Stereo wiring help needed

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:07 pm

I've just bought a 91 480 ES and want to put in a CD player (Pioneer DEH -313 , Old i know but a freeby !)
I have no idea about colour coding for wires,is there anyone who can give me an idiots guide of what colour wire does what please ?
i looked for a wiring diagram on the net for the cd player with no luck !

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:23 pm

What headunit do you have in currently?

There's a mad mix of wiring behind most 480's when it comes
to headunits. Would help to find out what you have.

C

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:52 pm

take a photo and upload it onto photobucket then send me a pm with or just replie here with the name i should be looking for on there and the photo number i should be able to work it out from there
but off the top of my head

you should have on the back of the head unit

1- red wire for postive
1- yellow wire for memmory
1- black wire for earth/ neutral

then there should be
1-blue wire for the amp remote
then the speaker wires ( various colour depending on manufacturer

in the dash should be
2- red wires ( 1 permanent live for the memmory ) and one that is switchable through the ignition key ( i think this is stripped )
1- black / brown wire for the earth/ neutral
Hope this helps

Smooth

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:13 pm

but..... depending on the year there may be an iso converter loom
availabubble.... innit

C

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:30 pm

there sure diddly should be an iso adaptor out there
just did a run down from looking at some of my old pics when i put the stereo in
I didnt get an iso adaptor

so i had to hard wire it in

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:49 am

Cerberus wrote:What headunit do you have in currently?

There's a mad mix of wiring behind most 480's when it comes
to headunits. Would help to find out what you have.

C

None,it wasn't wired in when i bought it and i threw the old thing out !
Just need to put in the Pioneer DEH - 313.

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:53 am

jolly1 wrote:
Cerberus wrote:What headunit do you have in currently?

There's a mad mix of wiring behind most 480's when it comes
to headunits. Would help to find out what you have.

C
None,it wasn't wired in when i bought it and i threw the old thing out !
Just need to put in the Pioneer DEH - 313.

Shame, I could have told you what wiring you had by the model of
HU that was in there! (there are at least 3 variants).

Can we get a picture of your current connects? or have you snipped
them off already?

Tip tip if you are going the splice n solder route be aware that the info centre
power feed is bundled in the HU wiring and forgetting to add it back in
will result in no infocentre.

C

esta · Post by **esta** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:49 pm

Mines got a sticker on my standard unit telling me what wires go where and do what...does yours? Sounds a daft question, but it took me about 15 mins of searching thro the Bible for diagrams or photos, picked up the unit it disgust to take pics and there it was...the sticker that told all!!

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:03 pm

esta wrote:Mines got a sticker on my standard unit telling me what wires go where and do what...does yours? Sounds a daft question, but it took me about 15 mins of searching thro the Bible for diagrams or photos, picked up the unit it disgust to take pics and there it was...the sticker that told all!!

Yeah,checked that !............no dice i'm afraid.

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:24 pm

from looking at the pic he sent me it looks like the wires bundled together at the front ( the longer ones wih connectors on ) are the power leads

just a guess as im no there with a multi meter from left to right
power ( thick red )
memmory ( thin red )
earth ( brown)
just wondering what the blue wire is with the connector ???? Ilumination perhaps ???

joker777 · Post by **joker777** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:05 pm

I havent had time to look at mine yet but my guess the blue wire with the connector is probably the power antenna.

You should have a constant live, a ignition live, an earth and a power antenna. then you will have 4 pairs of speaker wires, these are usualy denoted by a base colour (speaker +) and a base colour and stripe (speaker -) you can then sort out which one is which speaker using a pp3 battery just dab (and i mean just dab)your pairs on the terminals of the pp3 and you will then hear a click from the speaker, label the pairs front left ect and job done. shame im not closer or i would offer to have a look for you.

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:54 pm

Cheers ,all i have to do is work out which wires on the CD player correspond.
I have Red ,Blue,Orange and black !! nothing is easy eh ?
Thanks for the advice though,much appreciated

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:56 pm

from looking at the pic he sent me it looks like the wires bundled together at the front ( the longer ones wih connectors on ) are the power leads

just a guess as im no there with a multi meter from left to right
power ( thick red )
memmory ( thin red )
earth ( brown)
just wondering what the blue wire is with the connector ???? Ilumination perhaps ???[/quote]

The blue wire coming from my cd player has a fuse attached to it ?
the others are Red,Back and Orange (and then the speakers) ?
Confused ? me too !

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:59 pm

on ur head unit
red = live
black = earth
orange= memmory
blue= remote for the amp if youre going to be running a subwoofer

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:37 pm

SMOOTH 480 wrote:on ur head unit
red = live
black = earth
orange= memmory
blue= remote for the amp if youre going to be running a subwoofer

Cheers,i'll let you know how i get on

joker777 · Post by **joker777** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:08 am

SMOOTH 480 wrote:on ur head unit
red = live
black = earth
orange= memmory
blue= remote for the amp if youre going to be running a subwoofer

Yep i will go with that.

Agwa Moose · Post by **Agwa Moose** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:42 pm

This was the wiring for the radio on my 2 tone

Grey with Red stripe (thick one) - Unused
Grey with Red stripe (thin one) - +12v Permanent
Brown with Grey stripe - +12v switched
Red - power for ariel
Brown - Earth

But looking at the pic... you're missing a wire

J

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:27 pm

Sorted,thanks to you all !
i am going to try a install the electric aerial next.
Thanks again........i love this place!
The 480s is now ready for scrapping.PM me if theres anything anyone needs........i'll just want a small donation (towards next service !) and you must be able to collect.I live 10 mins from cambridge (off the A14).

joker777 · Post by **joker777** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:52 pm

glad you have got it sorted.

jolly1 · Post by **jolly1** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:12 am

Just when i was feeling chuffed about the stereo install,i went to go out in the car last night and the pop ups won't lift up.
Is it likely i've blown a fuse? where is it and what colour? I don't have a Haynes manual.My bulb on the info centre went the other day too,or does that have a fuse that i might of blown too ?
Any advice helpful,then i'll be off to the fuse shop !