wayne8176
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- 97 xlt
OK. I have a 97 explorer, 4dr. xlt with a cd changer. This is not a question, more of an answer. It took me 2 days to fifure this out, so hopefully it will help someone out there. I looked all over the internet and this site for an answer and couldnt find an answer, so I hope this saves someones sanity.
First let me say that this applies ONLY to models with a cd changer as the wiring is completely different on models without. I cut the plug off the factory harness and no matter what I did, I couldn't get anything to come out of the speakers. This drove me up the wall, because I knew the speakers were good, i knew the stereo was good, yet I still had nothing. Afetr some research, I figured out that the dark blue wire in the harness was for a function called logic mute. As there are a lot of wires that will be unused, I didn't think much of it. Also, I discovered that these models have hidden in the rear of the rig, an amplifier. Dont bother looking for it, you dont need to. not for this problem anyway. To make a long story short, put 12 volts to the dark blue wire (I used keyed hot so it didn't create a draw) and you're home free. Here is the color codes for the speakers:
LEFT FRONT NEG.- WHITE/ORANGE
LEFT REAR NEG.-YELLOW
RIGHT FRONT NEG.-BROWN
RIGHT REAR NEG.-LIGHT BLUE
LEFT FRONT POS.-LIGHT GREEEN
LEFT REAR POS.-LIGHT BLUE/BLACK
RIGHT FRONT POS.-WHITE/RED
RIGHT REAR POS.-PURPLE/WHITE
First let me say that this applies ONLY to models with a cd changer as the wiring is completely different on models without. I cut the plug off the factory harness and no matter what I did, I couldn't get anything to come out of the speakers. This drove me up the wall, because I knew the speakers were good, i knew the stereo was good, yet I still had nothing. Afetr some research, I figured out that the dark blue wire in the harness was for a function called logic mute. As there are a lot of wires that will be unused, I didn't think much of it. Also, I discovered that these models have hidden in the rear of the rig, an amplifier. Dont bother looking for it, you dont need to. not for this problem anyway. To make a long story short, put 12 volts to the dark blue wire (I used keyed hot so it didn't create a draw) and you're home free. Here is the color codes for the speakers:
LEFT FRONT NEG.- WHITE/ORANGE
LEFT REAR NEG.-YELLOW
RIGHT FRONT NEG.-BROWN
RIGHT REAR NEG.-LIGHT BLUE
LEFT FRONT POS.-LIGHT GREEEN
LEFT REAR POS.-LIGHT BLUE/BLACK
RIGHT FRONT POS.-WHITE/RED
RIGHT REAR POS.-PURPLE/WHITE
