VK-VZ Stereo wiring colours.

[Gaming Warrior]

My mates putting a new head deck in hes car the wiring is as follows
+12V Constant power supply (yellow)
+12V Accessory/Switched(red)
Ground wire (black)
Power antenna (Blue)

Hes cars a VS and is wondering what colour goes to which.
Any help would be great.

EDIT

All Done

[miltiadis_s]

can somebody confirm that for the VX,

this is correct

Accesories - Yellow
Constant - Orange/White
Illumination - Brown/White
Earth - Black/White
12V OUTPUT - Yellow/Red
Radio Mute - Yellow/Black (VT onwards)
Antenna up - White (VR onwards)
Antenna down - Blue (VR onwards)
Illumination OUTPUT - Grey (VT onwards)

[walkintheseshoes]

Hi guy's just about to install my stereo into my vz sv6 and just need some help with one thing. I have a pioneer deh-p8650mp and says blue/white wire is for control terminal for amp which i'll be running and also auto antenna which i also want to use. According to the wiring colour thread there is a antenna up wire (White) and also antenna down (blue) wire. How do i do both? Do i just connect them to the blue/white wire from my head unit, or just one of the wires (white, blue)??? Some help would be great. Thanks

[muzza69]

when ever i turn my car on, the settings on my head-unit reset.... is there a wire i have'nt connected or something?
i have a 88 vl calais. and a kenwood head-unit.
??????

[allanssv6]

is it possible to run RCA cables from the stock head unit in my vz. i wanna connect and amp and sub, mayb a couple of both but regardless i want to keep the original factory head unit. cheers

[Insanity]

Hi all,

I have a 2005 VZ and i have just put in a new pioneer head unit. I went and brought an adaptor plug but when i turned it on changed my settings and turned the car off then went to turn it back on again the settings were gone. I realised that the Acc wire and the Bat wire were wrong on the plug so i just crossed them over and soldered them. Now i cant get electric aerial to work. any ideas????

[holdenboy]

1. (walkinintheseshoes) you would connect the blu/white wire from your aftermarket deck to the blue wire of the wiring (antenna up). I would also connect the amplifier remote turn on lead to this wire.

2. (muzza69) you havent got the yellow (constant power) wire connected to constant 12v+. Im not sure whether the VL had this wire in the stock radio loom so you may have to run a wire straight from the positive terminal of your battery (fused within 30cm).

3.(allanssv6) You cant connect RCA cables straight to the stock headunit, it dosent have the outputs, you'll need whats known as a line out converter (LOC). This has to be connected to your standard speaker wires and converts these into RCA outputs. Its ok just to "tap" into the wires so the speakers are still connected. If you wanna runa subwoofer, i would tap into the rear speaker wires where they run into the doors just behind where the seatbelt is in the b pillar. Be sure to solder and tap each connection.
The LOCs are offered by a number of companies, but i havent had much trouble with these.....
Jaycar Electronics


4. (Insanity) Did the power antenna work before you rewired the plug so the constant power was connected properly? If so then i would check that the blue wire in your stock plug (power antenna) is getting power when you turn the stereo (and the tuner/radio) on. If not then connect the blue wire on your stock plug to the antenna output wire on your aftermarket wiring harness.

As always, any questions...just pm me

[Bennysaurus-Rex]

Apologies if this has been asked somewhere else but I understand that the wiring for the past few generations has been the same on the Holdens the past few years. Does this include the plug on the end?

Reason why I ask is super-cheap auto only stock head unit adaptors up to VX (have a VZ Berlina) - could this be simply due to the fact they're the same and can't be bothered changing the labelling on the packaging?

[holdenboy]

Apologies if this has been asked somewhere else but I understand that the wiring for the past few generations has been the same on the Holdens the past few years. Does this include the plug on the end?

Reason why I ask is super-cheap auto only stock head unit adaptors up to VX (have a VZ Berlina) - could this be simply due to the fact they're the same and can't be bothered changing the labelling on the packaging?

I would imagine they would be close but on the Aerpro website they have a plug to suit VT-VX commodore, not VX-VY.

As the VX used a Eurovox unit and the VY use a Blaupunkt unit there would be some differences there. Just go to another SCA or even JB Hi Fi etc ti find one for your car.

