installing a radio

[old yellow]

ok need to know how to hook a radio up in the festiva.... i only got ground and the radio antenna nothing else.... did confirm that there are 4 speakers but can't for the life of me find the speaker wires and constant "Memory" power need help

[jdm19942]

This is what I found on google..
Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Blue/Red
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Red/Black
Car Radio Ground Wire: Chassis
Car Radio Illumination Wire: Blue/White
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: 4″ Speakers
Car Audio Front Speakers Location: Dash
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/Red
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Yellow
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/White
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: 4″ Speakers
Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: Shock Towers
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/Red
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Green
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/White
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Green
may help but does the car still have the factory wiring plugs?

[Chobobulous]

It has a dimmer. Its Orange iirc.

[jdm19942]

They probably didn't list the dimmer wire because most aftermarket radios do not have a wire for the dimmer switch input.

[Chobobulous]

They probably didn't list the dimmer wire because most aftermarket radios do not have a wire for the dimmer switch input.

Everyone i have run across did. From the Wal-Mart special to my 600 dollar jvc they all have it.

[bravekozak]

The Festiva speaker wires are predominantly green for the front and blue for the rear. See if you can locate all eight of them. They should be in two bunches of four. Memory power is a single white/red wire with a brown connector. Good luck.

[old yellow]

i only got a solid black wire but i don't know where it goes (maybe to chassis someware?) also got all 4 speakers in the car.... i will check the wires later when i get home

[old yellow]

This is what I found on google..
Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Blue/Red
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Red/Black
Car Radio Ground Wire: Chassis
Car Radio Illumination Wire: Blue/White
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: 4″ Speakers
Car Audio Front Speakers Location: Dash
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/Red
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Yellow
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/White
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: 4″ Speakers
Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: Shock Towers
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/Red
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Green
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Blue/White
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue/Green
may help but does the car still have the factory wiring plugs?

didn't see the plug... looks too clean behind the "1980" 2 knob radio i pulled out yesterday.... he said he did not know if that radio worked he just used it to fill the hole in the dash

[bravekozak]

The solid black wire grounds the radio to the dash frame.
Normally any solid black wire is a ground.

[old yellow]

The solid black wire grounds the radio to the dash frame.
Normally any solid black wire is a ground.

ok well i saw the radio antenna and ground i will look later for other wires

[jdm19942]

Everyone i have run across did. From the Wal-Mart special to my 600 dollar jvc they all have it.

May be most of the ones i have installed never have them but mainly i use pioneer or kenwood radios i can not remember if my old double din from jvc had the dimmer wire or not because it was in the car when i bought it so i am not certain.

[old yellow]

well after i looked yesterday, i gotta run new constant and swiched power to the dash plus i gotta find the speaker wires and bring them back into the dash... btw how do you remove the speaker grills?

[Chobobulous]

May be most of the ones i have installed never have them but mainly i use pioneer or kenwood radios i can not remember if my old double din from jvc had the dimmer wire or not because it was in the car when i bought it so i am not certain.

This is the one i currently have and it does.

http://s733.photobucket.com/albums/ww333/chobobulous/?action=view&current=CAM00268_zpse0675389.mp4

[old yellow]

i second my quote because somebody really hid the radio wires good!

[TominMO]

well after i looked yesterday, i gotta run new constant and swiched power to the dash plus i gotta find the speaker wires and bring them back into the dash... btw how do you remove the speaker grills?

Pry them up from the bottom with a flat-blade screwdriver.