How to Install an Aftermarket Car Stereo, Wiring Harness and Dash Kit
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We take you through the steps of wiring a Clarion NX404 Double DIN navigation system. First we walk you through the steps of preparing the Metra wire harness and the connections to the Clarion Double DIN radio. In the second step, we take you through the process of mounting the radio to the Metra Dash kit and preparing to install the radio in the vehicle.
Video Chapters:
0:16 Cut cables to size
0:23 IPower wire explanation
0:42 Metra harness to vehicle
1:15 Matching our wires
1:24 Our method of crimping
3:20 Completed harness
3:30 Extra wires
3:40 Why no ground connection?
3:58 Plugging into the radio
4:05 Installing the dash kit
4:48 Testing the wires with a voltmeter
5:00 Continuity test with voltmeter
5:20 Completed Harness. What Next?
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wouldn't it be great if all the car manufacturers just decided to use a single USB cable for this type of thing instead of having 9000 wires for different data?
Hey Lorenzo, we need more people like you on youtube, you are a real teacher, most of the people that think they are teaching but it is just a monologue, like movie stars or a dictator....Thanks again, nice setup very clean
+Julio Torres thanks man!
Best tutorial I've seen on this subject anywhere. Straight forward, succinct, easy to follow. Nice job.
Jaasau THank you for the comments! Let me know if you want us to make a video on another topic or installation process.
Love the video, extremely helpful bro, I owe ya one
Glad it helped Cameron!
Thank you for the video. It's helpful:)
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Thank you
For explaining so well im installing a new radio on my z31 today
Have fun!
excellent and simple tutorial, good job
I followed your instructions and connected this to that and put this to here and we're all good but my car transformed into Bumblebee and I can't transform it back to a normal car even though you explained it really good for nerds who already know how to do it.
Snap! Hopefully he's a yellow camaro
Simple and helpful
Thank you..regards from Auckland.
Thanks for watching!
But quick question if you keep on blowing fuses on the aftermarket radio how do you know if you matching all the wires up correctly
Very good!
i have on one end 2 yellows... on the another end on yellow... do i have to eliminate one yellow (from the side that has 2).... or mix all 3?
thank you. I will try that
I have a car with factory sub woofers. The amp for that is turned on with 5 V. My new stereo provides 12V for that function which will create a pop when turned on.
Other resources have said to "just" hookup a 7805 voltage regulator "chip" and you're good to go.
I am fairly well versed with those kind of voltage regulators but have always used support components.
Do you know how to make that connection? I've probably got some lying around.
Can you please help with the wiring for a Pioneer FH-X731BT?
The Pioneer harness has a blue and white System Remote wire.
The Metra 70-5520 harness has
Power Antenna Blue wire.
Amp Turn On blue and white wire.
Amp Ground black and white wire.
Which one on the Metra harness does the Pioneer System Remote wire go to? Ive heard the System Remote wire is for Amp Turn On and also for Power Antenna.
The Metra harness has a Orange Illumination wire and a Orange and White Dimmer wire, the Pioneer only has a single Orange and White wire.
This is for a 2006 Sonata *without* the factory amp and subwoofer. No other amps are being added, just the radio to the stock door speakers and front door tweeters and has a antenna in the back window glass.
I had to buy 2 Metra harnesses and take the Yellow memory wire from one harness and put it into the larger empty slot on the other harness that I will be using because that will match the slot on the cars (Sonata) factory harness where the Power Antenna goes. At least that is what I have read I should do.
The Metra harness also has a Brown Phone Mute wire, which the Pioneer does not have.
The rest of the wires on the Metra Harness and the Pioneer harness seem to be the same..
8 wires for the speakers.
Red ignition.
Yellow Battery.
Black Ground.
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If he assassinated a federal judge at the end you could say Woody Harrelson installs a car stereo and his dad kills a judge.
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Thanks for the help Woody Harrelson!
I just got myself a head unit and came to a confusion with the wiring harnesses, most the illumination wire(s). The harness that came with the head unit have one, but the harness to plug it into the car has two. How should they be wired together?
I have a question, so I have a LC-GMRC-01 harness for my 2003 GMC Envoy SLE. I bought a aftermarket double din stereo with GPS, back up camera, etc.
The issue I came across is when I was all the wires I ran into vss/speed sensor to connect on the harness, but the stereo don’t have that wire to connect. So should I worry about that or is my GPS on the stereo going to work? The gps is built in and has a 8gb card for the maps already. Please help thanks.
