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Old 09-19-2018, 10:17 AM
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what are these wires for

Had a Panasonic Radio in my truck. removed that for an old Becker Radio. The wires are named so that there should no big problems to change the Radio.
But one issue: I found three wires but are not sure how to connect them.
A yellow one ist named "Battery 15A", a red one "ACC" and a black one without any clue.
How do I do things right? The ISO Connector can't be used for my old Radio, all wires will have their own place...

Thank your for any advices
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Old 09-19-2018, 10:33 AM
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black is almost always ground.
Red is battery hot.
Yellow is hot with ignition or accessories on.
 
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No offense but I think you may have reversed the red and yellow here - yellow seems to be the constant 12V and red is the switched 12V.
 
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Yellow goes to the battery positive terminal, through a 15 amp fuse, and red goes to a 12V+ source which is only live when you turn the key. Black will be ground.

Blue might be an output for a power antenna or auxiliary amplifier, if it's not a speaker wire.
 
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Yellow goes to the battery positive terminal, through a 15 amp fuse, and red goes to a 12V+ source which is only live when you turn the key. Black will be ground.

Blue might be an output for a power antenna or auxiliary amplifier, if it's not a speaker wire.
I have wired quite a few stereos and this is pretty much the standard. It might be blue or blue with a white stripe, but it is used as a signal wire to turn on a power antenna or amplifier. I have never seen blue used for a speaker. Speakers are usually grey (right front), white (left front), purple (rear right), and green (rear left). Each speaker has two wires- "+" is the solid color wire and "-" is the same color with a black stripe.

The only other common color I have seen is orange(usually with a white stripe). That is rarely used, but connects to the dimmer for your dash lights so your stereo faceplate dims accordingly.
 
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Yes, speakers are grey, white, purple and green.
Thanks for all the advices
 
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