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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #10 on: 21 March 2009, 22:34 »
Do i need to be aware of anything before i put in my hu ?  - do i have to worry about the hu frying or can i just put it in staight away- any tips would be great!

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #11 on: 22 March 2009, 14:59 »
where are you from mate ? fitting it is easy there should be a sticker on the top of the head unit that tells you what wire does what well at least there has been on every alpine ive owned . and should be simple case of plug and play

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #12 on: 22 March 2009, 19:01 »
In that case would i have to change any of the wires on the hu for it to be compatible with the car leads or is it just a case of plug and play? -

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #13 on: 22 March 2009, 20:09 »
heres what ya do plug the iso`s in to the hu wires and the red (ign) wire to the red yellow (bat) to the yellow turn it all on. do not slide hu all the way home just  prop it in the hole find and preset one station ok . once fitted turn and take out your ignition key wait a few second (10) and turn ignition back on if the preset that you set is still there and you dont have to tune it its sorted if not swap the red and the yellow wires over plug red into yellow and visa versa do same again preset one station and turn ignition off fully turn back on station should be ok. job done

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #14 on: 22 March 2009, 20:11 »
pics of the connector would be helpfull too

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #15 on: 22 March 2009, 20:42 »
OK....

I thought that the yellow male and female connectors should be connected to each other as with the male and female red connectors. Are you suggesting that the male yellow should be connected to the female red and the female yellow to the male red?

Please explain...

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #16 on: 22 March 2009, 22:06 »
Sorry,... i have just now understood your suggestion - please ignore last message.

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #17 on: 23 March 2009, 12:48 »
the h/u loom will have the following connections in the power plug
red = ignition live
yellow= 12v+ permanent
black= earth
blue= electric aerial output
pink/black = telephone mute
orange (if it has it ) illumination
blue/white amp remote output
the other plug will have all the speaker connections


on vw's you need to join the red to the yellow and the yellow to the red this will ensure the h/u wil retain its memory
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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #18 on: 23 March 2009, 15:55 »
and this will definitely not fry the h/u?  - its just usual for the colours to match each other with wiring issues.

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Re: New Alpine stereo - installation probs
« Reply #19 on: 23 March 2009, 17:40 »
you will NOT cause ANY damage atall
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