Very good method....
Great watch thank u
Hello! VW Polo (9N) should bracket. I would like this to order? Thank you for your answers
Excellent video my friend
Thank you very much!
so I just received new harness and it's the exact same harness I have already only difference one is white and the other black so I swap it anyways and still nothing. can it be a rely switch?? Any thoughts??
So if i wire my costant with my accessory wire to a constant would that make a problem
Very nice
Question... I bought a pioneer avh1550 nex. Sold me everything they said I would need but I don’t have any connectors. Besides the ways mentioned in your video is there a way to make the connections such as twisting the wires together and electrical taping it off. My first aftermarket install so I don’t really know
Method of wire connections are totally up to you and comes with some risks. Many believe(including me) that soldering makes the best connection. It makes the strongest and most reliable connection.But you would also have to use heat shrink and not everyone has a soldering iron or the time to do it. So most people I know use butt connectors. (I believe Best Buy does). Just be sure to use a crimper, not pliers to make a reasonable connection but might fail later.
Twisting wires together and taping them off might work for a short time but will probably fail soon.
Thank so much for this video! You were on point and clear in explanations...I have subd..
Glad it helped!
I'm preparing to do an install on a 2002 Ford Explorer and I have Wire from my radio that is Orange/White and labeled "Illumination Signal" While I have a Orange wire coming from the Harness that says "Illumination/Dase" should I connect these??
It was a great tutorial. I want to set up a Pioneer AVH-4000NEX in my desk to do some testing so I don't have a normal vehicle setup. Could you give me instructions on how to connect it to power like a 12V car battery?
I got a 1993 Nissan hard body and I bought a scosche wire harness adapter and the adapter came with the harness I needed but the harness has an extra one attached to it with wires and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with the extra harness. Am I supposed to cut it off or what?
Im having issue getting the double Din to power on with the pac harness for 08 GMC Sierra, all the colors match perfectly but still doesn't powered up with the pac harness. Can anyone help please
How I connect to the floor please and which wire it’s supposed to be
I got pioneer touch screen Bluetooth not available please advise
nice tutorial
+Denio Ribeiro Thanks for watching!
+Quality Mobile Video Question: My radio harness has a Orange/White wire that says "connect to a car's Illumination signal" but the Orange/White wire on my adapter harness says "Dimmer". My adapter harness also has a Orange wire that Just says "Illumination". Which one should I connect to?
DenioU illumination
I just bought the General Motors Multi-Kit PBT-95-2009 for my 08 Colorado and in the the directions it's saying Cut this and Cut that Tab. Does that mean that I have to cut them completely off?
Do you know What pin on the adapter is the brake wire
I found this video because of the "metro" type of harness. As background info, we have a 2000 National Tropi-Cal RV with a Ford F53 engine. We're removing the old radio/cassette player (Audiovox IM500). I received the color schematic for this radio from ASA (who did original install) so I can match up the wires (by color and function) from the old to the wires on the BOSS Audio 508UAB Car Stereo - Single Din radio we purchased. We purchased a wiring harness Metra 70-1771 Radio Wiring Harness for Ford/Lincoln/Mazda 1998-Up into Car, 16 Pin) (but apparently there is NO plug that matches behind the dash). Instead, we actually have the one like you show in this video. Here's the difference (and my question), the original radio wires didn't have the TWO wires (+ and -) like the new radio/CD player. Do they go into the SAME place? Hope I don't sound too ignorant...but this will be my first time doing this (and my hubby's). We were thinking to match up the corresponding old wires with the new wires (to the matching speakers, and also ignition, ground, and battery (probably sauter them instead of using the butt connectors). Think this will work? If not...do you have any suggestions? Sorry this is so long!
Hi there just want to ask if this one is suits for nissan micra 2009?!
Hey Phoebe! I'm not super familiar with non-American models of vehicles. From photos, it looks like a simple Double DIN stereo and I would be it can be replaced fairly easily. But I would try and find a car audio dealer near you in Australia online and see if they can give your better answers
I have aftermarket head unit and I recently bought a new one can I just unplug the old one and plug in to the new one or I have to buy a new harness
You'll need a new harness
julio bello depends. some of the Sony head units used alot of the same plugs in there radios
can you help me? I installed my dvd stereo but im having a problem, i think my stereo is consuming my battery cuz after I installed the sereo my battery dies
Yea that sounds like a wiring issue! There's a current draw going on somewhere, its hard to diagnose without seeing it myself so you'd have to do some investigating or bring it to someone. make sure you wired the harness correctly. Could be a loose connection at the battery terminal. Could be related to the ground, your amplifier, etc. Make sure that the head unit itself fully shuts off when you shut the car off. This is verified by having 0.0 DCV on ignition and 0.0 ACV on a speaker output when the car is off.
