radio

[DougM]

Hi all-

I've decided to stick a new radio in the glovebox so I don't disturb the factory radio. The instructions seemed to be pretty simple. I have 3 wires I need to hook up for power. 1 black ground, 1 yellow and 1 red. I assume the red is hot and the yellow much be for a constant hot so I don't lose the preset stations. I see 2 power wires going into the factory radio, 1 red and 1 orange. according to the schematic both go to the fuse block. Do I hook the reds together and do nothing with the orange and how do I wire a contact hot for the yellow wire. Do i run a wire all the way to the battery. any help would be great thanks.

By the way it's going into a 66 Satellite, white with metallic red interior

 

[brandon64]

get a test light or volt meter and figure out witch one is constant power and witch one is keyed on power.

 

[A383Wing]

the orange wire to stock radio is for the dash light inside when you turn on dash lights

you need to check wire diagram for new radio to see what power wire does what.

 

[bluefury]

radio power

Hi all-

I've decided to stick a new radio in the glovebox so I don't disturb the factory radio. The instructions seemed to be pretty simple. I have 3 wires I need to hook up for power. 1 black ground, 1 yellow and 1 red. I assume the red is hot and the yellow much be for a constant hot so I don't lose the preset stations. I see 2 power wires going into the factory radio, 1 red and 1 orange. according to the schematic both go to the fuse block.​

I just installed a glove box radio in my 65 Coronet. You can pick up all your feeds in the fuse block. The red wire goes to a switched terminal, (you can use the original radio feed there.) The yellow wire connects to a constant hot terminal, (there are several in the fuse box). The black is a ground to the body. The orange wire on your original radio is the dial light, which is usually connected to a switched power terminal but can be intergrated into the panel dimmer circuit. The red connects to a switched and fused terminal. All you really need is a test light to determine the source terminals.

To acoid cutting into any interior parts for speakers I constructed two wood boxes, lined with styrofoam inside and mounted my 5" 3way's in them, then covered the boxes with carpet. I routed my speaker wires behind the right kick panel, under the sill plate and carpet and under the front seat. I used about 10-12 feet of wire so I could place the speakers where I wished, (even outside the car) and used RCA plug connectors so that I could remove the speakers altogether if needed. It sounds great....!!!!

I hope this helps... good luck with it.

 

[DougM]

Hey guys thanks for the info. never thought about using a test light to see what is what. Thanks again.

 

[Propwash]

Your cigerette lighter wire will work fine for you memory wire...just clip on a splice connector...That's if you don't want to run a seperate wire to your fuse box..Either way will work fine.

 

[bluefury]

Word of caution....

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Hey guys thanks for the info. never thought about using a test light to see what is what. Thanks again.
I purchased a reproduction glove box liner for my radio mounting conversion. I used a "U" bracket bolted to the top of the box liner to suspend the radio. A slot cut into the back of the liner allowed the radio to fit further into the glove box. CHECK the clearance behind the radio for your wiper arms..... !!!!!!I had to mount my radio all the way to the left to avoid interference with them.