WSKing Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 im trying to put a new head unit into the lancer but after removing them from the back of the lancer's old head unit, there are wires that aint the same colour as the new sony headunit ones. it needs to go from (from top to bottom) RED - BLACK - GREEN - BLACK W/ WHITE STRIPE - BLACK WITH YELLOW STRIPE to: (left to right) BLACK - YELLOW - RED does anyone know what should do to what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Roll down to dick smiths or something and get one of those $10 multimeters. Then you can check the voltage of the wires and connect them properly. On your new wiring loom the yellow is most likeley the constant 12v the red is the ignition switched 12v and black is ground. Just get the multimeter and find out which wire in the old loom had 12v all the time. And which one only has 12 v when the key is on acc. And the ground is probably black. Dont quote me on any of the colour/voltages tho. As they can sometimes be different. your headunit manual should say what colours what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSKing Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 thanks for that bro. but fuck i must be doing something wrong cause i aint geting no readings on the thing. but then i check the battery and its all good. and the fuse is fine. fuck this is very very very very very very aggrevating anyone know anything bout this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Why not just follow the wires? Ones going to the aerial and the speakers should be easy. Then there should be positive, negative and earth for the power that would be left. What else would there be? Keep in mind that I dont know anything about electrics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSKing Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 im fairly sure (not really) that the power and ground will be the black with yellow, red, and black.... but ah, you and i are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 the earth should just be 'earthed' to the firewall or the floor i think, along with the negitive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSKing Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 well i got this shit sorted, i was waaaaaaaaay off. turned out that blue was the acc power and the green was the earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullitt Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Why not run new wires? Its not overly difficult or expensive and I wouldnt trust ancient wires to handle the power of a modern headunit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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