C5 New Alpine HU Install Help
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C5 New Alpine HU Install Help
Just in the process of installing NEW HU in my C5. Got the Soungate spliced with the Alpine wiring harness.
My question is this:
RED WIRE ----
1) Where did you guys splice in the RED wire?
2) Is the RED wire needed, since we have the yellow wire?
THey say to splice the red wire inot the ingnition BROWN wire. At what point do you connect the red wire to the BROWN ignition wire?
Thanks,
D
My question is this:
RED WIRE ----
1) Where did you guys splice in the RED wire?
2) Is the RED wire needed, since we have the yellow wire?
THey say to splice the red wire inot the ingnition BROWN wire. At what point do you connect the red wire to the BROWN ignition wire?
Thanks,
D
Drifting
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From: McKinney TX
I am about to start the exact same project, and have the same questions. I also purchased a gmcrv1 and was going to try to install it saturday.
I do not see why we couldnt use a T-TAP on the OEM harness in the car (for the orange illumination and red ignition wires) and connect the wires from the alpine harness directly to the t-tap with quick connects... anyone see a problem with that ?
The red wire is for the ignition.
Does the soundgate keep the radio playing after the key is removed as long as the doors arent opened?
T-TAP (left) Quick connects (right)
I do not see why we couldnt use a T-TAP on the OEM harness in the car (for the orange illumination and red ignition wires) and connect the wires from the alpine harness directly to the t-tap with quick connects... anyone see a problem with that ?
The red wire is for the ignition.
Does the soundgate keep the radio playing after the key is removed as long as the doors arent opened?
T-TAP (left) Quick connects (right)
Last edited by SpeedUp; Feb 22, 2006 at 08:28 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Los Angeles Ca
Originally Posted by Drav1212
Just in the process of installing NEW HU in my C5. Got the Soungate spliced with the Alpine wiring harness.
My question is this:
RED WIRE ----
1) Where did you guys splice in the RED wire?
2) Is the RED wire needed, since we have the yellow wire?
THey say to splice the red wire inot the ingnition BROWN wire. At what point do you connect the red wire to the BROWN ignition wire?
Thanks,
D
My question is this:
RED WIRE ----
1) Where did you guys splice in the RED wire?
2) Is the RED wire needed, since we have the yellow wire?
THey say to splice the red wire inot the ingnition BROWN wire. At what point do you connect the red wire to the BROWN ignition wire?
Thanks,
D
you are going to lose rap features when you remove the stock h/u. there are some products available to retain rap, such as the unit from top down tech
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '05
There is a red wire that you can tap off of the ignition.. Look in the pic, the arrow shows where it is. Take the panel off (which it should be already for the radio install.) You will see 1 red wire. That be it.
On your H/U. Red is Ignition (Only on with Ignition) Yellow is constent/Battery (On all the time).
On your H/U. Red is Ignition (Only on with Ignition) Yellow is constent/Battery (On all the time).
Melting Slicks
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I used the factory plug in adaptor for my install .. tapped into the factory red wire and ran a seperate yellow wire located in the passenger footwell above the left corner of the brain there. There should be 3 wires there that are short and taped together. The yellow you can use for the radio install.
Fej
Fej
Drifting
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From: McKinney TX
Originally Posted by fej
I used the factory plug in adaptor for my install .. tapped into the factory red wire and ran a seperate yellow wire located in the passenger footwell above the left corner of the brain there. There should be 3 wires there that are short and taped together. The yellow you can use for the radio install.
Fej
Fej
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http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...brake_h_b.html
Go here not sure if link will work if not copy and paste
Go here not sure if link will work if not copy and paste
