Hi, Being the poor college student that I am... Bought a stereo to replace the stock cassete player. Not much money so I opted to ditch the wiring harness idea and not pay the ridiculous amount of 20 bucks for one. With some ingenuity, figured it out. Ground, battery, accesory.. hooked up. The rest was plug and chug... only 8 speaker wires were left.. Everything works fine.. xcept.. it doesn't keep the time or bass/treble settings etc... Now, according to the diagram on the new stereo the yellow wire is to the battery for contionous power. I tried disconnecting this wire and even putting it to another wire.. the stereo did not turn on. From this, I concluded that all of the 3 main wires (ground, battery and acces.) were in the right place, otherwise the stereo did not turn on. So, all of the wires from the back of the stereo were used, besides one blue/white one with a cap on it for a power antenna. However, it does not keep the time if the key is taken out of the ignition. There are about 3 wires left on the original factory harness that were not tied to anything on the new stereo.. My best educated guess is that one of these wires provided the "always on" to the old/factory stereo .. How, and once I find this wire.. Should it just be tied in with the yellow battery wire? Or what? Would a wiring diagram help? and if so where can i get my hands on one.. Much appreciated.