[Luke0011]

The VY unit uses a european plug which is different to the eurovox plug on the VX. The wire colours are the same but in a different plug.

[danja]

]3.(allanssv6) You cant connect RCA cables straight to the stock headunit, it dosent have the outputs, you'll need whats known as a line out converter (LOC). This has to be connected to your standard speaker wires and converts these into RCA outputs. Its ok just to "tap" into the wires so the speakers are still connected. If you wanna runa subwoofer, i would tap into the rear speaker wires where they run into the doors just behind where the seatbelt is in the b pillar. Be sure to solder and tap each connection.
The LOCs are offered by a number of companies, but i havent had much trouble with these.....)

is it possible to run RCA cables from the stock head unit in my vz. i wanna connect and amp and sub, mayb a couple of both but regardless i want to keep the original factory head unit. cheers

Or you could talk to Phreddy about his proper low-level output kits, rather than use a LOC which will sacrifice sound quality.

[shano8]

hey there, if this has been asked and answered, i apologise, i have done a search with no results. i have a vy ss, it has a jvc kd-g405 unit in it, ive rewired the unit as it was all backwards, but im not sure what colour the wire is for the steering controls. could anyone be able to tell me the colour, and also, where,(if any) would i wire it to, on the head unit? any help would be greatly appreciated,

shano

[Nervegas]

After scratching my left nut and deciding to move onto the right one, i jumped on here to find out which color wires where for my speakers. Thanks for the post and saving my right nut
also having probs with the head unit resetting its settings everytime i turn off. its a VS and i've for orange for constant power and yellow on acc. will have to look at it tommorow

[jimmyrabbiton]

Just taken this thing out of my VL and want to put into dads car, all these wires and all these colours can someone advise what does what, here's want comes out the plug from the AMP.

Black with a blue stripe
Orange with a blue stripe
Yellow with a red stripe
Yellow with a white stripe
Green with a white stripe
Green with a tan stripe
Blue with a tan stripe
Blue with a black stripe
yellow with a light blue stripe
Brown with a black stripe

[Mike S]

When you say these wires come from the amp do you mean from the back of the radio? Is it a genuine VL radio ?, it dosn't sound familliar, but if it is, it will probably be a common ground unit. Thats where there are only 6 speaker wires instead of 8. I would have a record of that somewhere if it is a genuine radio. See if you can find a model number on it.

[terry1991]

hey, i recently installed my headunit into my car... and then the radio antena stopped working any suggestions or anything ive re-wired the head unit and everything is correct but it still wont go up. i have a Vr berlina 1994 elec antanna
cheers
-Terry

[ari666]

did the old radio that was in there work??you need a yellow accessories and 12V+ constant to run a new CD player. The acc SHOULD be there, especially if the old radio works. The 12V you have to run yourself from the battery.

If you have no yellow acc wire, you can either just run it to teh same 12V+ constant wire or you'll have to find an accessories wire and splice into that. If it goes to 12V constant, you will have to turn the HU off when you get out of the car, as it wont turn off with the car

this is prolly a really old thread now, but meh.

i have just stripped my dash down to nothing and can find NO wires that are acc pwr.

i have tested every wire connected to the ignition and there is no acc power and no missing plugs. none of my fuses run with acc. none of the relays, no lights, nothing.

wtf. where the hell is this illusive yellow wire? the ignition has no acc output.

short of installing a spring pole switch on the ignition i am out of ideas. i hate radios that need the car in the 'on' position to run, especially when i have two massive thermo fans that run constant with ignition pwr and my G/F drives the car and cant be trusted to switch the radio off after she parks it so constant is out of the question.

help!!

[holdenboy]

Mate, im pretty sure with the VKs you have to turn the ignition back towards you (the opposite direction you would normally turn it to start the car) to get accessories

[LeViaTHaN]

Hey guys, we quite often get asked in here for colours and what wire does what. So, to help out. I have created this sticky topic. It's taken me awhile to compile this list but if you see any mistakes please let me know and I will amend them.

