I am putting a Sony in my girl's Talon, and got the harness from Best Buy. It has 1994-up Mitsu on the packaging. The weird thing is that the harness has no ground (black) wire. So I have the black wire that comes out of the Sony to a raw wire where I can ground it to chasis. It has been a while since I have had my radio out but is that how the OEM head unit is grounded? And for those that have replaced their stereo recently check out the picture below, is that what the harness looks like? I already have it soldered and bundled, so I guess it is a moot point now, but I felt like asking because something about it bugs me.
When she gets home from work this evening I will tear her center console out regardles to remove her stock tape player so I will find out sooner or later. I would just rather it be sooner.
#9929, "RE: radio harness" In response to Reply # 0
I'm kinda drunk so bear with me.
The black wire you need to ground to the body. Best way to do this is to ground it to the cage which holds the radio. The antenna also acts as a ground and will be a secondary ground.
I haven't done a radio in 2 years so I forget if that harness is right or not.
#9930, "RE: radio harness" In response to Reply # 0
Originally posted by CODE4 I am putting a Sony in my girl's Talon, and got the harness from Best Buy. It has 1994-up Mitsu on the packaging. The weird thing is that the harness has no ground (black) wire. So I have the black wire that comes out of the Sony to a raw wire where I can ground it to chasis. It has been a while since I have had my radio out but is that how the OEM head unit is grounded? And for those that have replaced their stereo recently check out the picture below, is that what the harness looks like? I already have it soldered and bundled, so I guess it is a moot point now, but I felt like asking because something about it bugs me. When she gets home from work this evening I will tear her center console out regardles to remove her stock tape player so I will find out sooner or later. I would just rather it be sooner. Thanks guys.
yea the new harness has double plugs on it. one end for 1g other for 2g, i just bought one this summer from cock city (circuit city). ground i go to chassis, really shouldnt use harness ground, can give you noise.
#9932, "RE: radio harness" In response to Reply # 2
The reason I asked about the harness is because my 99 RS I think has two harnesses that plug into my stock radio. Anyway, I just got back in from putting the Sony in her 97 Talon. The plug in the picture I posted above fit perfectly. I grounded the loose black wire to the radio cage and everything seems to work great.
Just my luck, when I get around to replacing the CD player in my '99 it will have the two harness design.
On a side note, neither of our 2GNTs have the infinity System.
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