Do you know where connecting back car and brake wire to?
Woody harrelson's estranged brother from birth: I've been trying this new thing in my videos where I don't time lapse ANYTHING, simply play time lapse music over real-time play speed.. it's been working out great!! 😋
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What type of source for ground would be in the car?
Ive searched and searched for days trying to find a video about installing Dual Multimedia DVD Receiver w/ Bluetooth (xdvd256bt) into my 2014 Nissan Versa 4dr Sedan. (I undid the negative from the battery) I bought a antenna adapter and a harness. I went ahead and color coordinated the wires and used electrical tape.. I'm needing help figuring out where to mount the ground wire and I'm also wondering if I missed a step or something. Help would be much appreciated more than you think. Clearly I'm not much of a tech guy lol. 😥
hi. I have removed my old stereo and added new but stereo won't power on. I had a parrot installed which I removed also. I have a mercedes c class 2001. Do I need to change the 12v ignition which was previously used for the parrot? please help as this is my first time changing a head unit. thanks
every video i saw on youtube has the harnesses connected differently that i have in my car... I can't figure it out...Here, as the other videos the wires are connected between themselfs and on the one end two plugs on the other side one plug...In my car i has two plugs on one side but the wires need to go into a harness directly that comes out of the car(it is the other way arond)...how do i connect that?
So my stereo only comes on if I connect the yellow and red, everything else it connected correctly am I missing something?
Hi great video, I was just curious if I could get some advice? Can you use the speaker wires off the deck and rca outputs to amp at same time just trying to get the most out of what I have. Thank you
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I saw those RCA cable for speakers. My thing is the interface I bought have it but my stereo speaker wires doesnt have it. Can I just cut the RCA then follow the color for speakers?
Did you ever figure this out? I am running with the same issue dont know if i can cut rca to connect my harness for audio.
Hi,
what do you recommend when trying to connect to much thicker wires? (thin to thicker)
Soldering the connections.
So if i have install a 4 channel amplifier, the harness i just join the 4 point, beteri power, key power, ground, remote and only?
The speaker cable will go out from 4 channel amplifier, the harness there terminate the part of speaker by hot tube.
Its Correct do like this?
This was a good video if I wanted to learn about joining wires together. It had very little to do with installing a stereo.
This is literally 95% of replacing a stereo
Yea the two times ive had butt connectors installed with a cd player i had all sorts of issues. first time was done by a PROFESSIONAL installer and had to go back to the place 2 times because of loose wires and bad sound. Ended up taking the radio out myself and cutting the wires and re doing them with electrical tape. Never had a issue. Second time i tried the butt connector myself. I crimped down with a actual tool that gave the proper pressure for the size wire and all. ended up with the same issue like years prior when i was a teen. Ripped it out and tape and twisted it as well. Ever since ive only ever taped and twisted my systems. I have a truck that i did when i was 18 that my brother still has and never has had a issue with my install. ELECTRICAL TAPE FTW
I installed the Same radio in my 2012 Jeep JKU. the navigation will not talk and the Blu tooth when making a phone call will not allow me to hear what the person is saying. i have all the stock speakers and used a wiring harness to connect everything. the NAV works just won't talk. Could this be the Stock speakers being dual positive or something? the stereo works fine as does the DVD sound. No Stock NAV, this is the second stereo we installed with this problem.
Does it go to the blue and white wire ? Or the solid blue
hi friend I installed one. there is power but no sound from speakers
any help plz
Sounds like you wired the harness wrong. Its hard to know what you did wrong without seeing it
Any recommendations on how to eliminate engine/alternator noise heard through the speakers with an aftermarket radio when depressing the gas pedal - gets louder as car goes faster/pedal depressed more? I've checked out and verified I don't have a bad ground, defective head unit, defective amplifier, bad RCA cables or a problem in the vehicle’s charging system. I've also installed ground loop isolators and all that does is somewhat suppress the noise, but it still can be heard. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED more than you'll ever know!
+Gino20202 Gino, have you tried disconnecting the RCA's from the amplifier and seeing if you have noise coming from the speakers? Does it come back when the RCA's are connected?