VN - VZ

Speakers
Front Left (+) - Tan
Front Left (-) - Grey
Front Right (+) - Light/Green
Front Right (-) - Dark/Green
Rear Left (+) - Brown/Black
Rear Left (-) - Yellow/Blue <---Yellow/Green on VYII
Rear Right (+) - Blue/Orange
Rear Right (-) - Blue/Black

Just disconnected the back door speakers, and put some Response Kevlar coax 6x9's in. http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...r&form=KEYWORD

Drops straight in, no problem, and sounds great.

[lethalduck]

VN - VZ

Accesories - Yellow
Constant - Orange/White
Illumination - Brown/White
Earth - Black/White
12V OUTPUT - Yellow/Red
Radio Mute - Yellow/Black (VT onwards)
Antenna up - White (VR onwards)
Antenna down - Blue (VR onwards)
Illumination OUTPUT - Grey (VT onwards)

Speakers
Front Left (+) - Tan
Front Left (-) - Grey
Front Right (+) - Light/Green
Front Right (-) - Dark/Green
Rear Left (+) - Brown/Black
Rear Left (-) - Yellow/Blue
Rear Right (+) - Blue/Orange
Rear Right (-) - Blue/Black

I have a VY ute with the factory blaupunkt.
Currently only has the door speakers.
I would like to add a couple of sub woofers.
and later maybe a couple of parcel shelf speakers (behind the head).
Would I be correct in the assumption that
I could safely use the 12V OUTPUT - Yellow/Red to power the power amp for the sub woofers and for the additional parcel shelf speakers (if I chose to add a power amp for them also)?

Would I use the:
Rear Left (+) - Brown/Black
Rear Left (-) - Yellow/Blue
Rear Right (+) - Blue/Orange
Rear Right (-) - Blue/Black
for the signal to the sub woofer amp, and the parcel shelf speakers (with or without power amp)?

[holdenboy]

If you mean to use the 12v output as a remote turn-on lead then no. I think that wire is a constant power source, and dosent turn on with the key etc. Your better off to use the ACC wire (yellow) by tapping into it and running a small power cable to the REM input.

You will need to run a dedicated power lead direct from the battery (if you didnt know).

Im not sure whether the utes have the rear speakers activated or not, i know the VEs need to have them activated (20 sec. job) but not sure about the VYs.
If they are activated then you can use them to power additional rear speakers and as an input for the amp.

Personally, i wouldnt bother adding another set of speakers to a ute, i would focus more on the door speakers......adding a set of decent splits and powering them off an amp with around 100wrms will satisfy most people

[lethalduck]

If you mean to use the 12v output as a remote turn-on lead then no. I think that wire is a constant power source, and dosent turn on with the key etc. Your better off to use the ACC wire (yellow) by tapping into it and running a small power cable to the REM input.

You will need to run a dedicated power lead direct from the battery (if you didnt know).

Im not sure whether the utes have the rear speakers activated or not, i know the VEs need to have them activated (20 sec. job) but not sure about the VYs.
If they are activated then you can use them to power additional rear speakers and as an input for the amp.

Personally, i wouldnt bother adding another set of speakers to a ute, i would focus more on the door speakers......adding a set of decent splits and powering them off an amp with around 100wrms will satisfy most people

I assume the REM input is on the additional power amp for turning on/off?

Ok, so the amp needs power straight from battery to drive it?

I guess I could use a single power amp to drive the sub woofers and the door speakers, but would be better to have an amp for both door speakers and sub woofers (2 amps)?

[holdenboy]

Yeah the REM is a terminal on aftermarket amps, for turning it on and off with the stereo, and yes you will need to run a power cable directly from the battery, fused within 30cm of the terminal for safety.

To power a subwoofer and 2 speakers you'll need a 4ch amplifier, you power the 2 speakers from the first two channels, then "bridge" the other two channels to power the sub. Generally this config. is ideal when the user only wants / has room for the one amplifier. Using a dedicated subwoofer amp along with a 2ch. speaker amp is the best option, but not only is it dearer you have the problem of finding mounting locations for two amps. Not to mention the extra wiring needed.

[lethalduck]

Excellent!
Thanks for the advise holdenboy.

[lethalduck]

I take it there's no crossover available on the VY utes blaupunkt H/U?
What would be the best way to achieve a low pass filter from the H/U to the sub woofer amp?
Should I be posting these sort of questions to another thread?