MGMyke
02-17-2006, 11:11 AM
ok, i got a 96 MGM with premium sound. ive researched this for a while now and havent yet found a solution. first off, i know my way around car audio and i'm no novice to it, but this ford premium audio thing isnt ordinary. i do have the service manual and the electric book too. this is what ive come up with so far....
this is the back of my radio, one long harness and one small square one. hence premium sound. the long harness is just for power and ground purposes. the smaller one sends coded sound messages to the rear amp. then that amp sends out the appropriate sound to the different speakers.
this is the radio i bought to replace the tape player:
ive bought this: since the above radio is a 98+ model with the single harness
but only the long grey harness can plug up. im left with the smaller harness. since this doesnt send positive/negative/left/right/front/back signals, i cant tap into it from the other harness(the black one).
ive checked all the harnesses from the scosche ones to the metra ones. the only one that looked correct is this one(the green one)
http://www.scosche.com/CatalogImages/image.aspx/FDK10B.jpg
but, i dont see how you can wire that to make it work. Do i have to run all new wires to an unplugged harness at the rear amp? or would this harness work, and if so, how in the world would i wire it.
thanks
this is the back of my radio, one long harness and one small square one. hence premium sound. the long harness is just for power and ground purposes. the smaller one sends coded sound messages to the rear amp. then that amp sends out the appropriate sound to the different speakers.
this is the radio i bought to replace the tape player:
ive bought this: since the above radio is a 98+ model with the single harness
but only the long grey harness can plug up. im left with the smaller harness. since this doesnt send positive/negative/left/right/front/back signals, i cant tap into it from the other harness(the black one).
ive checked all the harnesses from the scosche ones to the metra ones. the only one that looked correct is this one(the green one)
http://www.scosche.com/CatalogImages/image.aspx/FDK10B.jpg
but, i dont see how you can wire that to make it work. Do i have to run all new wires to an unplugged harness at the rear amp? or would this harness work, and if so, how in the world would i wire it.
thanks