I'm having a problem with my stereo wiring. When I put my headlights on the lights on the stereo blink for a second. I lose my preset stations when I turn the ignition off...however if I leave the lights on and shut the igntion all the preset stations remain when restarting. Someone mentioned I need a "hot" wire to the stereo and to buy some sort of wire plug???
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks

 

Ok, I'm going to assume that you cut the wires to install a radio? It sounds like you hooked the ground wire to the dimmer line. It will look like a ground wire until the lights are turned on. That or you've hooked the yellow battery line to the dimmer line. You will need a constant hot on the YELLOW wire, a switched hot for the RED wire, the BLACK wire is a ground, and there will be an ORANGE wire that needs power from the dimmer.

 

sounds like you need to hook up the 12 volt "constant on" wire

 

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Please get your stereo installed correctly. Many automotive fires are caused by improper installations.

 

I checked your profile and it lists a 1995 F150. Here are your wiring colors for that model.

<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1" bordercolor="#d3d3d3" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody><tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">Radio 12v</td><td class="small"> lt. green/purple </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> + </td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">Radio Ground</td><td class="small"> black and black/lt. green </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> - </td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">Radio Ignition</td><td class="small"> yellow/black </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> + </td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">Radio Illumination</td><td class="small"> lt. blue/red (dimmer) </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> + </td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">LF Speaker +/-</td><td class="small"> orange/lt. grn - lt. blue/wht </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> +,-</td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">RF Speaker +/-</td><td class="small"> white/lt. grn - dk. green/org </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> +,-</td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">LR Speaker +/-</td><td class="small"> pink/lt. green - tan/yellow </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> +,-</td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness </td></tr> <tr align="center" height="18"><td class="heading" width="135">RR Speaker +/-</td><td class="small"> pink/lt. blue - brown/pink </td><td class="small" align="center" width="135"> +,-</td><td class="small" width="130"> radio harness</td></tr></tbody> </table>

 

Thanks for your help.
Bob

 

Thanks. Do I need to purchase a specific type of wire/plug?
Thanks
Bob

 

Thanks Jake00 and KCAUTOsound
BOb