Hey Guys,

I have the wiring diagram for the Z, but the manual for the gauges Im installing has me alittle confused . . .

Wire:
Red (B+) Battery Postive
Black (Ground) I know where thats at
Orange (ON that doesnt turn off when car is started) This is the 12volt correct?
Yellow (ACC) Thats the accesory I got that one
Brown (Small Lamp) I dont have a clue what this one is for ?

So the ones Underlined Im not to sure on, anybody help me out

Thanks

T

 

Are these for defis? When I did mine the small lamp was the illumination wire. It is the red/blue wire in the radio harness.

Orange: 12volt to battery. I ended up just connecting mine to the accessory [yellow]. Haven't had any problems.

 

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and there already is a acc and a Battery + that the yellow and the red wires.

So I think the orange is the 12v coming from the ign harness

and thats the only thing I thought the brown could be was the illumination wire.

Why would it need to power supplies though ?

Thanks Roger

T

 

Mine uses two so it can play the opening "montage then stay on. Now, when the car cranks it plays the video again. Doesn't bother me, and it doesn't affect the memory at all.

 

Orange - 12V source that's not switched...you can tap into this from the HU (this means that your guages always needs some power - you could just run a wire directly from the battery)
Brown - I'd guess that's the 'illumination' wire, which you can also tap from the HU (this will dim the new guages lights when you use the dimmer on the car)

hope that helps,
Peter

 

But the Red (B+) wire is the wire for the battery, so I will have a positive battery wire, acc wire and 12volt wire from the ign harness thats what I was thinking

T

 

have to bring this thread back car is finished but the gauges wont power on

T

 

There are three kinds of power wires in a car:

12vdc - Reads 12vdc at all time because it is connected directly to the battery
Ignition - Reads 0vdc when the car is off (most likely actually rests at ground) but reads 12vdc in the on AND crank position
Accessory - Reads 0vdc when the car is off, reads 12vdc in the ACC and ON position but NOT the crank position.

It sounds like you need one of each, which is pretty retarded for a set of guages....