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Sd1tr7
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Speaker wiring ?

Postby Sd1tr7 » 01 Mar 2019 23:10

Could anyone tell me we’re the speaker wiring re spears in the dash please can not see it anywhere can see black and black and white wires leaving doors and entering car but no sign then goes into loom we’re does it come reapear please

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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby Beans » 02 Mar 2019 10:10

Should go to the radio location in the centre console, underneath the heater
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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby Cobber » 02 Mar 2019 11:12

The OEM speaker wiring is flimsy rubbish, so if you are upgrading the stereo system, you will need to replace it with something more substantial.
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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby Sd1tr7 » 05 Mar 2019 18:47

Hi thanks guys
Could not find a trace of any speaker wires radio end also no live or earth
So looks like I will use the cig lighter circuit and now have run new speaker wires just need a radio casset to fitt the hole now my units I have is to deep

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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby saabfast » 05 Mar 2019 19:55

Have to admit its a bit of a rats nest behind my radio, no idea how I worked it out years ago when I replaced the duff one which came with the car. According to the diagram in the manual there should be a white/pink wire from the ignition switch which I assume is the 'accessory' switched live. Modern radios need both the switched live and a permanent live for the memory. The cig lighter feed is a permanent live on mine (which seems to accord with the diagram, purple wire).
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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby Sd1tr7 » 08 Mar 2019 17:31

Yes but no wires there on mine ?
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Re: Speaker wiring ?

Postby Howard_B » 14 Mar 2019 18:36

Speaker wires are black / white & plain black and as Beans mentions should be in the area behind where the radio is designed to go.
The power feed is white / pink and fed from the ignition key switch. If this is missing you can connect it to any white wire, but there is no maintained supply on the original wiring diagram. The nearest maintained supply is the cigarette lighter supply (Purple)

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