How To: Stagea Headunit/stereo Removal

[GoldZilla]

Mike, I replaced my front splits last weekend, and the wiring for the tweeters doesn't seem to come from the drivers in the doors. There are only two wires heading to the drivers in the door on each side, and no wires leading away from them. When I looked at the tweeters and replaced them, they had a separate set of wires leading to them, but not sure where they came from, maybe it was directly from the head unit. They seemed to have tiny crossovers attached to them directly.

Tracing the wires would have been a hugely time-consuming process - taking the A-pillar cover off is a task and a half, because it's all one piece going to the B- and C-pillars too, so I just didn't bother.

[RadiuM]

thanks for the info on the wire colours and what each one goes too.

saved me a crapload of time just then installing a new deck

Shaun

[performance-wise]

excellent guide - thanks Alex.

only problem Ive found is the headunit doesnt remember the settings which means the ignition wire isnt the right one.

I wired it up to the light blue with yellow stripe wire as recommended.

Any suggestions?

Also, cos I live in the country, I cannot access the areial plug adaptor.

Anyone know how to get one of these online?

Or, is some kind City dweller willing to get me one and post it to me (at my expense of course)

[STAGE-A]

The memory is stored via the 12v constant supply, the ignition just turns it on ...so the ignition wire isnt your problem. double check your main positive connection, Also those wires are based on the S1 ( just in case you have an S2)

Cheers

Lee

Edited August 19, 2006 by STAGE-A

[performance-wise]

hmmm :confused:

I swear I wired it right. ah well....I'll pull it apart when I find some time.

Thanks for the info

[FLYSLY]

Hey guys,

I just picked up my new head unit today and i have spent the whole afternoon completely ripping out the old system which had a japanese GPS and stacker and tv wires which all needed to be removed under the carpet it was a massive pain in the arse it took about 3 hrs to get it all completely removed and all the trims put back together.

Anyway i was looking at my new headunit wires and the only one im confused with is the auto arial wire do i connect this to the wire that alex was talking about? Black and Yellow one?

Cheers Simon

[mike40sydney]

Hey guys,

I just picked up my new head unit today and i have spent the whole afternoon completely ripping out the old system which had a japanese GPS and stacker and tv wires which all needed to be removed under the carpet it was a massive pain in the arse it took about 3 hrs to get it all completely removed and all the trims put back together.

Anyway i was looking at my new headunit wires and the only one im confused with is the auto arial wire do i connect this to the wire that alex was talking about? Black and Yellow one?

Cheers Simon

the yellow wire alex mentioned is the power wire to the glass antenna if u dont put power to it the reception is crap i just used the ign wire so its only live when ign is on. i just finished mine a while ago if the auto arial wire is the one on the headunit it is there to operate an electric arial when unit is on. i didnt use it on mine i just put it into the new plug i got from dick smith and didnt have anything in the other half of plug so it was just terminated .if i decide to put an elekky arial in later i just solder a wire onto the pin and put it in. the plug i got was a 15 pin job from dick smith it cost about 5 bucks you just solder the pins to the wires then push them into the plug base where u want them i put the female onto the original car wires and then the male on the radio wires so it all looks reasonably factory etc and was a neat job without tape also headunit just unplugs now like the original did ............ i hope that helps a little regards mike

[FLYSLY]

Cheers Mike,

Yeah that helps heaps, just one other question on the head unit what wire do i connect to the lights wire from the factory wiring loom?

[mike40sydney]

Cheers Mike,

Yeah that helps heaps, just one other question on the head unit what wire do i connect to the lights wire from the factory wiring loom?

picked mine up from the ciggy lighter light

[FLYSLY]

but which wire do i connect it to on the head unit? accesories or a different one?

[FLYSLY]

Damn it this is getting frustrating, ive hooked up all the wires correctly but it still isnt working can anyone help shed some light on what in may have done wrong?

[AlexCim]

We can meet up some time soon, I can have a look if you dont sort it yourself.

[FLYSLY]

Hey alex,

Yeah for sure id like to catch up soon anyway i wanna see how good your car looks when its done.

But fortunately i sorted it all out today thank god it was pretty simple if only i had a multi metre from the start lol.

The end result came up really well im extremely pleased with it.

I will post pics tomorrow night when i get a chance to take some pics.

All i can say is to who ever the person is who hooked up the boost gauge before me and wired up the old stereo and other crap had absolutely no idea on what he/she was doing it was an absolute butchering of a job.

[Burns]

Has any one worked out how to get decent reception with aftermarket head units and the aerials in the rear windows? The only wire I have that isn't connected to anything is blue with a white stripe but when I give that 12v it doesn’t make any difference to the reception but sucks up a heap of power as if it's earthed.

The black with yellow stripe wire that Alexcim claims is the power for the antenna is connected at both ends. One end joins into the wires going to the antennas and the other links into the main body loom.

I guess my next step will me to snip the black with yellow stripe wire and give the end going to the antennas 12v and see what happens.

[fcruz3r]

I had to remove all 4 screws holding the console before removing the rectangle plastic faceplate...thats coz i found 2 screws at the bottom which attached the stereo surround to the metal center console just below the clips...if u tried to pop the surround off before removing the screws...might end up with a broken bracket.

[stasis]

my bro did mine for me and it works fine great reception. I dont know wat he did though. Mu unit is a sony one.

[ian]

Has any one worked out how to get decent reception with aftermarket head units and the aerials in the rear windows? The only wire I have that isn't connected to anything is blue with a white stripe but when I give that 12v it doesn’t make any difference to the reception but sucks up a heap of power as if it's earthed.

The black with yellow stripe wire that Alexcim claims is the power for the antenna is connected at both ends. One end joins into the wires going to the antennas and the other links into the main body loom.

I guess my next step will me to snip the black with yellow stripe wire and give the end going to the antennas 12v and see what happens.

Are you sure it doesn't come back out somewhere behind the head unit? As the power to the antena is normally switched on/off by the head unit (no point having it powered if it is off!) - so I'd try what you sugested above...

Ian

[Wildcat]

Hi Guys/Gals

Quick question ( i hope), hubby recently installed one of those 10Mhz FM Radio Convertors into my Stag... found a problem with it this morning.. the FM convertor works all the time when the car is in "park"... the problem is when you put the car in drive it still works until you put your foot on the accelerator then it turns off... although in park/reverse its fine.... I dont think its a short otherwise it shouldnt work at all... Its strange but its like there isnt enough power under load????

Suggestions??? has hubby connected something incorrectly or forgotten something??? any ideas would be helpful before we pull it apart again to find the fault :confused:

[Wildcat]

Found the problem....

[mike40sydney]

Found the problem....

well?????????????????????????????????????????? was it hubby lol