Already had a diff stereo than the factory but i bought the wiring kit and now I can't locate the battery wire coming from the truck itself. It's orange on the wiring kit but my orange wire from the truck won't power it up. A stereo place told me to run it thru a red wire thru the ignition...I'm not sure about that thou...i need help!!!!
2007-04-20 15:46:11 · 4 answers · asked by TERESA J 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
its an 86 gmc high sierra 2500
2007-04-20 18:10:36 · update #1
In GM's wiring, the constant power wire is orange, but in after-market wiring it's almost always yellow. You may just be connecting to the wrong wire on your wiring kit. After-market wiring codes use orange as an illumination wire, which won't be harmed if it's connected to 12v but won't turn the radio on either.
For an after-market radio to turn on there must be constant voltage on the yellow wire and key-switched voltage on the red wire, as well as having the black wire grounded.
If there's no voltage on the GM orange wire, then you may have a blown fuse in the vehicle.
2007-04-20 22:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you really need a tester they sell at the parts store, it looks like a screw driver with a point ant the end. you hook it upto the groundwire at the one end and touch the other end to wires... if its a hot lead the light will come on....
2007-04-20 22:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by Robert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grab the tech. manual, look for wiring and diagrams....check the fuse....check the wire if its connected to a source...
2007-04-20 15:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by 2T351 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of truck is it? What Make and Model?
2007-04-20 15:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by thundercrush69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