HELP Radio wiring

[bob h]

G'day to all, my disco 1 came with the radio pulled out and I'm now trying to install another radio/cd. Problem is,no wiring diagram for the disco wires. The wires I have are Black
" with white trace
" " blue "
" " orange "
" " pink?? "
" " brown "
" " green "
Red " black "
Plain black

The white with orange trace and white with purple trace seem to be the two power wires[ continous and ign power]. Could someone please let me know which wires are for what. Thanking all . Bob

[klappers]

One sec and i shall find my haynes book

[klappers]

Okay here we go

Black
" with white trace - RH/F speaker
" " blue " - RH/R speaker
" " orange " - LH/R speaker
" " pink?? " - LH/F speaker
" " brown " - RH/F speaker
" " green " - RH/R speaker
Red " black " - Main Lighting switch
Plain black - Earth

[bob h]

Okay here we go

Black
" with white trace - RH/F speaker
" " blue " - RH/R speaker
" " orange " - LH/R speaker
" " pink?? " - LH/F speaker
" " brown " - RH/F speaker
" " green " - RH/R speaker
Red " black " - Main Lighting switch
Plain black - Earth

thank you soooo much. I take it that the white with orange and white with purple are as I said before. Bob

[klappers]

Umm just checked those wires and White with Orange trace is Ign and Purple with White should be power

[bob h]

Thanks mate, radio now working. Bob

[klappers]

Sweet as. Didnt get it wrong after all :lol:

[Disco Brian]

Okay here we go

Black
" with white trace - RH/F speaker
" " blue " - RH/R speaker
" " orange " - LH/R speaker
" " pink?? " - LH/F speaker
" " brown " - RH/F speaker
" " green " - RH/R speaker
Red " black " - Main Lighting switch
Plain black - Earth

Thanks for the info in this thread, very helpful. One question though. What is the "main lighting switch"? Is that part of the radio or does that refer to the lights in the car?

FWIW, During my quest to solve my radio rewiring woes I came across the following tip which may be of some help to someone one day.

If you are preparing to hook up speaker wires and you are not sure which is negative and which is positive or which wires go to which speaker, take a 9-volt battery and touch the speaker wires to the the battery. One of the speakers will move. If the speaker moves forward (or out), then you have touched the positive lead of the speaker to the positive terminal of the battery. If the speaker moves back (or in) then the wire touching the positive terminal of the battery is the negative speaker wire.

[Landover]

If you are preparing to hook up speaker wires and you are not sure which is negative and which is positive or which wires go to which speaker, take a 9-volt battery and touch the speaker wires to the the battery. One of the speakers will move. If the speaker moves forward (or out), then you have touched the positive lead of the speaker to the positive terminal of the battery. If the speaker moves back (or in) then the wire touching the positive terminal of the battery is the negative speaker wire.

Just be careful puting DC voltage across speakers for any long period. You can wreck your speaks if to much current is put through them. Use a 9v battery thats a bit down on charge or ever a AA batery and just give it a quick touch.
Cheers, David.

[Disco Brian]

It all sounded nice and easy but in reality it was like waiting for the Y2K bug - nothing happened. AA or 12V. Oh well back to the drawing board.

I have sound on right side but still trying to work out all the wires for the left side.

I think I read somewhere that some of the speakers share certain wires but buggered if I know which ones

[dale]

Can you post up how you mounted your stereo, mine also came with out a sterio and can see how to mount a CD player I have in the shed.

[Landover]

Can you post up how you mounted your stereo, mine also came with out a sterio and can see how to mount a CD player I have in the shed.

What year D1 is it, Mine is the updated model (1996) I can take some pictures if you like. It's pretty straight forward though, Just mount the cradle in the Din slot and slide it in. Joint all the wires up as required to the disco loom. I have the Eurovox wire colour code if the plug is still installed. Let me know what you require and I'll see what I can do.
Cheers, David.

[dale]

Landover mine is a 93 V8.

I dont have a din slot all there is is the slot in the center console there is no cradle or mounting points.

May have to make something up.

[Disco Brian]

Landover mine is a 93 V8.

I dont have a din slot all there is is the slot in the center console there is no cradle or mounting points.

May have to make something up.

Thar's a bit rough. So the radio cassette was an optional extra and not standard when new?

Now for anyone who is interested, I finally figured out the wiring using the AA battery trick. This is what I worked out.

'92 200tdi

black with yellow LB-
black with orange LB+
black with red LF +
black with pink LF-
black with blue RB+
black with green RB-
black with white RF-
black with brown RF+

purple with white power
white with orange ignition