Electrical Connections and Installation

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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS

•If you’re not confident that you can install the unit correctly, have it installed by a qualified Blaupunkt installation technician.

•Use this unit only with negative ground 12 Volt (11-16 Volt) direct current (DC).

•Be sure to detach the faceplate before you start to connect or install the unit.

•We recommend making and testing all electrical connections before installing the unit. Connect the leads (wires) according to instructions and diagram below.

IF YOU ARE INSTALLING A COMPATIBLE BLAUPUNKT CD CHANGER

For speaker connection, use the speaker wire harness section that comes with the receiver. For other connections, use the wire harness sections that come with the CD Changer, not the receiver. (If you have a CDC-A08 and adapter 7607898093, use the leads on the adapter.) Note that some of the CD Changer’s wire harness leads have d,ifferent colors:

-In place of yellow lead, use red lead that has yellow BATT. clip for constant power.

-In place of black lead, use brown lead for ground.

The changer harness or adapter also has gray, blue/white, and orange leads that are non-functional with this receiver.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS

1.Disconnect the vehicle battery’s negative terminal before making connections.

2.Connect the speakers and/or external amplifiers (if you have any) following the guidelines in the SPEAKER CONNECTION section below.

3.Connect the blue (trigger output) lead to an amplifier’s trigger input terminal and/or antenna motor trigger input terminal (if you have either or both of these items). The combined total amperage required for triggering the antenna motor and/or amplifier must not exceed 300 mA. DO NOT connect the blue lead to the antenna’s and/or amplifier’s power supply input.

4.Connect the black (power ground) lead to a grounded metal part on the vehicle. We recommend grounding all audio system black ground leads (head unit, external amplifier, etc.) to a common grounding point, preferably a non-painted surface under the instrument panel.

5.Connect the yellow (constant power) input lead to a source of constant battery power, preferably a terminal to an appropriate slot in the fuse box.

6.Connect the red (turn-on power) input lead only afterthe other leads are connected. Be sure to connect the red lead to a positive (+) 12 Volt power terminal that is energized only when the ignition key is set to the on position or accessory position.

7.Cover the ends of any unused leads with electrical tape. This will prevent them from touching the vehicle or each other and causing a short-circuit and damage to the radio or vehicle.

8.Reconnect the vehicle’s battery.

9.Verify that no fuses have blown.

10.Plug the harness into the unit.

11.Attach the faceplate and test the unit.

Once the connections have been successfully made, you can begin to mount the unit.

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

he unit’s Dual-Level Fader allows you to fade between the front and the rear channels using either the front and/or rear speaker leads and/or the rear preamp outputs, providing you tremendous flexibility in configuring your speaker arrangement:

•You can connect a speaker (regular, co-axial or tri-axial speakers or component speaker system, all hereafter referred to simply as “speaker”) to each of the units’ four pairs of speaker leads.

•You can connect the 2 RCA preamp outputs to multiple external amplifiers and power multiple speakers or speaker systems through the amplifiers. (Blaupunkt amplifiers and speakers available separately). To add front preamp output, purchase Blaupunkt part 8634494218 (included with changer harness or adapter).