Which dimmer wire should I be using?
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Which dimmer wire should I be using?
My Kenwood KVT-910DVD head unit has an orange wire that is supposed to go to "dimmer", but the Stock wiring harness has TWO orange wires. ONe I think is orange/black, the other as I recall is orange/white. Which one should I be connecting up to?
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I beleive the one you are looking for is the orange and white... the orange and black is the dimmer ground.. I guess the orange and black (dimmer ground) isnt going to be used because with my pioneer wiring harness there is not dimmer ground...
I am running into some wiring issues as well the factory harness has 4 brown wires, 2 of which say mute on them.. then the pioneer wiring harness has yellow and black wire that says mute... I dont know whether I should splice both brown mutes with the yellow and black or just 1 brown with the yellow and black...
I am running into some wiring issues as well the factory harness has 4 brown wires, 2 of which say mute on them.. then the pioneer wiring harness has yellow and black wire that says mute... I dont know whether I should splice both brown mutes with the yellow and black or just 1 brown with the yellow and black...
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I beleive the one you are looking for is the orange and white... the orange and black is the dimmer ground.. I guess the orange and black (dimmer ground) isnt going to be used because with my pioneer wiring harness there is not dimmer ground...
I am running into some wiring issues as well the factory harness has 4 brown wires, 2 of which say mute on them.. then the pioneer wiring harness has yellow and black wire that says mute... I dont know whether I should splice both brown mutes with the yellow and black or just 1 brown with the yellow and black...
I am running into some wiring issues as well the factory harness has 4 brown wires, 2 of which say mute on them.. then the pioneer wiring harness has yellow and black wire that says mute... I dont know whether I should splice both brown mutes with the yellow and black or just 1 brown with the yellow and black...
I wouldn't advise splicing them both together though.
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Originally Posted by Tarkin
My Kenwood KVT-910DVD head unit has an orange wire that is supposed to go to "dimmer", but the Stock wiring harness has TWO orange wires. ONe I think is orange/black, the other as I recall is orange/white. Which one should I be connecting up to?
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From: New Port Richey, FL
Originally Posted by yankeesfan81
well there is a separate pink wire that is the phone mute...
Sorry. 
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I'm not sure orange/white is correct. THe problem is that now my dash lights don't go on, which makes it hard to see my speed
I had it connected to the orange/white and they still wouldn't go on with the orange/black just taped off. I'll try leaving the orange/white tapped off and connect the HU to the orange/black later and see if that makes a difference.
if one is really a ground, would it make sense that it actually should be grounded somewhere to get this to work?
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I had it connected to the orange/white and they still wouldn't go on with the orange/black just taped off. I'll try leaving the orange/white tapped off and connect the HU to the orange/black later and see if that makes a difference.if one is really a ground, would it make sense that it actually should be grounded somewhere to get this to work?
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