Jamest535 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I have replaced my Landrover Radio with a "newer better" make. I have got a factory fitted sub on my back door, but how do i connect it to my new radio, is it the little red and black wires on a large black plug??? The new radio got to have phono plugs on them Any ideas??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 When I switched my factory fit unit for a JVC one the fitter didn't connect up the sub, so I took the head unit out when I got home and I found that there was a loose phono plug floating around that hadn't been connected to the unit, so I just plugged it into one of the phono outputs on the back of the unit - that did it for me. Of course that won't help if you don't have the plug as part of the stereo wiring loom to start with. Hope that's of some help though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamest535 Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 I got 2 big plugs that got power to radio and speakers, and also 1 long but thin plug with 2 wires (the sub) I have put a phono plug on but nothing sub end. But back of my stereo there is a Left sub and Right Sub If all that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Same thing with the back of my stereo (L and R sub) but I'm pretty sure there was just a white phono plug tied in with the rest of the stereo wiring loom. If I can find the keys to release the stereo I'll have a look tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamest535 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Same thing with the back of my stereo (L and R sub) but I'm pretty sure there was just a white phono plug tied in with the rest of the stereo wiring loom. If I can find the keys to release the stereo I'll have a look tomorrow. cheers, lovely job. I bet after all this my sub dont work hope it does tho. If not any ideas where to look? I haved looked on ebay nothing there. Is there any way i can test either my stereo or sub to make sure its working james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Okay. I think I've saved myself the trouble of getting the stereo out of the car. I went in the loft and got the old stereo (which I kept in case I ever sell the car) out of the box. In the back of it is a very fetching square pink plug with a black and a red wire hanging out. The wires have obviously been cut and I imagine the reason has been that one of the car's previous owners cut them off and stuck a phono plug on the end so they could fit a different stereo. If you're satisified that the phono plug you fitted is done right then there should be no reason that you should get no sound, whichever output you plug it into on your head unit. If I were you I'd be getting my multimeter out and checking for continuity at both the head end and on the speakers themselves. Also, make sure that the subwoofer setting is turned on and turned upon your head unit: mine was turned off by default. As far as I recall the sub is just made up of 2 or 3 completely standard speakers once you remove the metal grille, so you would most likely be able to replace any broken ones with el-cheapo Maplin ones - unless you wanted to bling the whole thing up with one if those great-big carpeted boxes they seem to shove in the back of tricked-up Novas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Update - it's anice day so I went out and writhed the head unit out using a couple of screwdrivers and I can confirm that I have a phono plug added by someone at some point as you will see in this pic: And when you trace it back to the wiring loom it is attached to the red and black wires in this pic: Those will be the same wires that have bits left in the back of my original stereo. So your phono plug should work unless the wire is broken at some other point. For the sake of completeness - the sub phono is connected to the left of the two sub outputs on the head-unit. There is nothing connected the right one and the sound has always seemed alright to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamest535 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 AT LAST WORKING!!!!!!!! After going thought the diagrams i noitice 3 wires in the wrong holes in the big black plug, moved them around and hey, its working Wot a nightmare Thanks for your help, good picts Many thanks again James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Good to hear. Now you've got a fully working bass-bin you can cruise round town and attract the ladies with your low rumbling tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin 009 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi have found this simple plug on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...y0%3D%26fvi%3D1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onions Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yep. That neatly does the same job as my taped-up bodge-job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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