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E46 Wire Guides (complete)

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#1 ·
curse the board for auto-formatting my spaces to save memory or whatever. when i typed this out it was all pretty and linned up. oh well. it is all the information you need for wires. hope it helps.



Radio Connector --

1 - yellow/red left front +
2 - blue red right front +
3 - yellow/black left rear +
4 - black (not used)
5 - violet/white 12 volt switched (HU power line)
6 - blue/black right rear +
7 - white / red Not Used
8 - brown/orange left front -
9 - red/green + terminal battery connection
10 - white Not Used
11 - brown/orange right front -
12 - brown/orange left rear -
13 - grey/red illumination
14 - brown/orange right rear -
15 - brown ground
16 - white remote amp turn on



Amp Connector -- The Connector is laid out as follows

13_21 __ 34_42
12_20 __ 33_41
11_19 __ 32_40
10_18 __ 31_39
09_17 __ 30_38
08_16 __ 29_37
07_15 __ 28_36
06_14 __ 27_35
_ 05 _____ 26
_ 04 _____ 25
_ 03 _____ 24
_ 02 _____ 23
_ 01 _____ 22

1 - brown rear left speaker -
2 - yellow rear left speaker +
3 - blue/brown front left woofer -
4 - blue/white front left woofer +
5 - red/green terminal 30 from fuse F41
6 - green positive activation for subwoofer from HU
7 - white subwoofer switched to sub amp pin 2
8 - blue/black rear right + AF radio from HU
9 - blue rear right - AF radio from HU
10 - white antenna switching signal from HU
11 - blue/black front right tweeter +
12 - blue/brown front right tweeter -
13 - yellow rear right tweeter +
14 - blue/green negative activation for subwoofer to sub amp pin 6
15 - yellow/black from spatial sound button on dash
16 - brown/orange rear right - AF radio from HU
17 - brown/orange front right - AF radio from HU
18 - Not Used
19 - black/green speedometer signal to sub pin 7
20 - black/white speedometer output from instument cluseter control module
21 - blue/yellow rear right tweeter -
22 - blue/brown front right woofer -
23 - blue/red front right woofer +
24 - brown rear right speaker -
25 - blue rear right speaker +
26 - brown ground to chassis
27 - Not Used
28 - Not Used
29 - brown/orange rear left - AF radio from HU
30 - brown/orange front left - AF radio from HU
31 - yellow/black rear left tweeter +
32 - yellow/brown rear left tweeter -
33 - yellow/red front left tweeter +
34 - yellow/brown front left tweeter -
35 - Not Used
36 - Not Used
37 - yellow/black rear left + AF radio from HU
38 - yellow/red front left + AF radio from HU
39 - blue/white front left mid-range -
40 - white front left mid-range +
41 - blue/green front right mid-range -
42 - green front right mid-range +



Subwoofer Amp --

6_7_8_9_10
1_2_3_4_5

1 - green positive activation from amp pin 6
2 - white subwoofer switched from amp pin 7
3 - Not Used
4 - brown ground to chassis
5 - red/green Terminal 30; power from fuse F41
6 - blue/green negative activation from apm pin 14
7 - black/green Speedometer output from amp pin 19
8 - Not Used
9 - Not Used
10 - Not Used
 
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#2 ·
Excellent work! I wish I had seen this post yesterday--I ended up ohming out the rear tweeters to finish my install.

How is your system sounding? I'm very pleased with my results--it's the best sounding system I've had in a car and I'm happy with the stock HU now that everything else is upgraded.
 
#3 ·
It's all sounding great except im having trouble getting the left front woofer to play sometimes. Every other speaker in the car is working though and the sound is full and clear. The subs don't overpower the inside of the car, so the full range is even and .. yea. I love it. <3

I still need to have the HU mounted in right. I have the cover and trim back on the car, but the HU still sticks out a little too far and it's not clean looking. I'll run it by a shop sometime next week and have them fix it. I've done enough.
 
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