Toyota Mr2 Audio Connestor Wires In A Mess.....

July 9, 2011

Hi

Need some help here please.

I have started work on installing a Kenwood CD player for my car (toyota mr2 3sgte - K reg).

When i bought this car it was a project car and had no stereo fitted at all. In fact the toyota connectors were cut off and the wires were in a mess.

I am trying to decode the wires and see where they go. I have had a look at the other postings and other sites on the net but i always find that i have different colours compared to what they have.

Have a look below and see if you can make any sense of this mess...

Two thick grey cables comming in. One contains 4 wires and the other 7 wires and then i have three wires loose.

Cable 1

Black/Silver Bands .... - ?

White/Silver Bands .... - Permanant Positive +

Green/Silver Bands ... - ?

Red/Silver Bands ...... - Ignition Positive +

Cable 2

Blue/Silver Bands ... ?

White Silver Bands . ?

Black/Silver Bands . ?

Brown/Silver Bands. ?

Green/Silver Bands. ?

Yellow/Silver Bands. ?

Red/Silver Bands ... ?

Three Loose Wires

Green Stripe/White Stripe ... ?

Pink Stripe/Blue Stripe ........ ?

Black Stripe/Red Strip with Silver Bands ... ?

The car has the 4 Speakers, two tweeters and two subs behind the seats (built in - standard).

I think that the audio setup is fairly standard from Toyota.

If anyone can help me solve this mess i would appreciate it very much.

Thanks for your help guys....

July 9, 2011

Any good ? similar to yours ,(car wiring in lower case)

My car is a 1990 G-Limited with the active system ,but only one sub behind the passenger seat , and a single white plug behind the dash ,and with the AM aerial running down the windscreen

I have fitted an aftermarket stereo using the aftermarket loom adapter as can be bought for the active system (cant remember the part number ) This is how the wires relate to each other from the car, to the adapter and stereo

car to STEREO

red with silver dots FRONT SPEAKER(RCA)

blue with silver dots REAR SPEAKER (RCA)

brown with silver dots REAR SPEAKER (RCA)

yellow with silver dots NOT USED (BEEP)

white with silver dots FRONT SPEAKER (RCA)

black with silver dots TELEPHONE MUTE

green with silver dots (center of plug) LINKS THE EARTH ON Speakers

brown with silver dots (thicker wire) EARTH

blue with brown stripe and silver dots LIVE

green with silver dots (one side of plug) NOT USED

pink with blue stripe and silver dots AMP REMOTE (needs live)

black with red stripe and silver dots ANTENNA PERMANENT

white with green stripe and silver dots NOT USED

Grey with red stripe and silver dots FUSED LIVE

In summary one side of the plug is the power and the other is the Speakers , my Speakers didn't work at first until i fed a live feed to the AMP REMOTE ,but i recommend this feed to be switched otherwise you will get a loud thump from the speakers as soon as ignition is switched on,And i used to get a constant buzz from the amp even without the stereo turned on due to a permanent live feed to the amp

Your stereo wires might differ from mine though and this is only a guide as to how mine is wired.