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I need help, installing my alpine 7894. It requires that i connect the power wire directly to the battery. can you give me the steps on how to do this.
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why you need to lead wires?? just use your factory wires??? but if you have to, youll have to punch a hole in the firewall or lead the wire through a boot, OR, you could take the easy way out and lead a wire to your fuse box, you should have a battery output in the fusebox, just lead a wire from there to your unit..... and if you need it to turn when you start your car, lead a wire to the radio fuse..... and then just ground the unit off somwhere, and that should cover it... hope that helps?????
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since i think finding a hole in the firewall will be difficult, how can i wire it to the fuse box, like what should i look for, what kinda tools do i need?
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well, jugding by the model number your wanting to wire a cd player right? SO, the wire doesnt have to be that big, run no smaller than 18gauge wire, and all you would need for tools is a wire striper and a crimper, get a male end connecter, and plug it into the battery slot, hopfuly your call will have this... if not, you will have to either drill a hole or try and run it through a boot.... do you have external amps?? you could also just tap in on your main power wire that goes to your amps if you have any??? hope this helps.
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JBL BP600.1 (tomorrow) Posts: 194 | From: IA | Registered: Mar 2002
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quote:Originally posted by HiFi: since i think finding a hole in the firewall will be difficult, how can i wire it to the fuse box, like what should i look for, what kinda tools do i need?
if its requiring running wire to battery, you're prolly talkin about the yellow wire:
thats the wire to keep settings/presets stored. if u connect it to your fuse panel you will loose stations EVERY time u shut off ignition. run a wire to the battery.
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