Hey, just got this headunit from ebay, and im having a hardass time firgureing out how to installing it to my FC, look at all them wires! Anyways, anyone can help me out here? do i need an adaptor or a diffrent wireing harness?

 

There are a couple of things you can do,,

1) ask the seller on ebay if they have any info for you

2) look up the model # on the internet at clarion's website, maybe you're lucky and can find the manual in the support section

3) try to figure it out with some help

If you go with option 3 here's what I remember from my install days,,,,,,,

MOST modern radios from japan are wired this way

single wires
black--- ground
red --- switched +12v
yellow -- constant + 12v
orange (orange/white) -- something that gets +12 with the lights on
blue -- amp signal wire (+12 output)

speaker outputs
green green/black
grey grey/black
white white/black
purple purple/black

I forget exactly which colors are for which, like front left, front right, rear left, rear right. You gotta check it with your balance and fader.


If you still have a stock radio in your car, it's pretty easy to order a "fit kit" and wiring harness that will plug straight into your car. You can probably get it cheap online or if you're in a hurry you can go buy one at any place that installs car stereos, maybe even pepboys.


Good luck, and since it sounds like your new don't be offended if I suggest to you to disconnect your - battery terminal BEFORE you start, trust me on that one.

-Rob

 

Dude, that is some fucked up ****.

 

Why don't you just buy an adapter harness? Match the wires, splice 'em togeather and plug into your dash harness. If no harness is available, follow Rob's instructions.

 

I can't read the model number off the pic you posted, but try looking at Clarion's Support page/Installation Manual Downloads:

http://clarion.com/jsp/search/Instal...us&language=en

 

i have the wireharness for my old headunit already, and am i supposed to cut the wires on my wireing harness and connect or soldier them togerther wit the same color on my clearion harness? heres a pic, the one on the right is my wire harness and the one on the left is the clearion one.



and heres how it looks like without the wirein harness on my console.
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also saw the manual on their website, dosnt show installation

 

this thread is just about dead but for anyone doing searches if you have any probs with the wiring colors as listed by rotary14 above try

orange - head unit illumination,
many modern decks won't have this but it should provide a variable 0-12volts so that the head unit lights dim along with the dash lighting. probably not found on later model FD's that had no dash illumination control

blue - power ant. lead.
some decks will power the ant. whenever the unit is turned on, while playing cd's etc. others will only power the ant. when radio switched on, (but then you have to wait several seconds for the ant. to extend before hearing radio)

pink - for very new decks that provides a stereo mute function when the mobile phone hands free? unit receives a call

eric e

i don't know if this a one off or not but the strange electrical fault that had my FD slowly flattening the battery and head unit "forgetting" stations every shut down seems to have been caused by a mismatch between the head unit intermediate loom and car wiring

the red, always 12v, and yellow, accessory 12v were reversed. meaning to get correct operation the red needs to be connected to the yellow and the yellow connected to the red