I'm sitting here with the wiring harness in my lap

Coming From The Harness That Connects to the Radio I see...

A gray wire that connects to a gray wire
A green and black wire that connects to a green and black wire
A green wire that connects to a green wire
A black wire and a blue green wire that connect to a black wire
A brown wire that connects to nothing but looks like at one point it did
An orange and white wire, a red wire, and a yellow wire that all connect to a yellow wire
A purple wire that connects to a purple wire
A red wire that connects to nothing
A purple and black wire that connects to a purple and black wire
A white wire that connects to a white wire
A white and black wire that connects to a white and black wire
A blue and white wire that connects to a blue and white wire

These are the harness adapters used

http://www.installer.com/item/displa...php?it=70-5520
http://www.installer.com/item/displa...?it=70-5520AUX

Is anything wrong with what I listed? Thanks

 

Yes. It´s useless. State the color CODE of the color your trying to match from the new head-unit´s chart. List that with what the code chart on the packaging for the harness states, such as:

Yellow = 12v constant
Red = 12v switched
Gray = Left front +
and on and on...


Off-hand I´d say depending on what these are from:
They don´t seem correct. As yellow is usually signifying 12v battery/constant, and red as switched.

Didn´t I just bump a thread that this issue was originally addressed in?

 

It says the yellow wire (which is significantly larger than the others) goes straight to the battery

 

Why is the red one hooked to it then? The red one you list is also from the head-unit, is it not? This should be connected to the 12v switched source, which is the red wire on the metra harness.

And what is the ¨orange and white¨, I assume from the head-unit?

And the ¨blue green¨, this should only have ground wires attached(Black to black). Or in the case of dvd/nav units to bypass, the e-brake/vss lines from the head-unit to the black ones.

 

The orange and white is on the head unit

 

Yes, but the head-unit should say what that color actually signifies. Usually right on the top of the unit itself, it should say something like:

Orange/white = E-brake

or something like that..

This lets you know what wire on the metra harness will be needed to match up with correctly.

 

Yep - it says it goes to the Parking Brake

 

Then...That´s the main issue.

This:
Means that you´re giving 12v positive to the e-brake line which needs GROUND when active, in addition, you´re giving the 12v switched line 12v constant from the battery.

Now, what does ¨blue green¨ equate to from the head-unit?

 

It also says parking brake

I think thats what prevents me from watching DVDs while the car is in drive

 

You´ve mixed something up then. There should be only 1 e-brake line from the head-unit.

So far, those connections need to be re-done. Yellow to JUST Yellow. Red to JUST red. The grounds(black), the verdict is out until you figure out those 2 other wire´s(blue/green and orange/white) true functions. Is one of them from the metra harness?

If the blue/green is the metra harness ¨parking brake¨, then likely, this is actually going to F41 in the SJB, blowing that fuse since your grounding/shorting it by having it connected.

I´ll wait for you to verify first, before I can tell you exactly what you need to do.