How do I connect my new Kicker HS 10 subwoofer to my aftermarket SatNav Android radio in a Fors Ranger Wildtrak 2015 model South African spec
so i got a double din radio with 2 ground wires but i dont know where the other ground wire does ... can u help me
one might be for a parking brake relay for a DVD player maybe.
I installed a 2 din after market stereo and it is draining my battery. Do u know why? I match the wiring color.
ive noticed you reply to most of your comments.. my question is what is your favorite color
Tough to say, but I've always been more partial to blue
Can you make video for avh-120bt and harness for 97 nissan maxima
I'm installing a new double din Boss Audio to my 2001 Buick century custom apparently I'm getting another factory harness as I cut the original plug but having problems regarding power to the unit I have checked all radio fuses and are fine I do not have a power ant. But a blue wire on factory that is for power to unit do I still connect blue wire from factory harness?
What after market harness are you using? You'll need this to replace the factory head unit: www.qualitymobilevideo.com/70-2001.html
I’m experienced when it comes to setting up subwoofers but I’ve never really set one up in a truck...
I’m having a hard time comprehending the harness aspect... did you purchase a particular harness for your name brand vehicle??( I can’t find the correct harness my new radio has a diff set up.... I was thinking about, cuting off the old connections that once connected to the old radio, and then to wire it straight to the new radio harness??
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I have 2012 dodge caravan and the factory harness has yellow and red strip but my aftermarket harness from sosche only has a yellow wire and a red one...when I put red and yellow together and connected to the yellow wire everything turn on but cant get it to turn off...please help!!
I've connected all the wires to both of the harnesses but my question is I've seen other videos that do not connect the ground to the other harness. but in my harness I have the wire for ground connection do I connect it to it or ground the wire on metal ??
David Guajardo if your car has a ground wire in the harness, connect it to it
What should I do if i have the accessory wire ran to hazard light button, and it keep blowing the fuses to both the turn signal/hazard lights , and the radio fuse... with the key turned over I blow those fuses as soon as I put them in. Causing my turn signals to stop working and no power the deck. What should I do ? Please help ?
Where exactly would you ground at black wire?
yep, just came for the same question
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Add ur ground to the inside radio department and connect your ground wire from the metal radio bracket to the inside the dash where the radio goes
What is key4 key3 wire on m'y radio tanks
Most of all my wires are different colours compared to the ones that came with my new stereo what do it do?
Nice great
My speaker wiring is not what the harness has my front left are tan and grey, my right front is dark green and light green, my left rear are Brown and yellow and finally my right rear are dark blue and light blue so how do I wire the new factory harness which I'm getting in two weeks its been ordered
how far do you stick the copper wire into the butt connector and what tool do you use to crimp it?
Snug it in, and a wore crimper/cutter tools from a parts store..few dollars
Im having an issue where when i turn the key on the stereo will work fine but when i start the engine up the head unit will shut off and not come back on anyone know what i did wrong?
Hey, so i had a quick question. One of the speakers in my 2002 dodge ram isnt working, so i moved it to the other side to see if it works, and it works well. So what do i do? Is the other side not connected to the stereo or what?
It could be that or the speaker wire has been damaged
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I've got a Honda Accord euro and was wondering if I was to install a aftermarket stereo system can I still have the original head unit fully functional with music and all? thanks
You mean if you had the old stereo outside of the car?
Liam Winning yes, but that's a lot of work and makes no sense to do
I hooked my new stereo up and now the stereo and dash cluster lights won’t turn off. I have a 2013 Silverado. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hope you have a blessed day.
I just got a new head unit system but after I took the old one out it appears that there is no harness and all of them are crimped, do I have to crimp them.
Did you get a new harness as well? if not what's your car's make, model, year?
I have a question, I just installed a Kenwood DDx25BT using and it comes on but when I turn the suv off and back on it automatically goes back to the startup screen, what do I need to check? Thanks.
You missed a wire
What happens if you don’t ground to the frame??
i don't have the blue wire on my radio hardness (pdx502bt Kenwood) and i need to plug two blue/white wire to it....i don't know witch wire using to connect the 2 blue/white wire...need help please....
Am I going to lose my steering wheel control with this harness?
