HELP!!
I have a 65 convertible and was trying to do what I believed to be a very simple swap of the original AM radio with a Custom Autosound (USA-2) AM/FM radio. I've swapped sound systems before, but never had this much trouble with such simple wiring.
The old radio had two wires for the dash speaker (black/green).
It was grounded through the brace and metal dash.
It also had a black wire for power and a light blue/red wire for the illuminated face.
All worked fine.
The new radio has more speaker wires (which is great - adding kick panel sound, too) and a yellow lead for auto antenna (will not use).
It has a black ground wire - not a problem. I will ground to brace/dash.
The remaining two wires, orange and red, are for "battery" and "ignition." Obviously, one powers the unit, the other keeps power constant for memory presets, etc.
I have it properly grounded and have tried connecting the red to the black while the orange goes to the light blue/red. I've tried the opposite combination.
I can't even get the radio to power on.
What am I doing wrong? Speak slowly, I'm apparently not as smart as I once thought.
Thanks.
I have a 65 convertible and was trying to do what I believed to be a very simple swap of the original AM radio with a Custom Autosound (USA-2) AM/FM radio. I've swapped sound systems before, but never had this much trouble with such simple wiring.
The old radio had two wires for the dash speaker (black/green).
It was grounded through the brace and metal dash.
It also had a black wire for power and a light blue/red wire for the illuminated face.
All worked fine.
The new radio has more speaker wires (which is great - adding kick panel sound, too) and a yellow lead for auto antenna (will not use).
It has a black ground wire - not a problem. I will ground to brace/dash.
The remaining two wires, orange and red, are for "battery" and "ignition." Obviously, one powers the unit, the other keeps power constant for memory presets, etc.
I have it properly grounded and have tried connecting the red to the black while the orange goes to the light blue/red. I've tried the opposite combination.
I can't even get the radio to power on.
What am I doing wrong? Speak slowly, I'm apparently not as smart as I once thought.
Thanks.