Radio Wiring

[mckenzig]

I suppose that a cassette radio is just about obsolete but having a SV11 its just the right thing. I bought a 1996 Toyota cassette/radio that was made by Panasonic and now want to fit it. I have an American workshop manual and its colours are differant and Haynes one does not show the radio at all. The car has a group of four green and four brown which I assume to be speakers but don't know about the rest.
I wonder if anyone has an Australian manual or one that covers some other 1985 era Camry and has a wiring diagram I would be pleased to know.

[caam]

hey mate.
Quick google search came up with this.
Let us know if it isn't the correct one and i'll keep looking for you...

1985 Toyota Camry Car Radio Stereo Audio Wiring Diagram
Car Radio Constant 12v+ Wire: Blue/Yellow
Car Radio Switched 12v+ Wire: Gray
Car Radio Ground Wire: Brown
Car Radio Illumination Wire: Green
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger: Black/Red
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Location: N/A
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Pink
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Violet
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Light Green
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Blue
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: N/A
Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: N/A
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Black
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Yellow
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Red
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): White


Cheers, Cameron.

[mckenzig]

Thanks for that Cameron but as you will see its quite differant. My cars wiring is as follows

Blue with black tracer
Blue yellow
Blue white
Blue red
Blue
White blue (know this to be power)
White black and double red bands
Pink blue
Green red bands
Black
Brown yellow
Brown red

So you can see its nothing like any that I found. Wondered if it was same as SV20?

[JDM hachi]

if you can find power, thats one wire down,
you may also need full time power as well as accessory power, use your multimeter with key in various locations, thats 2 wires down
next is earth, check with a multi meter for continuity, if you find this, turn parking lights on, if you loose continuity, then that is illumination, thats 3(or 4) wires down
speakers can be found by putting a 1.5v battery (any size a,c,d etc...) between left over wires, when you have found the + and - for speaker, you will hear a crackle (place 1.5v battery on and off wires repeatedly- this will drive the speaker, hence the crackle ) thats 8 extra wires done!
all up 12 wires for you.
hope this helps,
matty.

[mckenzig]

Thanks for that MATTY I shall give it a go

[BenAw11]

and find earth by using either a test light or meter with using your power wire and seeing which other wire lights up or gets 12v. You may receive 2 coming up looking like earth but one is illumination so once you find it flick the lights on and off see if it stays earth if so you have got it. and find acc but just flicking the key on and off see which one lights the test light up.

[Thirteen13]

One way to cheat is goto repco and get one of those harness for your car like I did with my ae92. When u plug into the stock harness the colours will match.
This is going off the assumption that an ae92 wil have same as sv2x and I can't see why not.

Plus it will be neater if u decide to go cd player. You can solder the tape deck harness to the car side harness and plug and unplug they are about $14 too so all u need to do is wire tape deck to harness, then wire your speakers