stereo wireing

[bow]

hello all
just got my 406 and it had no radio but some numpty cut the iso blocks off does anybody know what the wireing is so i can put a radio in
thanks
bow

[Doggy]

Well, hello bow & welcome to the show....

You need to let us know what year / model you have, as there's quite a lot of differences. Most important factor is whether you've a D8, (95-99 with slatted grille), or D9, (99-04, honeycomb grille). If you post, or PM your VIN no. we can tell you which set-up it had originally.

Edit Just spotted your other post which makes all of the above nonsense superfluous. been a long day.....

[steve_earwig]

Oh yes, clip the connectors off, so much cheaper than buying an adaptor (for less than a tenner )

It seems fairly easy to find diagrams for the connectors themselves but as for what colour wire does what... I even had a squint on the coupe club, it's now full of links that say "we've now upgraded to BBBBBlah blah blah"

If no-one else can oblige I'll break out the knitting needles later and see if we can work something out (you may need to remind me of course )

[mjb]

Grab a Haynes. Every wire in the car is numbered, and the number is printed on the insulation making it easy to work out what's what. The Haynes should be mostly right as far as the stereo ISO is concerned, including the numbers.

My suggestion is to nip to Halfords and get a pair of ISO blocks with ~6" leads already attached to the pins. That way you just need to solder+heatshrink each wire (or crimp if you're feeling brave or can't use a soldering iron ). Something like this: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165626

There are (if memory serves) three wires for VAN bus in the power ISO connector on D9 406s (2x data lines and one +12v power). Leave these disconnected unless you're putting the factory fitted stereo back in!

[bow]

thanks for the replys
im gonna have another go at it today i have plenty blocks and fuses so i will give it a go