im stuck here im trying to install a CD Player in my 84 Ford Truck and the wires on the old tape deck dont match the cd player what should i do?
wire the hot/12v wire to your ignition switch or you can wire strait to the bat and turn the hu on and off manually (if wired to ignition switch, it wont hold memory i dont think, so all setings will reset every time you turn the key off) thats the best but worst way i can think of lol gl
well i got it going i put the red and yellow wire together and hook it up to a red wire in the dash and put the ground wire to the bare metal but have not played around with it yet got to late
With the red and yellow together you'll have 1 of 2 problems: 1 the radio will have power all of the time and wear down your battery 2 your radio will lose memory every time you shut your truck off What's the power wire color and the memory(switched) wire color from the h/u?The power should have power all of the time,but the switched power should be wired to a wire that only has power when the ignition is on.
so ur saying dont use the yellow wire? Cause i only found one wire that was red and another wire that was blue with a white line on it. I should get a test light and see
not sure but the deck will not turn on when the truck is off unless i turn the key with the way i have it hooked up and tell you the truth im still new to this,
Does the radio stations that you've preset stay the same after powering down and repowering? The blue wire with the white line is a remote wire to turn on other things like amps or power antenna.So don't hook that up to your power wires.
well it will not hold any memory so im thinking i got to rip the dash apart to find that wire, and i found that the red wire is hooked up to a yellow wire like who ever owned the truck before i got it must of did his own wiring
the yellow wire is the memory wire, run it to the battery to get constant power. it won't draw much juice at all. the red needs to be wired up to the ignition switch so that it only comes on whenever the key is on
