Well, things must have been going too good, because yesterday while at work someone made off with about $2.5K worth of stereo equipment out of my '92 965. In the process, they really did a number on the wiring to the head unit and I can't really discern what's what in there.

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the radio wiring in a '92 965? It originally came with the CR-814 cassette radio. Really all I need is someone to tell me:

1) which of the mangled mass of wires sticking out of what used to be my center console are for the radio?

2) of those wires, some way to decipher the color-coding

Thanks in advance!
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Lance '92 965 w/ 200K miles

According to the wiring diagram for the '92 960, wiring from the vehicle harness is as follows:

Wiring at the amplifier connection:

P-SB (two of these) to battery + via fuse 11/32
SB (two of these) to ground
GN-SB right rear speaker -
Y-SB right rear speaker +
GR Right front -
Y-GR right front +
Y-W left front +
W left front -
Y-BN left rear +
GN-BN left rear -

Wiring at the radio head unit:

Y-SB Accessory + via fuse 11/8
GN-BN battery + via fuse 11/33
SB ground
BN-SB rheostat -
Y-W rheostat +
GR-R dash right speaker +
GR dash right speaker -
R antenna +
W dash left speaker -
R-W dash left speaker +

COLORS: SB = black; GR = grey; W=white; R=red; BN=brown; Y=yellow; P=pink;BL=blue;GN=green;OR=orange; VO=purple; CU=copper. e.g., GN-BN=green-brown
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We have met the enemy and they is us. [Pogo] S70 T5 cop car : Rough Rider suspension, Walmart fog lights, eBay speakers, ambiance by Pall Mall, trim by Le Duc d'Tape, 8-channel THD by OEM amps

Sorry about your loss, what did you have in your car?

As for the wiring diagram, here it is for my '93 945T:

Wires going into the amp (speaker wires):
GND Blk
LF+ Blue/Yellow
RF+ Grey/White
+batt Pink/Blk
LF- White
RF- Grey
LR+ Yellow/Brown
RR+ Green/ Brown
+batt Pink/Blk
LR- Yellow/Grey
RR- Green
Gnd Blk

Wires going into the radio:
LF+ Dash speaker Brown/White
RF+ Dash speaker Grey/Red
LF- Dash speaker Brown
RF- Dash speaker Grey
Dimmer-Yellow White
Rho + white
Rho- Blue
Batt+ Green/Red (constant power, may be the ignition power wire so when you shut off your car, the radio also goes off)
Ground Black
Power Antenna - Orange (this is the one that you want to use for the power antenna from your new head unit)
Power Antenna Green Grey

Heat, can I ask what Rho stands for?

Wires that go into the radio:

Rho + white
Rho- Blue

Rgds.

buzz

Rho on my 940 diagram means Rheostat. Those wires come from the dimmer control to dim the radio lights too.

On a 240 radio I recently put in, there is also a wire that signifies "Headlights On". Until this wire is active, the Rho wires have no effect and the radios's lights stay normal.

I don't see a similar set-up on the 940 diagram, though.

That's my total radio knowledge.
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Bruce Young
'93 940-NA (current) — 240s (one V8) — 140s — 122s — since '63.

Thanks Lance for helping solve the mystery of the Rho

Cheers.

buzz

That's a good question, I'm not sure what it stands for. When I installed my aftermarket radio I used a harness so I didn't actually use this wiring diagram.

CHeers mate. It shall remain a mystery until someone can shed some light....

Thanks, this should really help this weekend when I tackle putting everything back together.

As for what they got... Alpine CD/MP3 head unit (60WX4), Alpine 50WX4 amp, 2 Alpine 300WX1 subwoofer amps, two 12" MTX Thunder subwoofers with custom enclosures, 2 Polk ES 5.25" two-way door speakers, 2 Polk ES 5.25" component speakers (they didn't get the tweeters buried in the dash though), XM Satelite tuner, ~150 CDs

I'm most upset about the CDs, it was a collection I've been building since middle school and contained a lot of gifts, mixes from my fiance and other unreplaceable items

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Lance '92 965 w/ 200K miles

Bummer. I may have the 92 CD at home, but if not, my son does. I'll look for it tonight.
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John Shatzer, '97 V90 @ 115K