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I'm hooking up a pioneer head unit into my 86 camaro , i'm using the stock stereo wiring.
To clarify , the head unit has a 10amp fuse on the back, to protect itself (might be for BAT power feed?) .
The head unit need's two power sources , IGN power and BAT power (for storing settings or whatever) , oh yes , i know the yellow wire it's my ignition feed , but my doubt is :
1) Should use the orange wire (always hot) , which is feed from ACC fuse (used for feeding the radio clock in stock setup)
2) Run a wire to fusebox , and hook it to BAT terminal.
What u guys think ? opinions ?
thanks and sorry about my bad english
cheers
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For ease of installation, I don't think anyone will disagree with me that getting yourself a harness adapter would be the best option. They are color coordinated and allow you to install without hacking apart your stock harness.
Other than that
IGN - this should be a yellow wire on the big harness
BAT - orange wire on small connector
unless you are competing professionally with a $1000 headunit, you don't need to go directly to the battery, the stock harness will do just fine.
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1987 Trans Am, work in progress
2008 Pontiac G8
Retired: 1984 Camaro "ZF" 2.8L, 1989 Camaro RS
Customer Service Manager, 1A Auto Parts
the harness adapter has a factory pigtail on one end so you just plug that one to the factory harness and wire the other end of the pigtail to the headunit wiring. I usually do mine outside of the car (the wiring) so when its done its factory plug-in on one end and headunit plug on the other...then its just plug and play...
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thanks for the replies , my wiring was cut by the previous owner , so , i have the wires ending in nothing , my plan was , cutting the pioneer connector (the one in the box of the head unit) , and join the wires using faston terminals for joining two wires
When i bought the car , some of theses wires were contacting with the metal , imagine how fast blow the acc fuse .....
hmmm , i'm trying to stay original as much i can
i should use the orange one for continous power feed ? , thinking ........ " it will have two fuses in the way (ACC and the own of the head unit) , for example , when i'll blow the acc fuse , my eq presets , fm station presets and other things will be gone!!! , logically ? "
Thanks !!
Last edited by iroc_valencia; 09-14-2009 at 06:32 PM.
Mine was cut by the previous owner also. So I found an OEM harness at the junkyard, cut out the connector, then spliced that into my harness. Now I can go the route suggested above should I get an aftermarket head unit, for now, it just goes to a stock style head unit.
My last 3rd gen was butchered by the previous owner as well. Junkyard let me have a harness for free, just had to cut it myself. Do yourself a favor and get a GM harness out of a junkyard. I know you said your english was a bit rough, and I'm guessing you're out of the country? Don't worry about getting one out of a Camaro; GM used the same one for many years in many cars. you can always grab a newer harness as well. I keep posting these links up recently, but I think its worth it if you've got nothing to start with.
88-older wiring diagram
89-newer
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1987 Trans Am, work in progress
2008 Pontiac G8
Retired: 1984 Camaro "ZF" 2.8L, 1989 Camaro RS
Customer Service Manager, 1A Auto Parts
Thanks for te diagram , and thanks for the replies
I already have it , and the diagram from GM service manual.
I know , the good thing would be using the original GM connector , with a adapter , but i don't live in the USA , shipping to my country would be 2weeks , and i need to install the stereo to finnish the assembly of the interior , anybody knows a web page to buy the damn kit (factory connector (IIRC rockauto has one) and the adapter) ? , i'll search later in ebay.
But that's , not the question , the question was , i should use the orange wire (ACC fused) for BAT feed , or run a wire to a BAT terminal in fusebox.
