How To Install Car Stereo and Identify What Wires Go Where 

This man putting on for us young men out here without fathers💯

I didn’t know what i was doing and still don’t now the wires are a MESS

My man.... NICE!!! THAT BATTERY TRICK never seen nor heard! U r a pioneer. Fuckin brilliant. Salute

PLEASE do it in the same order he did. Find all your power wires first !! With your car off, car on, even try with lights on an off. You don’t wanna start searching for speaker wires until you identify the power inputs to your stereo headunit.

My god this man is a super hero why is he not RU-vid famous 😂

This is gonna be helpful I’m sure but gotta say one thing and that’s get a better mic lol. Got a fishbowl sound

Unfortunately you failed to tell us which of the speaker wires was positive and negative, you did show us how to pair them but not how to identify polarity

did you purposely cut the wire harness off to show us what wire is what? lmfao

And don't wash it with the hose .

Man you guys talk too much

Do you connect the accessory and content wire together

Thanks man

why do the wires dont give power whwn i connect my tape pleas any help must the wires b on batery

U you’re not a hook up a radio for 1999 Jaguar xJ8 Vanderpool

Thank You

Thank you so much….. can’t wait for tomorrow after work and follow and do what you said. Thank you

Thanks for doing your video. It helped me out really appreciate you

would be a little difficult with the battery disconnected like you suggested

I'm so glad I saw this video I had no idea on where to begin to retrace the wiring of my system should be able to fix it not to mention I'm having to get into it trunk that doesn't even have a lock so this really really helped me out and I will be tune in to see who comes the rest of those speakers cuz I got about $8,000 worth in mind I can't wait to get it back working thanks for your help man

Can I do this with the multimeter to find my reverse light wire? I need to install some. If I probe around while the car is in reverse it should work, yeah? UPDATE: It worked. Thanks!

I’ve got a question I’m old school with car radios and all the new wires in cars and vans now are so confusing to me anyway. How can I identify the speaker wires with out any brakes in the wires behind the radio.

I am installing an aftermarket stereo in my car... I was able to match up all the colored wires on the harness to the corresponding wires on the stereo, but one of the harnesses has a solid blue wire that doesn't match up with any other wire. My understanding is that this is the wire for a power antenna. I don't have a power antenna, so can I just seal the end of the wire off and leave it unconnected?

Great video! Your methods should work for the colorblind, like myself lol

I’ve been searching RU-vid for the last few days trying to find somebody to explain the wiring for my Malibu and nobody explained it better than you did so your speech is fine lol thank you so much cause I seriously didn’t know what to do. They kept talking about them, but they didn’t talk about the difference between the colors and stock wires. They just kept talking about whether they were harnessed or not and what tools to use.😊

Thank you I couldn't find a diagram for my wires and this was a lifesaver for me.

Are you a Pisces

If you recomend disconnecting the battery , then how would you find the power wire and ground ?🤔

Dude this is so smart. I’m about to try this. My thunderbirds wiring colors make no sense.

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All the vids I watched and this one helped me thanks alot great job 👍

I don't know if your still on but I'm actually tying to hook mine up right now but I'm still not sure what is next

My question is using a DOUBLE DEN abs getting it to put sound to the speakers. All the wires and power, ground have been voltage meter verified . Either ohm, consanguinity and residence. This blue wire and in my Ford Expedition that supposedly blue base casting with a black strip. Is supposedly the fix to let the stereo sound to go . However it’s mot working. Everything is wired correctly because I use harness no butt spiking and the factory amp works. I put the factory stereo back in and everything works including sound. Plug my DD IN And it comes on but no sound . ??????? 2008 Ford Expedition XLT AILPINE DDEN STEREO WITH THE $134 FACTORY PLUG HARNESS WITH ORANGE Orange red strip BLUE POWER ANT BACK UP CAMER REVERSE WIRE BLUE WIRE those are the only wires not linked to the harness.

Wow thank you so much.........

Thank you, I'm motivated to go at it again. =) Impossible to find wiring diagrams for my car to figure out what my wires does...

