Panasonic CQ-DF302W Installation Guide Continued, Identify All Leads, Speakers, Power Lead

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HS	❐ Identify All Leads		If your car is not wired for an audio unit:
11	The first step in installation is to identify all the car		Go to the fuse block and find the fuse port for the
			battery, usually marked BAT.
	wires you’ll use when hooking up your sound sys-
	tem.		Speakers
	As you identify each wire, we suggest that you label		Identify the car speaker leads. There are two leads
	it using masking tape and a permanent marker.		for each speaker which are usually color coded.
	This will help avoid confusion when making con-		A handy way to identify the speaker leads and the
	nections later.		speaker they are connected with is to test the leads
	Note:		using a 1.5 V AA battery as follows.
			Hold one lead against one pole of the battery and
	≥Do not connect the power connector to the stereo
			stroke the other lead across the other pole. You will
		unit until you have made all connections. If there
			hear a scraping sound in one of the speakers if you
		are no plastic caps on the stereo hooking wires,
			are holding a speaker lead.
		insulate all exposed leads with electrical tape until
			If not, keep testing different lead combinations until
		you are ready to use them. Identify the leads in
			you have located all the speaker leads. When you
		the following order.
			label them, include the speaker location for each.
	Power Lead
			Antenna Motor
	If your car has a radio or is pre-wired for one:
			If your car is equipped with an automatic power an-
	Cut the connector wires one at a time from the plug
			tenna, identify the car motor antenna lead by con-
	(leaving the leads as long as possible) so that you
			necting one bulb tester lead to the car battery lead
	can work with individual leads.
			and touching the remaining exposed wires from the
			cut radio connector plug one at a time. You will
			hear the antenna motor activate when you touch
			the correct wire.
	Turn the ignition on to the accessory position, and		Antenna
			The antenna lead is a thick, black wire with a metal
	ground one lead of the test bulb to the chassis.		plug at the end.
	Touch the other lead of the test bulb to each of the
			❐ Connect All Leads
	exposed wires from the cut radio connector plug.
	Touch one wire at a time until you find the outlet		Now that you have identified all the wires in the car,
	that causes the test bulb to light.		you are ready to begin connecting them to the
	Now turn the ignition off and then on. If the bulb		stereo unit wires. The wiring diagram (➡ pages 25,
			26) shows the proper connections and color coding
	also turns off and on, that outlet is the car power
			of the leads.
	lead.
			We strongly recommend that you test the unit be-
	If your car is not wired for an audio unit:		fore making a final installation.
	Go to the fuse block and find the fuse port for radio		You can set the unit on the floor and make tempo-
	(RADIO), accessory (ACC), or ignition (IGN).		rary connections to test the unit. Use electrical tape
	Battery Lead		to cover all exposed wires.
	If your stereo unit has a yellow lead, you will need		Important:
	to locate the car’s battery lead. Otherwise you may
			≥Connect the	red	power lead	last, after you
	ignore this procedure. (The yellow battery lead pro-
			have made	and	insulated all	other connec-
	vides continuous power to maintain a clock, memo-
			tions.
	ry storage, or other function.)
	If your car has a radio or is pre-wired for one:		Ground
	With the ignition and headlights off, identify the car		Connect the black ground lead of the power con-
	battery lead by grounding one lead of the test bulb		nector to the metal car chassis.
	to the chassis and checking the remaining exposed
	wires from the cut radio connector plug.

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