Constant wiring?

[Hibbo_Jnr]

I've found this wiring diagram. I'm attempting to hook up my Clarion VX400 double din headunit.
Theres a wiring diagram in the clarion manual. Question is what is the constant wire for? I can't find a wire for it too hook into in the manual. Can it be known as something else? Cheers


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)

[hakhawk]

constant wire keeps the units memory, clock, radio stations, etc.

on the clarion harness, it is the yellow wire.

[Hibbo_Jnr]

The clarion manual is telling me the 12v main power is YELLOW which hooks to the VT YELLOW/RED

[fyfee]

Hibbo, I'll PM you within the next day about your issue. I have the exact same headunit and had no issues with installing it

[hakhawk]

The clarion manual is telling me the 12v main power is YELLOW which hooks to the VT YELLOW/RED

incorrect.

clarion______|_____vt/x
------------------------
yellow______|_____orange/black
red_________|_____yellow
blue________|_____yellow/red
orange______|_____brown/white
white_______|_____tan
white/black__|_____grey
grey________|_____light green
grey/black___|_____dark green
green_______|_____brown/black
green/black__|_____yellow/blue
purple_______|_____blue/orange
purple/black__|_____blue/black



if you cant work it out/arent confident, take it to a shop to get in installed and save blowing it up. you can also buy a harness that plugs into the vt, with wires that will colour match direct to the clarion harness.

[StoneX]

Hibbo, I'll PM you within the next day about your issue. I have the exact same headunit and had no issues with installing it

What's with the PMing?


As hakhawk said, constant is orange/black but buying an Aerpro loom from Autobarn/Supercheap/JB and just plug and playing is a million times easier

[Nic92]

use a multimeter if you are unsure

[Hibbo_Jnr]

All wired up and working without blowing it up. I used a VT harness and snipped the positive and negative socket off it and wired and soldered it to the clarion harness. They don't make a clarion vx400 iso harness otherwise i would've done it the easy way and used one. Now just to mount it in. Thanks for the help hakhawk, fyfee and nic. Appreciated.

[Nic92]

im glad you got it working