I got a f150 and it already had a single din when i bough it and now im upgrading to a double din but my truck has a cable (red) comming from a a fuse and i connected to my red wire on the radio and nothing happened but it was connect to the red wire on the old radio then i wired the red and the yellow together with the wire coming from the fuse and it turned on
I have a 03 ram HEMI and a Boss BV9351B and it came with a connector with one end that plugs up to the headunit and the other end has strippable wires. Is this my harness or do I have to buy a separate one
You'll probably need this harness too: www.qualitymobilevideo.com/70-6502.html
What is your wiring gauge (AWG) recommendation to the constant, ground and speakers wires?
The power and ground terminals depend on the power draw of your system, generally 4 gauge is safe for average systems, but once you start using really powerful amps you have to go down. 10-12 gauge is always safe for speakers and subs
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I have stock right now , so what is usually comes from manufacturer?
Need to know what to do with the ground cable?
If there is no ground on your radio harness than you need to put a ring terminal on it and hook it up to a any bolt that's touching bare metal
Lorenzo you are a true professional thank you for your videos. I was looking for like a text book on 12 volt install but I can never find one do you have any idea? Im thinking like certification matetial?
Do I use 70 or 71? Even if my car already has a after market stereo?
70 harnesses are for aftermarkets, 71 are for factory radio's
Better yet where would u place those other 3 wires left aside?
Hi, Nice Tutorial.
I want to install JVC 2 Din music system on my Toyota Corolla LE 2006. Let me know which harness and what all parts to be purchased. Also let me know if you have any tutorial for Toyota. Thanks...
+Suveer Patil Here's the wiring harness you'll need: www.qualitymobilevideo.com/70-1761.html
+Suveer Patil There are two types of dash kits you can get: www.qualitymobilevideo.com/95-8204.html
+Suveer Patil Dash Kit 2: www.qualitymobilevideo.com/95-8204.html
+Suveer Patil This isn't a Toyota install, but it's a complete Double DIN install you should definitely watch: czcams.com/video/bBrSejKuNm0/video.html
What do you have to do with the wires to put a pioneer stereo touch screen in 1989 silverado
Nathan Sears connect them...
so I installed a CD player in my friend's car. he don't have a amp or subs. but after about 15-25min his CD player cuts of. and he has to turn the car off then back on to get it working again. I THINK he also said it does it only when the volume is around 30-40.. he thinks a wire is loose or I hooked it up wrong. and I think it's the CD player that it's just defective. have u heard or had this problem b4. please give me feedback asap
Hey Cory. Could be a lot of things, yea the radio could be defective. Also could be a wiring issue with the harness, sounds like a voltage drop, make sure all the power cables are secure and unbroken. Could be a bad ground, you king of just have to diagnose it by process of elimination.
Do you have a video on how to connect the ground, car speed input, and reverse signal?
+Brian Reilly Here watch our in depth double din install: czcams.com/video/bBrSejKuNm0/video.html
What kind of stereo and material do I need to install a radio for my Chevrolet Cavalier 2004? I need help please
Hey Ernesto. These are all the parts you need:
Double DIN Dash Kit:
www.qualitymobilevideo.com/95-2001.html
Single DIN Dash Kit:
www.qualitymobilevideo.com/95-2001.html
Interface
www.qualitymobilevideo.com/ax-gmcl2.html
Interface(steering wheel control)
www.qualitymobilevideo.com/ax-gmcl2-swc.html
Antenna Adapter(radio tuner)
Interface
www.qualitymobilevideo.com/40-gm10.html
Hey man. I replaced the radio on my 2005 crv but know every time that open the key to turn the crv on the needles on the dashboard start shaking. What did I do wrong?
It means your car battery is low. Their might be drain on your battery.
I understand which wire goes to what and even the colors and how to solder as I have an electronics background. What you do not do is explain which connector goes to what and why as when you purchase an install kit it comes with multiple connectors with all the same wires and no explanation of which connector goes to what.
Most kits come with a few sizes you have to figure out which one fits your factory harness by taking out the old deck. When you find the one that fits you then connect the wires from the harness to the wire harness for the deck. When those are all connected you plug everything in
I need to find a video on how to install this in my 07 prius
I recommend buying another vehicle. Will also eliminate the problem of being made fun of, and will stop the guys with nice trucks from rolling coal all over it 🤙🏼
What blue wire goes to your remote wire going to your amp ??
Usuaññy its called p. Cont or the blue with white stripe
No video on youtube have mentioned the TXD and RXD wires.
That probably isn't very common for a stereo, it seems likely those are transmit and receive data connections (Tx,Rx are often abbreviations for transmit,receive) It could be for data transfer within the car, or some kind of wireless data connection.