Remote Wire on 97 F150

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Feb 23, 2004 | 09:08 PM

jim417

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Remote Wire on 97 F150

I have a 1997 F150 and was going to hook up one of those adapters with the pre-amp outputs so I can hook up an amp. All I need to know is which wire is the remote wire? I looked it up but I quickly found out ford's colors are different. Any help would be great !

Feb 23, 2004 | 11:05 PM

acerockola77

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Is this an aftermarket deck?

Feb 24, 2004 | 01:26 AM

bill6302

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just hook it into the ignition wire. i'm not sure what color it is, but if you have a haynes or chilton manual it should show you

Feb 24, 2004 | 06:41 AM

jim417

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I appreciate the information so far. So if i understand , the remote wire is also the ignition wire? I dont have any of those books so does anybody know what color the ignition wire is in a 1997 f150?

Feb 24, 2004 | 04:05 PM

prcrboy

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Check out this site. Gives all the different configurations.
Also there are adapters on the market that sense speaker level input and turn on amps.
http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/Ford-Wiring.pdf

Feb 24, 2004 | 05:07 PM

jim417

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Wait so would it be letter N ? Blue with black stripe? Im slow in the head

Feb 24, 2004 | 06:25 PM

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If it's an aftermarket deck it's not the ignition wire, if you have it hooked to the ignition wire it will be on no matter if the radio is on or not, but if it is the factory head unit, then that will probably be the only way to go.