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diablo590 Unregistered guest | The other day i was at a local car audio business looking at a new cd deck for my car (2001 Pontiac Grand AM SE) and the sales person looked up my year and make in a book and told me i need to buy this $70 wiring kit and another $50 to be intalled "correctly". He says that this wiring kit routes the stereo to the trunk and back to the front to preserve the data in the cars computer. Now when i heard this i thought he was feeding me complete bullshit and i had no intention on buying this kit. Does anyone know if i need this kit to preserve the data in my stock stereo to be used in the cars computer? |
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Anonymous | go to www.installdr.com and you can get some help i think. |
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New member Username: TopedgeonlineMontrose, Colorado United States Post Number: 3 Registered: Sep-04 | Here is the metra wiring kit he is talking about: GMRC-01 It is pretty expensive. Here is the description of the harness: Class 2 data buss adapter for GM cars with Door chime and other stuff built into the factory radio, this device allows installation of an aftermarket radio with no problems and no need to relocate the old factory radio. |
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Miguel Wek Unregistered guest | can someone give me the the directions on how to wire the the GMRC-01 into a 2000 chevy impala or email it to me putonshirt@yahoo.com |
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silverfox Unregistered guest | i have a 97 Ranger that i put a CD player into the other day, everything is wired correctly Color coded) and i doubled checked it, but when the ignition is ACC position eveerything works fine but when i turn the car on i only get sound from the back left speaker and i have to crank it all the way up to hear it and then its just distorted. wondering if anybody had any idea what was goin on? if you do please e-mail at noodles_8320002@yahoo.com |
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Unregistered guest | I have a 2001 gand am. I am trying to put an aftermarket cd player into it. I already bought the metra wiring harness. I do not know where to hook a wire. It says to the door chime, but i have no idea what that means. Can anyone help me out? email me at stacyb_16@hotmail.com THANKS!!!! |
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New member Username: 1234Post Number: 1 Registered: Oct-04 | how do you hook up a car stereo system to a car battery outside the car? |
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keith burlette Unregistered guest | connect the acc wire and batt+ wire to the positive pole of the battery, and the the ground wire to the neg- pole |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 5230 Registered: Dec-03 | This is why there are professional installers. |
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Bronze Member Username: Ps1k0Post Number: 42 Registered: Aug-04 | that's funny. lol |
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New member Username: AngelstudzColumbia , Sc USA Post Number: 4 Registered: Dec-04 | Hello. I would like to know the wiring code for a 2003 Buick Century. Could somebody who has more knowledge on this please help me? Also, does anyone know how I can find out if my factory-installed speakers in the same type car have the minimun of a 50 W rating and between 4-8 ohms? Thanks a lot! D |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfNorthWest, Michigan USA Post Number: 6673 Registered: Dec-03 | just buy a wiring harness adapter for an 03 GM vehicle. no wire cutting required. |
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Unregistered guest | I am trying to find instruction on how to install my new cd player into my car. My car is a 2001 Pontaic Grand Am I have looked everywhere and i cant find it |
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Unregistered guest | i am trying to find out how to wire new rear speakers in a 2001 grand am the new speakers have a positive and negative wire but the car wiring has four wires for each speaker |
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joshg Unregistered guest | Get the Metra Kit. I used it in my 2005 Cavelier and everything has been working fine for 3 months. It plugs into the factory harness and has a little box with all the chimes and stuff you lose with out it. Also the airbags are tied into the circiut so if you want everything to work correctly you need the adaptor but you don't need that American International kit with the 17' harness that relocates the factory radio to the trunk. Just keep the factory radio incase it ever needs to be re-installed for the Dealer to flash the computer in your car. josh |
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Unregistered guest | i need the color codes for the wires on a 1997 ford contour. the wire harness was previously cut off. any help would be appreciated. jgabrie@comcast.net |
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Unregistered guest | do i really have to have the gmco or whatever it is for my door chimes on a 2004 pontiac grand am se??? |
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Anonymous | I have a 2003 Grand am. I just install a new jvc cd player. Turned out great. i ran my rca cables and my remote turn on wire for my amp. Heres my problom. I started to run the hot wire for the amp. i can find anywhere in the fire wall to run it threw. If any one has any tips on how to run the hot wire please let me know. |
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Anonymous | I have a 2003 Grand am. I just install a new jvc cd player. Turned out great. i ran my rca cables and my remote turn on wire for my amp. Heres my problom. I started to run the hot wire for the amp. i can find anywhere in the fire wall to run it threw. If any one has any tips on how to run the hot wire please let me know. |
