Stereo wiring

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MARTINIGMAN
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  • 1998 FORD RANGER
  • 6 CYL
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Is there a diagram that shows what each wire is for on a factory wiring harness?
Monday, February 16th, 2009 AT 8:59 PM

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DAVE H
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Here is a guide to help you check the wiring with the radio wiring diagrams below. Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.
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Monday, February 16th, 2009 AT 9:02 PM
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THEORPS
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  • 1998 FORD RANGER
  • 2.5L
  • 4 CYL
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  • MANUAL
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Truck did not come with factory radio or speaker wiring. I want to connect new radio to existing radio wiring harness, which includes speaker wires running to unknown location. I need to know the location where the radio wiring harness connects to so I can connect my new speaker wires to the same junction box, just like it would have been done at the factory.
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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There are plugins available for this for like $20 or so and all the wires are marked so you can just plug it in then wire it from t here. There are three wires for power so to keep clock running etc. And memory on radio
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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THEORPS
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I have the aftermarket wiring harness from the radio to the factory harness. But where do I connect the speaker wires coming from the speakers? Do I have to splice into the harness wires? There are four pairs of speaker connection wires as part of the factory harness running to some location/connection board somewhere - that is where I should connect the speaker wires that I installed, just like it would have been done at the factory. Where is that location/connection board? Thank you for helping.
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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Do you have the speakers already in the truck? If not it may have not been wired for that. Dummy me I forgot to send the diagram to you. See pic the sires will be int he harness leading to the radio connection.
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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THEORPS
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I installed speakers and ran wires from the speakers to the radio location. I can splice the speaker wires to the color codes you provided, but I was hoping there is a terminal board or something that the speaker wires would connect to - the same terminal board that the factory wiring harness connects to.
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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NERRAD1010
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The radio is shorting out from what sounds like a loose wire connection cause I can hear the static thru the speakers. Where do I locate the radio/speaker wire connections?
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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DAVE H
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https://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/266999_radio_2.jpg

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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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There is no terminal board it's a plugin or connector if it's not there then its been eliminated by someone
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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THEORPS
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Thank you for trying to help. The factory plugin harness to the radio connector is there. So the speaker signal comes out of the radio, through the factory harness wires, and then wires from the factory plugin harness go deep into to the dash somewhere, without the option to connect directly to the new speaker wires I installed. The wires that go deep into the dash somewhere includes the four pairs of speaker wires that I need to connect my speaker wires to. If I new where the four pairs of speaker wires terminate, I could connect my speaker wires to them at that point. Otherwise, I have to cut/intercept these wires between the plugin and the unknown location to connect my speaker wires.
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 AT 12:49 PM (Merged)
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The speaker wires terminate at the speakers if you want to plug into the speaker/radio connector you have to get one that matches up and that would be a dealer item as well as the terminal ends that go into the connector. Those wires for everything for radio should be right behind the existing connector
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