So I've used the search tool and still havent come up with anything. I recently took my vert to get the headunit checked out cause when its hooked up, it wont play anysound. When I took it there they said that the wiring has a "looping ground" on it, and in order for the CD player to work they have to re-wire the car. So i ask if there is any way I can hook it up without payin 200 to hack my car up. any help is appriciated

thanks
matt

 

we will need to know what is wrong with the current system.......... Be complete in listing model numbers and how it was wired up if there is anything not stock in the stereo.

They gave you a bs answer as they do not understand the mach system

 

well from what i know, the speakers in the left front door and the right rear by the seat are blown, they still play sound but it sounds like ***. I used the wiring kit to put it in, the headunit is a kenwood cd player, not sure of the model number though. the car is a 87 vert with just the stock basic hook-up. ill get the number when i get home. if you need anything else just lemme know

 

how many speaker wires was there on the factory side? less then 8? I can't remember what year it was but back in the 80's they ran a common ground system for the radio. This meant that all the speakers shared 1 ground wire. These systems are not used anymore and instead we use a floating ground system where each speaker has its own ground wire. The floating ground systems do not work well in common ground systems and if it did play it would make alot of buzzing noises, this is bad so turn the deck of if that is the case. The worst case scenario you need to run a set of speaker wires to each speaker which is not too bad.

 

well if it is what your talking about is there anything on how to do this? like a diagram or somethin else.

thanks

 

A diagram to what is in your car or what you are installing into the car?

 

like a diagram on which wires should be hooked up or disconnected. Or whatever needs to be done to get the headunit to work

 

if it is a common ground system the easiest way to put a floating ground radio in it is to run a new set of speaker wires to each speaker. It sounds like alot of work but does not take too long. If you do not do it this way then you have to know what you are doing and be able to track the factory wiring to the point where the grounds are common and seperate them, and then run new speaker grounds from the deck to the point they are common.

 

lol, uh....hahaha, i aint got a clue as to what your talkin about. like i said, is there a diagram, or step-by-step as to how to do this. be greatly appriciated

thanks
matt

 

aright wait, so i think i got it. So where are the ground wires most common in a 87 vert?