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yoni Unregistered guest | i want o wire into my 1991 toyota tarago a new cd player could any one please send me anything which could help me thanks |
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Anonymous | i just had a cd player installed in my 2004 chevy impala and then lil while after i had an amp and subs hooked up but the problem im having is that when i turn on my car the amp turns off. is there anybody out there that can help me with my problem cuz the pros dont even know why its doing it. email me at brown.christopher@us.army.mil thank you |
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Unregistered guest | i have a 2003 for ranger i need to know how to hook up a new cr player in it |
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Nate_2k5 Unregistered guest | I have a 2000 GA GT1, i keep being turned in circle about which actual harness I need, any help? |
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Unregistered guest | i just bought a cd player for my o4 grand am. i need to know where to connect the 12volt ignition wire to. please help |
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pistolpaco Unregistered guest | what harness do i need for a 2000 impala the metra vt gmrc-01 or the metra 70-2003t ??? please email me at fitch14chs@aol.com |
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Advanced Designs Unregistered guest | For the people needing help with any Pontiac Grand Am's we would be able to help you. Just E-Mail us at AdvancedDesigns@Hotmail.com. |
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nuf Unregistered guest | you stink like rotten jerks with tomatoes on their forehead |
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Anonymous | I have a 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, and it SUCKS!!!!!!! don't buy this car if you know whats good for you. I've been installing car audio equiptmant since I was 14, and this is the wiring harness that you need to buy is way too overpriced and the people who designed the electronic schematics for this car are dumbasses!!! I'm not spending $70-$90 for a wiring harness. |
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chvy colorado Unregistered guest | I have a rockford fosgate amp that needs to be wired up to 2004 chevy colorado does any one now how to do or do i have to buy a different cd player or what |
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Unregistered guest | I have 2003 Grand Am and the car sucks if you ever plan on removing the factory sound system out of your car don't buy a Pontiac. |
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Unregistered guest | How do I bench test a 2001 Chevy Impala RDS radio made by Delco, part no. 10310458 ?? I bought this radio on eBay and would like to use it as a shop/ home radio. Do I need to wire an Impala computer to the radio and if so, how ??? |
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Unregistered guest | I recently installed a Head Unit in my 2004 Grand Am after scouring the net for for 6 months to see if you can bypass the relocate harness. I tried bypassing it which resulted in a $150 trip to the dealership to flash the computer in my car to reset things(SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY TO GET THE RELOCATE KIT ITS WORTH IT). I have run into several problems with the ACC wire for the deck as well as the remote wire to turn on my amp. Have found several solutions. If you want more indepth answers or to give me some hints on how to hook up the ACC to one of the fuses boxes email me. |
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Unregistered guest | I have a 2005 chevy colorado, in which I am putting a new cd player. everything is hooked up except for the acc cable, and for the life of me I cannot figure out where to hook it up, or how to get power to the unit. Any helpers? |
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Unregistered guest | I have a 2005 Chevy Malibu and the CD player thats in it is pretty well inbedded into the dash and takes up a considerable amount of space as it comes with a 1 1/2 inch by about 4 inch display screen and if i was to take it out and buy a deck to wire subs and an amp in my car there would alot of space missing cause decks jus arent big at all so im asking how necessary is it for me to buy a deck when hooking up subs and an amp in my car? |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 900 Registered: Sep-05 | for 05 malibu you can buy a dash kit an wire harness to fill the gap, it will have a pocket in it. but you do not have to get new deck, buy a nice line output converter and run it theat way, it ties into the speaker leads and converts signal for the rcas. |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 901 Registered: Sep-05 | for 05 colorado you have a red accessory wire on the after market harness you bought, if you did not use an aftermarket harneess, you have just lost all factory settings for car, door chimes etc is tied into the radio. You need the relocation harness or the gmclass 2 data interface harness. but either on has a red acc wire on it.... |
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Unregistered guest | ok so i found this line out put converter called the PAC Trunk-LOC for about 37 bucks does this sound right? It says best line output converter(LOC)on the market but people say alot of things to sell something..so this LOC hooks up in ur trunk with the wires from ur factory stereo running up to it then out of another hook up to ur amp...is that correct and if u could tell me, is this a nice enough line output converter |
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Unregistered guest | ok so i found this line out put converter called the PAC Trunk-LOC for about 37 bucks does this sound right? It says best line output converter(LOC)on the market but people say alot of things to sell something..so this LOC hooks up in ur trunk with the wires from ur factory stereo running up to it then out of another hook up to ur amp...is that correct and if u could tell me, is this a nice enough line output converter |
