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❐ Identify All Leads

If your car is not wired for an audio unit:

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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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CQ-DF302W specifications

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