Mach 460 Sound System

[Dr. Black]

Dr. Black: I wish you could come check my car out. I have plugs that I'm sure go to the rear amps that are just laying there. I'm not sure what adapter is used for the deck right now. Do you have any kind of pics of your wiring you could post?

Sorry I don't have any pics, no digital camera as of yet....I know...behind the times. What all Have you done, or not done. I don't live to far from you. Where are these plugs, behind the old stereo? Most of those connectors are power turn ons to the two seperate tape and radio/cd player not the amps.
If you can send me pics of what your speaking of maybe I help.

 

[green_fow_six]

This is what you need to do.

I have ran aftermarket headunits since 1997 using the factory amps and speakers. Very simple and my amps and speakers are still working perfect!

You DON't need any special wiring harness from crutchfield bypassing all the amps and such.

Tips:
1.get a headunit with front and rear RCA outs (sub out also if going with sub)with High Voltage outs (4 or 5 volt)

2. Get a ford premium wiring harness they sell this at WalMart or most any car install shop(around $10-15). The only modification you need to do is to solder some Male RCA connecters to the premium wiring harness connector part(make sure, you keep the polarities correct + -) This is the part that plugs into your factory amp harness. Then plug the rca's into your headunit's fron and rear preouts. That's the hardest part of the install

3. The rest is all your normal connections, power, ACC, Ground, Turn on(which you will also connect your subwoofer amp turn on wire to) and dimmer if your head unit is equipped with it.

I don't get any popping, sounds great especially with a sub. Let me know if you have any questions. When I have some time, I'll try to post some pics.

A simple harness mod is all that stands in the way from the generic ford unit to almost any aftermarket unit.

 

[mustang70]

Sorry I don't have any pics, no digital camera as of yet....I know...behind the times. What all Have you done, or not done. I don't live to far from you. Where are these plugs, behind the old stereo? Most of those connectors are power turn ons to the two seperate tape and radio/cd player not the amps.
If you can send me pics of what your speaking of maybe I help.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=525477

I posted that last night after thinking I had the right harness adapter.

 

[Dr. Black]

Ok thanks, I'm pretty sure I used the same Scosche wiring kit that you have. (the one from walmart that says it will fit our cars). have you hooked it up, not worring about the other wires? Is it working? On my car I just connected the wiring harnesses together and added the resistors, that was it. I believe the other connectors are for the turn on of the tape deck, and are not used. Let me know how the progress is.

 

[zcs626]

I have ran aftermarket headunits since 1997 using the factory amps and speakers. Very simple and my amps and speakers are still working perfect!

You DON't need any special wiring harness from crutchfield bypassing all the amps and such.

Tips:
1.get a headunit with front and rear RCA outs (sub out also if going with sub)with High Voltage outs (4 or 5 volt)

2. Get a ford premium wiring harness they sell this at WalMart or most any car install shop(around $10-15). The only modification you need to do is to solder some Male RCA connecters to the premium wiring harness connector part(make sure, you keep the polarities correct + -) This is the part that plugs into your factory amp harness. Then plug the rca's into your headunit's fron and rear preouts. That's the hardest part of the install

3. The rest is all your normal connections, power, ACC, Ground, Turn on(which you will also connect your subwoofer amp turn on wire to) and dimmer if your head unit is equipped with it.

I don't get any popping, sounds great especially with a sub. Let me know if you have any questions. When I have some time, I'll try to post some pics.

A simple harness mod is all that stands in the way from the generic ford unit to almost any aftermarket unit.

well, thats exactly what you can do if you dont buy the harness. the harness w/ that already done for you costs maybe a buck or two more plus it gives the not-so-literite car people less headache.

but that way you explained works the same way.

 

[mustang70]

Ok thanks, I'm pretty sure I used the same Scosche wiring kit that you have. (the one from walmart that says it will fit our cars). have you hooked it up, not worring about the other wires? Is it working? On my car I just connected the wiring harnesses together and added the resistors, that was it. I believe the other connectors are for the turn on of the tape deck, and are not used. Let me know how the progress is.

No, I didn't try hooking it up. The only plug that fit was the power plug. I'm thinking the other flat plug behind the deck is the one for the speakers. I was actually begining to wonder if the Mach set up was an add on to my car. The plugs for the Scosche are totally different from what I have under the dash. There is a thick black wire under there that says amp on the plug. It looks like a spade connector inside a plastic housing. Any idea which amp this might turn on?