right wires. very helpful. thank you
Glad it helped 👌
Thank you!
I enjoyed watching your video and how everything was explained in detail thank you so much.
Thanks for the confidence booster! I have all the parts and was curious only about if harness is color to color. You answered that and some other questions I wasn't thinking about. Now I'm off in search of how to: install aftermarket amp/subs/cap to existing aftermarket head unit.
No problem 👍
@@Qualitymobilevideo I got it going! Install was easier than I thought. 2016 Soul+. Single Din flip out with pocket. Because of this Vid, I am going to wrap a lot of my interior. Kudos
Great video, I'm installing a deh-80prs and some polk mm692 - mm572 in a 96 town car and I learned a lot !! Thanks
Glad it helped!
I learned a lot! Thank you for sharing
Very thorough. Thanks.
I am now motivated to change the radio on my 98 ford escort. Thanks for the great video.
Glad it was helpful! Anyone can do it!
DEYM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!
thank you so much this is a very helpful video. subscribed.
Glad it helped!
You are doing the best thanks and regards