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Unregistered guest | and also if im only hooking up one 1000 watt max power sub does this mean i only need a mono 1 channel amp with a 1000 watt output max power and the RMS range is in the same range as the subs RMS range too...is this correct or am i mistaken. |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 914 Registered: Sep-05 | not necessarliy, what brand of sub and wjhat is the voice coil configuration |
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Unregistered guest | It is 1000 watt 12 inch Pioneer TS-W306DVC...4 Layer, Dual Long Voice Coil |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 920 Registered: Sep-05 | your going to need an 2ohm stable amp mono, like maybe an alpine mrd-605 or a kicker 650.1. |
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Unregistered guest | I have a 1993 ford taurus SHO with the JBL system i took it out to put a new system in and i dont know how to bypass the factory amps and a wireing harness wont work i need a wiring shematic please help lol |
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Unregistered guest | so any good 2 ohm amp mono...how does the max power of the amp effect the sub cause the amps u suggested are both around 600 watt max does that matter any because my sub is 1000 watt max...wat about a pioneer GM-D510M amp with 1000 watt max because i am able get one of these cheaper than the ones u suggested at this point in time....??? |
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eastsidarida239 Unregistered guest | so any good 2 ohm amp mono...how does the max power of the amp effect the sub cause the amps u suggested are both around 600 watt max does that matter any because my sub is 1000 watt max...wat about a pioneer GM-D510M amp with 1000 watt max because i am able get one of these cheaper than the ones u suggested at this point in time....??? |
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eastsidarida239 Unregistered guest | so any good 2 ohm amp mono...how does the max power of the amp effect the sub cause the amps u suggested are both around 600 watt max does that matter any because my sub is 1000 watt max...wat about a pioneer GM-D510M amp with 1000 watt max because i am able get one of these cheaper than the ones u suggested at this point in time....??? |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 935 Registered: Sep-05 | unless it is free, pioneer is not known for their amps, and that amp only puts out 600X1 @ 2 ohms and I bet it is at 14.4 volts, unless it is a real lot cheaper, pay the differenc and get quality. |
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Unregistered guest | wat about a audiobahn A8000T...800 max watts..400 watts RMS Power Range |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 943 Registered: Sep-05 | thats better then the pioneer. |
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New member Username: Ineedhelp85Post Number: 1 Registered: Jan-06 | I am trying to install a Pioneer DEH-235 into my 90 Jeep Cherokee, and I am having problems with the wires matching up! Can somebody tell me which wires go with which color? |
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Silver Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 947 Registered: Sep-05 | get an aftermarket harness that fits the car to the radio, or here is the diagram. 1988-90 Jeep Cherokee Stereo Information Constant 12V+ Pink Switched 12V+ Purple/Orange Ground Black Illumination Orange/Black Dimmer Dark Blue/White Antenna Trigger Gray Antenna Right Front Front Speakers 5 1/4" Doors Left Front (+) Green Left Front (-) Black/Yellow Right Front (+) White Right Front (-) Black Rear Speakers 5 1/4" Tail Gate Left Rear (+) Gray/White Left Rear (-) Brown/White Right Rear (+) White/Black Right Rear (-) Brown |
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Unregistered guest | hey are pioneer subs not good..cause they got good reviews...but some people told me there not good subs....the reviews on them were all positive tho... |
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Unregistered guest | hey are pioneer subs not good..cause they got good reviews...but some people told me there not good subs....the reviews on them were all positive tho... |
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Anonymous | I have a 2000 Grand Am and I am trying to replace the rear 6 x9's with new speakers. When I took the factory 6 x 9's out, I noticed that there are 4 wires leading to each speaker? Since I only have 2 terminals on each speaker, what do I do with the 4 wires? It seems like 2 of the wires are carrying mid to high frequency, and the other 2 are carrying low frequency. |
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imajeenyus Unregistered guest | i have a 98 ford f-150 that i just put an alpine deck into... everything works perfectly fine except for the fact that there is no sound... all the speaker wires are connected correctly and there is power running to my deck and the CD plays but does not produce any sounds... anyone know what is wrong??? please email me whitys_unitys@hotmail.com |
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Gold Member Username: TjmutlowPost Number: 1042 Registered: Sep-05 | does it play on radio? if so, the antenna wire is hooked up to the amp turn on for truck. If no sound at all, it may have an amp in the truck and needs to have blue wire hooked up? |
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New member Username: Infurno121Cardiff, Wales Wales Post Number: 1 Registered: Jan-06 | hi i was just wondering if anyone can help me on a simple task ive just bought a 1991 metro rally trs (ive tryed to fit an cd player which it turns on but no sound tryed the battery trick which the speakers are working) maybe wiring wrong ive got a BLACK GREEN BLUE and ive ried all the speakers up right i no.. can any one help cheers |