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Postby monzacoupe » Fri May 22, 2015 10:03 pm

Hi, I'm looking for a refresher on which wires are which on the factory radio/cassette. Black, grey and yellow are no sweat, found the matches for those. What do the dark blue, light blue, green and black one go to? I'm assuming that they're speaker wires, just wanted to confirm.

Thanks, Rick
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Re: Radio Wires

Postby spencerforhire » Sat May 23, 2015 11:02 am

Green- Front+
Black- Front-
Dk. Blue-Rear+
Lt. Blue-Rear-
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Re: Radio Wires

Postby monzacoupe » Sat May 23, 2015 5:03 pm

Thanks Spenser! Now how do I connect two rear speakers to the one blue wire? Both speaker wires attached to the + and - at the radio, or in series like I've seen on the net? There is a connector that was wired for a CD player still attached to some wires under the dash. It's a real dog's breakfast under there but I can trace the wires if I must.

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Re: Radio Wires

Postby spencerforhire » Sun May 24, 2015 7:02 pm

If you're using the OEM 10 ohm speakers, parallel is fine. It you're using aftermarket 4 ohm ones, I would suggest series.
The "fleet"-
72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....

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