Aftermarket Stereo Install Questions
Hey Guys, when I bought my car ('05 zx3, got it used) it had a Pyramid (shudder) stero in it. Not exactly high on my list of decent stereos. SO today I bought and installed a Sony xplode CDX-GT40W (I know, not exactly on the top of the list of best stereo's, but it will do what I need). Now, apon removing the old stereo, I found out the DSPO CUT the factory harness instead of buying an adapter. So I basically had to just trace the wires that they installed to install min, which I soldered in place. However, it seems the constant +12VDC line (for use to hold the memory in the stereo) is a thick heavy guage wire, while the switched +12VDC is a thin wire (like 20 guage). While obviously the wires on my stereo are the opposite, the main power lead is heavy guage (14 guage) and the battery feed is thin (20 guage). It works ok with it wired up this way, but I am concerned about the sony stereo drawing to much current for the thin guage wire. I know on one of my old vehicles (a nissan) I put an alpine head unit in it, and it required that the constant and switched +12VDC wires be connected together. Does anybody see an issue with me doing this here?
My other question is, the sony head unit requires an illumination wire to be hooked up, the old head unit didnt. So I have no clue what wire is the illumination wire. Here in the FAQ it says its the orange and black wire, however, there is more than one orange and black wire. I measured them with my multi mter, but I didnt get any voltage off of either of them either with or without the head lights on. Any ideas?
Thanks
Hey Guys, when I bought my car ('05 zx3, got it used) it had a Pyramid (shudder) stero in it. Not exactly high on my list of decent stereos. SO today I bought and installed a Sony xplode CDX-GT40W (I know, not exactly on the top of the list of best stereo's, but it will do what I need). Now, apon removing the old stereo, I found out the DSPO CUT the factory harness instead of buying an adapter. So I basically had to just trace the wires that they installed to install min, which I soldered in place. However, it seems the constant +12VDC line (for use to hold the memory in the stereo) is a thick heavy guage wire, while the switched +12VDC is a thin wire (like 20 guage). While obviously the wires on my stereo are the opposite, the main power lead is heavy guage (14 guage) and the battery feed is thin (20 guage). It works ok with it wired up this way, but I am concerned about the sony stereo drawing to much current for the thin guage wire. I know on one of my old vehicles (a nissan) I put an alpine head unit in it, and it required that the constant and switched +12VDC wires be connected together. Does anybody see an issue with me doing this here?
My other question is, the sony head unit requires an illumination wire to be hooked up, the old head unit didnt. So I have no clue what wire is the illumination wire. Here in the FAQ it says its the orange and black wire, however, there is more than one orange and black wire. I measured them with my multi mter, but I didnt get any voltage off of either of them either with or without the head lights on. Any ideas?
Thanks