Which wire is memory?
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Which wire is memory?
Ok... could sound a little crazy.... I have an 84 Bronco and I pulled out the old stock radio and put in my friends old sony cd player. I must be crazy but we didn't find a memory wire so we just put the live wire and the memory wire from the cd player to the one live wire in the truck. I was wondering if I could just splice into the memory wire for the clock right above the radio. The cd player works fine but i get tired of having to tune the stations all over every time I get into the truck. Is it just that since the stock radio was the rotory **** kind, they didn't need a memory wire? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also I put some new pioneers in the doors and in the back. I don't think that they are hooked up wrong... But I have to turn down the bass all the way down and the treble all the way up and even with a cd i can't turn it up all the way.. it gets fuzzy. The speakers were rated at like 200watts a piece.. i know that is bs... but i still don't know why? could it just be old wires?
Thanks again
John
Thanks again
John
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Which wire is memory?
I don't know what your doing with the memory thing but I can tell you that your new pioneers arn't using there full potential becuase you said that you have a sony head unit that prolly only puts out 45-52 watts X4 max and your new pioneers are like 200 each right? if you get a cheap amp and give them like 150 watts of power to each speaker you will be set.
I gave my bronco a new sony head unit (M-630) I think and bought new pioneer 3-way 220 watt max speakers, 6/1/2 for the front and 6x9s for the rear and got a cheap amp, 1000 watts (4-channel amp) I think that its rated at the same RMS as my speakers are. you have to be really carefull when you buy the amp because you not really looking for the max wattage you looking for the RMS wattage. they just use the max to make the products sound better just make sure you have a high pass filter on your amp or head unit(thats where mine is). it keeps the bass from hitting your main speakers and allows them to play louder without any distortion.
hope this helps!!
I gave my bronco a new sony head unit (M-630) I think and bought new pioneer 3-way 220 watt max speakers, 6/1/2 for the front and 6x9s for the rear and got a cheap amp, 1000 watts (4-channel amp) I think that its rated at the same RMS as my speakers are. you have to be really carefull when you buy the amp because you not really looking for the max wattage you looking for the RMS wattage. they just use the max to make the products sound better just make sure you have a high pass filter on your amp or head unit(thats where mine is). it keeps the bass from hitting your main speakers and allows them to play louder without any distortion.
hope this helps!!
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Which wire is memory?
There is one wire coming from the radio that should be hooked to a constant 12V source that does not go off when the key does. This is the wire that keeps the clock and station presets in memory. The other power wire from the radio goes to the keyed 12V wire. You currently have all of the power wires for the radio hooked up to the keyed 12V source.
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Which wire is memory?
I know that they are both on the keyed power wire... that is what I am saying... I didn't find a memory wire in the dash. So I had to hook them both up to get it to turn on. I jsut was wondering if I could splice into the clock memory wire and hook it up to the radio. Because for some reason my truck doesn't have a memory wire for the radio. That is why I wanted to know if anyone knew what wire was the clock's memory wire.
Thanks again for your help
John
Thanks again for your help
John
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Which wire is memory?
John, you can certainly use the clock wire, but I don't know the color or where it is on your 84. Another possibility would be to connect the memory wire to the cig lighter wire. It is hot with the key off.
Be very careful when making splices to these un-switched hot wires. You don't want a fire.......
Be very careful when making splices to these un-switched hot wires. You don't want a fire.......
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Which wire is memory?
excellent... that is what i wanted to hear. But does anyone know what wire is hot without the key on for the clock or the cigarette lighter. or any way i could find out.
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Which wire is memory?
You could use the glove box light since it will be running right behind the radio, if your Bronco has one. It's not uncommon to run a wire from the device to the fusebox and stick the bare end of the wire in with a fuse.
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Which wire is memory?
I found the same problem when I was putting in a jvc cd deck.
My 82 has a black plug way back there hidden olmost, you have to look good. I found out that Ford put it in there for optional equipment that goes in the radio hole. It has four wires going to it. Battery, Ignition, ground, and some wire they call a cumputer feed. who knows.
This Bronco is also a Lariat model
Maybe yours has this plug too.
good luck
My 82 has a black plug way back there hidden olmost, you have to look good. I found out that Ford put it in there for optional equipment that goes in the radio hole. It has four wires going to it. Battery, Ignition, ground, and some wire they call a cumputer feed. who knows.
This Bronco is also a Lariat model
Maybe yours has this plug too.
good luck
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Which wire is memory?
There is no stock memory wire in those old trucks - the radios were all solid-state with mechanical tuning, so no memory. 
The later trucks use the LG/Y wire that feeds the clock memory and the courtesy lights, so that's what you should tie into. It runs all over the dash, and even up the L B-pillar to the dome.
The later trucks use the LG/Y wire that feeds the clock memory and the courtesy lights, so that's what you should tie into. It runs all over the dash, and even up the L B-pillar to the dome.
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Which wire is memory?
I used to have an 86 custom with the turn **** and push button radio memory. I simply used a wiring harness from any stereo shop and my head unit never lost its presets. Careful hooking into those other power leads as headunits can be very sensitive and tempermental. I made the mistake of using the stock ground wire and preceeded to blow the dash lights, turns out Ford ran 12v down the ground wire to require the stereo to be installed by themselves or somone that knew their little secret. Luckily I knew a good shop. If your gonna patch into a hot line I would consider running your own off the battery relay with an inline fuse.
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