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Lil Help
Does anyone know about installing a radio in a 2004 Grand am. There is a seperate wire that needs to be hooked up to the fuse box or something for accessory power. Cause the gm's don't have a 12 volt wire to hook up to the wire harness. Anyone know about this or can help?
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by rws600
Does anyone know about installing a radio in a 2004 Grand am. There is a seperate wire that needs to be hooked up to the fuse box or something for accessory power. Cause the gm's don't have a 12 volt wire to hook up to the wire harness. Anyone know about this or can help?
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by jdagsxr
buy a harness..................problem solved.
a radio installer would know
"due to the fact that a switched 12-volt accessory lead does NOT existin the factory harness, an accessory source must be located. Using the seperate red wire, locate an accessory power source in the vehicles fuse box"
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Re: Lil Help
An accessory wire would be any +12 volt wire at the fuse box which has power when the key is turned backwards to the accessory position and +0 volts when the ignition key is in the off position.
Make sure you tap in after the fuse however so this wire will be fuse protected.
Make sure you tap in after the fuse however so this wire will be fuse protected.
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by rws600
got the harness this is what it says
a radio installer would know
"due to the fact that a switched 12-volt accessory lead does NOT existin the factory harness, an accessory source must be located. Using the seperate red wire, locate an accessory power source in the vehicles fuse box"
a radio installer would know
"due to the fact that a switched 12-volt accessory lead does NOT existin the factory harness, an accessory source must be located. Using the seperate red wire, locate an accessory power source in the vehicles fuse box"
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by rws600
got the harness this is what it says
a radio installer would know
"due to the fact that a switched 12-volt accessory lead does NOT existin the factory harness, an accessory source must be located. Using the seperate red wire, locate an accessory power source in the vehicles fuse box"
a radio installer would know
"due to the fact that a switched 12-volt accessory lead does NOT existin the factory harness, an accessory source must be located. Using the seperate red wire, locate an accessory power source in the vehicles fuse box"
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by LEASNIT
K.. simple as this .. get ur test light ready...run the wire thru your dash to the fuse box... put ur test light on a fuse that doesnt light up.. now turn your ignition on .. if it lights up.. BAM.. accessory ... now pull the fuse out and test again u wanna put the wire on the side of the fuse that does not light up when ur test light is on it.. use a fuse tap or just wrap the wire around the prong and reinsert it in the panel .. hook that wire up to RED on the back of ur radio ... you will be charged 2.99 per minute for this call
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OR .. when u pull your radio out .. to the left hand side is your ignition harness.. pull it up from the side and use a razor blade to cut back some of the tape... grab the pink or orange wires in there and tap into those... that will work too ... :YEAH
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Originally Posted by LEASNIT
lol.. fine, bust out ur handy dandy multi-meter and meter the wire.. 
... pfftt.. its a radio, how much draw u think it has.. 
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by LEASNIT
lol.. fine, bust out ur handy dandy multi-meter and meter the wire.. ... pfftt.. its a radio, how much draw u think it has..
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yeah i was tryiing the ignition earlier but it was so tight in there and i could not get the wires out to get to the orange or the pink
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by rws600
yeah i was tryiing the ignition earlier but it was so tight in there and i could not get the wires out to get to the orange or the pink
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
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Originally Posted by rws600
yeah i was tryiing the ignition earlier but it was so tight in there and i could not get the wires out to get to the orange or the pink
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
i will check if maybe i can cut the tape
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by LEASNIT
Dont be afraid to pull on the **** a lil .. it does come up a decent amount...
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Re: Lil Help
Originally Posted by TIM
**** what that says just plug it in I never had any problem or had to go anywhere else. The stock radio has to have a ign wire to it so it is there. You sure you hooked the harness up right
