Technical What colour is the power and earth cables?

[Plumsaround]

Which colour is the power/live cable?

Well I'm putting in a new stereo into my Stilo.. there's the yellow cables from the stereo which is the power cables but the pins are in different positions to on the car.

Thing is there is no yellow cable coming from the car so I'm not sure which one to move.

There's the choice of a white, pink/white, pink/black cables.. all I want to know which is the power one

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[Plumsaround]

Re: Which colour is the power/live cable?

On another note.. I just went to Halfords and they don't know because they don't have wiring diagrams for Fiat's.

I also need to know which colour is the earth cable.

 

[CinquePunto]

Re: Which colour is the power/live cable?

Red is ignition power, Black is earth... The one on the same edge as the black one 2 across is the battery positive...

 

[CinquePunto]

Re: Which colour is the power/live cable?

looking from the side of the plug where the wires come out...

Pin 1 - Speed dependent volume control
Pin 2 - Muting control
Pin 3 - Reversing light switch
Pin 4 - 12V
Pin 5 - Automatic aerial
Pin 6 - Illumination
Pin 7 - Ignition
Pin 8 - Ground

Hope that helps.​

 

[Plumsaround]

Re: Which colour is the power/live cable?

This is what it is coming out of my car...

1 - White / Pink
2 - White
3 - Pink / Black
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 - Red
8 - Black


And here's what's coming from the stereo...

1 -
2 -
3 -
4 - Yellow
5 - Blue
6 -
7 - Red
8 - Black


As you can see only the red and black cables align up properly.

My problem is that the power cable from the stereo (Yellow) isn't physically connecting to anything from the car.

I ideally want this radio up and working by saturday if possible so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Also.. while I'm on the subject.. my stereo has a monitor which folds out.. there is a cable which attaches to the car to see if the handbrake is on.. safety feature.. is there a quick way to trick it into thinking the handbrake is on all the time? (Obviously only the stereo needs to think this.. damn beeping from the dash could get annoying )

 

[Rich]

Permanent Power is RED
Earth is BLACK
Pink/Black and Pink/White are the CAN lines - don't connect anything to them.

No clue what the white one is . . . which pin is it in??

 

[Plumsaround]

If I connect the power (yellow) from my stereo into the red cable from my car what am I gonna connect the red from the stereo to?

I also need to connect the earth (blue) from my stereo to something.

 

[Rich]

Right, well the Stilo has NO ignition feed in it's ISO loom (unless it had Connect Nav+ fitted to it before), so both the Yellow (Permanent +12V) and Red (Ignition +12V switched) need to go to the RED on the Stilo. Black is Earth on the Stilo; you 100% sure that it's blue on your stereo loom? Usually blue is antenna switch.