metra harness and mach 460

SaleenGT2001 · May 30, 2008

i have the harness but i cant figure out what i'm suppose to connect the 4 wires on the white connector to. there is a set of RCA's on this connector that i plugged into the output from the dvd player. any help is appreciated

SaleenGT2001 · May 30, 2008

car is a 2001 GT BTW

mixedbreed02gt · May 30, 2008

this is an excerpt from my write up that I did on another site.

On the Factory Plug metra (should be black)...there are a bunch of wires.

Right Rear Speaker
Purple
Purple/Black

Left Rear Speaker
Green
Green/Black

Right Front Speaker
Gray
Gray/Black

Left Front Speaker
White
White/Black
Red – Accessory
Yellow - Battery
Black - Ground
Orange - Illumination/Dimmer
Orange/Black - Dimmer Ground

On your second Metra Adapter (should be white and have RCA plugs attached to it) there are the following wires

2 wires that have RCA Plugs on the end (these go in the back of your cd player)

2 Blue/White wires - These power your Mach 460 amps
2 Black/White Wires - These are your Mach460 amp grounds

CD Player Harness.
You should have the following wires may vary for different cd players)

Right Rear Speaker
Purple
Purple/Black

Left Rear Speaker
Green
Green/Black

Right Front Speaker
Gray
Gray/Black

Left Front Speaker
White
White/Black

Blue - Remote System Control/Power Antenna
Red - Accessory
Yellow - Battery
Black - Ground
Orange - Illumination/Dimmer
Yellow/black – mute

You want to connect all the regular wires normally. Now here's where it gets a little tricky. Take the 2 Black/white amp grounds on the RCA plug harness, and solder these, plus your dimmer/illum. ground (orange/black on the cd player harness) and solder them to the metra adapter ground (black wire on the first metra harness.)

now take your 2 blue/white amp wires on the RCA plug harness, and your blue remote system wire on the cd player harness and solder all three of these wires together.

btw: get rid of all that tape, and solder them together, then wrap the connections in electrical tape. if you don't you'll eventually regret it because they will end up coming loose and it will cut in and out on you.

note: if you have an external amplifier for subs, you will connect it to the blue remote wire that you connected the blue wires from the rca plug harness to.
(this way everything turns on and off at the same time).

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

thanks

mixedbreed02gt · May 31, 2008

SaleenGT2001 said:
thanks

did you get it to work?

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

gotta wire it up tonight, i had to work till 5

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

got it working. thanks

mixedbreed02gt · May 31, 2008

SaleenGT2001 said:
got it working. thanks

good deal! glad to be of help.

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

i even figured out how to bypass the new style parking brake cut off. you cant just ground them anymore. it has to be an open circuit when the radio turns on and then ground once the radio turns on. all you need is a relay

you can use a relay just get a 4 wire relay. wire 85 to your remote turn on, 30 to parking brake wire, 87 and 86 to ground.

this will turn the radio on and then ground it so you can watch DVD's while driving.

mixedbreed02gt · May 31, 2008

SaleenGT2001 said:
i even figured out how to bypass the new style parking brake cut off. you cant just ground them anymore. it has to be an open circuit when the radio turns on and then ground once the radio turns on. all you need is a relay

you can use a relay just get a 4 wire relay. wire 85 to your remote turn on, 30 to parking brake wire, 87 and 86 to ground.

this will turn the radio on and then ground it so you can watch DVD's while driving.

i'd like to see pics of how you did that if you don't mind.

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

i didnt take any pics and i have wrapped the wires in tape already. what head unit do you have and i'll figure out a way to make it work.

basically the blue amp remote wire triggers the relay (which is already grounded). then the relay connects the parking brake wire to a ground.

SaleenGT2001 · May 31, 2008

mixedbreed02gt · Jun 1, 2008

oh I don't have a DVD player unit, I was just curious how you ran it, and where you got that relay at?

SaleenGT2001 · Jun 1, 2008

it is just a regular 4 prong relay. you can pick them up at any parts store for about $5

SaleenGT2001 · Jun 9, 2008

any reason my front lower door speakers arent working with this harness??

03TrueBlue · Jun 9, 2008

Sounds like one of the amps in the rear isnt working or turning on.

Igofaster13 · Jun 9, 2008

SaleenGT2001 said:
i have the harness but i cant figure out what i'm suppose to connect the 4 wires on the white connector to. there is a set of RCA's on this connector that i plugged into the output from the dvd player. any help is appreciated

Looks like a VS Pro remote in the first pic Have you thought about the Scosche kit and a regulator for amp pop?

SaleenGT2001 · Jun 9, 2008

Igofaster13 said:
Looks like a VS Pro remote in the first pic Have you thought about the Scosche kit and a regulator for amp pop?

good eye!!! it is a VS Pro remote. that little box is the best $200 i have ever spent!! i also have a VS lite and i am thinking about getting the Nfusion. i have heard a lot of good things about that box

mixedbreed02gt · Jun 9, 2008

Igofaster13 said:
Looks like a VS Pro remote in the first pic Have you thought about the Scosche kit and a regulator for amp pop?

he won't need the regulator with 2001-2004. it was only on the 94-00 models it did that.

SaleenGT2001 said:
any reason my front lower door speakers arent working with this harness??

hmm...either a mach 460 amp went out, or you wired something wrong (which I highly doubt).

have they been working the entire time you had this wired up? or did they just suddenly go out?

i'd personally stick with the metra harness, I had no problems...if you can pull the h/u out and shoot some pics, and I'll see if I can see anything wrong with the wiring.

edit: just thought of something...move your rear rca's to another pair of input jacks...might solve the problem.

SaleenGT2001 · Jun 9, 2008

i'll try moving the RCAs to a different jack. why would this make a difference?

i dont think they have been working since i installed the HU. everything is soldered so i dont think there could be anything loose

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