hey guys, I got a new sound system, but the head unit came with no power cables? I have no idea what im looking for, so if any of you could help me out that would be great. What does the headunit power receptacle in the back of the head unit usually look like?

thanks

 

do you mean the plug with all the wires coming out? if so, you should have a ground wire in thre( thick black wire with a little fork on the end of it, you have to put that under a bolt then tighten it against metal

 

if you dont have any wires coming from the back of the headunit then your screwed till you find one pretty much.

 

I have all the old cables from my original system if thats what your talking about. I only have wire comming out of the back for speakers and aux in. There is a female plug in the back the radio and was wondering if that was the power plug

 

might be attena (bad spelling i know) can you post a picture?

 

Ill get one tomorrow

http://www.sportslinkup.com/shop/39753--2-LOWEST.html
-CLARION 16PIN IN DASH CD MP MP3 RADIO WIRE HARNESS CLIP

Its the one that says clarion as a black title on the picture, about 3/4 down the list on that page. I dont know what either of those plugs are for.. The antenna is in the other corner of the HU

 

every manufacturer is going to be different (even sometimes within the same brands there are changes); make sure you're getting the right pigtail for your deck or you'll be back to square one.

 

I am positive the one I listed above it the right one, its a clarion deck an the plug looks exactly the same as the pic. Would I splice and solder the wires from the old stock radio cables to this new connector or what? And what is the little black square plug on the back on the pic? Is that for the satalite radio? the manual says its for the CeNet cable whatever that is..

 

if you don't want to have to redo the wiring in your car every time you get a new radio, your best bet is to get an installation pig tail. then you can solder / crimp the radio harness to the installation harness and then just plug the installation harness into the stock wiring.

 

I have no problem with rewiring at this point. I just need to know what has to be done and how to get this headunit to work. Do you have any pics of one of these pigtails?

 

depending on what year you have, there are 2 different styles. you can find them at any auto part store, walmart, best buy, etc

 

So you take one of those that you posted, and splice it with the clarion one?

 

yes - the clarion adapter should have a plug on one end (to go into the radio) and bare wires on the other. the bare wires on that connector need to be attached to the bare wires on this adapter. this installation adapter will plug into the factory wiring.

 

Are the wires all color coded to know which wire attach to which?

 

they should all be color coordinated, but pay attention to the owners manual ( if you dont have it, find it on clarion's website) and the instructions that come with the installation adapter.

 

Ok thanks alot Dan!

 

One more question: i had the delco bose system with the speakers in the kick panels. If I plugged them into the new harness would they still work?

 

should