International standard for a live wire Color for 12 voltvradio is a sick f-ckin joke

So I'm trying to hook up A new DVD/CD deck. My last deck was just CD. Extra wires, Brake, Neutral, and front / rear cameras. I'm having a bit of trouble. I've got the speakers connected but Im not getting any power. Not sure which wires on my Tracker are the brake, Neutral, power, memory, any help would be appreciated. Thanks Bubba

I have a 1999 caddilac deville and can’t figure out how to wire my alpine to it. There is a bunch of wires and some are the same color?

I've been having difficult problems looking for my ground and battery for a Toyota Matrix 2004

My constant only reads 5-7v sometimes even 3v with the car on and off what do I do?

What can you tell me about my 96 Ford Explorer? I have no speaker sound, it has an onboard amp or it may be an aftermarket amp, looks pretty shady the way it's hooked up, but how can I get sound?

I have a 92 chevy caprice classic. And I not getting any sound outta my speakers.i have a Bose system and the amp is wired ,I think through all the speakers.how do I by pass the amp and get sound out of the speakers?

Okay well I know what my speaker wires are but I don't know what the two wires are that are next to the red wire on a 2007 Jeep Wrangler one is white one is white with an orange stripe

When I’m connecting the speaker wires do I connect the positive and negative or just one of them

👍👍👍....thanks....the way me and my brother did was all the same you did.but i had and old transistor radio..took out the old speaker..strip those wires and connected them to those wires in the dash.its battery power radio..but when we heard sound.... 👍😆

I got a dodge charger pursuit with 2 constant wires with the same color what to do

My harness for my stock stereo was cit off and i am trying to install a JVC but the colors arent the same so what do i do

SOMETIMES YOUR POWER WIRE IS RED BROWN YELLOW GREEN BLACK WHITE PURPLE AND ANY OTHER COLOR :))))) MAN I HAVE TWO WIRES ONE IS BROWN AND ONE IS YELLOW ANT ACCORDING TO UR SUGGESTION BOTH OF THEM MIGHT BE THE POWER WIRE :)). THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS TESTING :)) THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

I have a 2005 Saturn relay and i cut my wire harness off so when i hook up my radio it stays on without the key on and then my radio displays security basically saying its hooked wrong but i tried everything but still does the same

Thanks for sharing But what if I connected the speaker to AA battery vice versa From polarity perspective I mean

My god man just do the dam thing. Like all these self proclaimed do it yourself technicians. I appreciate the information but mot all t other bull shit.

I started doing that when I was kid. How I figured it out I couldn’t tell ya. Works well

I came for dimmer wire and ignition wire to turn key and get radio to turn off and on by key

What do I do with the black wires ??? Do I hook them up together ? One says chassy on it that’s coming from harness

How can you do this from the speaker side. I removed the factory door amp but want to use the factory wiring to connect my speakers. There are 8 wires for each door and want to make sure I connect the right wires to the speakers. Thanks.

What if I dont want to cut my head unit wires to find the right wires to the speakers? My new unit came with a connector that connects to the OEM old connector

Yep ive been there cleaning up other peoples chopped up wiring too many times. The speaker wires can be non related colours, so out comes the multimeter in ohms mode, it quickly finds the pairs. But (and there always is one) if someone has one of those old fashioned external rear/front control pots, it can confuse the readings. I use the 1.5v battery also to find which speaker is connected to what wires. The memory power / main power / illumination power/ antenna power trip people up sometimes, depending on if the radio wants them. Correct speaker phase is a good thing to get right too. Can you tell i've done too many bloody car radios LOL :-D

I have multiple ground wires in my 2000 expedition...I don’t know where what goes

I got a touchscreen radio and the lights come on on acctual buttons but the screen itself won’t come on can’t figure out the power

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this just saved me. best video ever, definitely getting a like!

Did the battery test but now of my speakers maybe a sound

How do I find my ignition wire?

Hey I have a question

Where does your red white wire hook to?

I'm trying to figure out which wire behind the radio in a 2000 Ford Ranger would control the power to my power windows my four-wheel drive and my dashboard lights but all the fuses are good but I can separate all the wires and everything works

Stereo harness have all gray wires no fun

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Does this work with internal amplified speakers?

Where does solid Orange wire connect, its marked reverse positive

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I’m not getting no sound at all new stereo what to do???

I need help big time.