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Thread: Help - Radio wiring '89 535i (UK)

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    Default Help - Radio wiring '89 535i (UK)

    Can anyone help with this one? Recently bought the above car with an aftermarket head unit fitted and I'm suspicious of the wiring - sound is awful and switching the blower ON turns power to stereo OFF. Also the pre-set memory doesn't work and fade and balance are all out of whack. The car just has 6 speakers and I think they're the standard ones. Unfortunately I can't find a wiring diagram which matches what I appear to have in my car. I need to know which colour wire goes to which speaker. This is the situation at the moment:

    FL
    blue/brown +ve
    blue/black -ve

    FR
    gray/black +ve
    gray/white -ve

    RL
    green/black +ve
    green/? -ve

    RR
    yellow/brown +ve
    yellow/black -ve

    Ground - yellow
    Aerial - white
    +ve - purple
    12V - pale blue

    These are the colours from the dash not from the radio - I assume they're the BMW ones but I've found a couple of links online to circuit diagrams and the colours don't match.

    TIA

    Dan

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    Default Bruno's site has this.

    erased due to slander

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin in Bellevue
    mmm yeah, I've seen it, thanks. But unless I'm being very thick, it's not the same as what I have. Differences between Euro and US maybe?

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    Ground - yellow
    Aerial - white
    +ve - purple
    12V - pale blue (ignition)
    12V - red ? constant power

    the above should be right. I redid my wiring on my stereo last night -- 92 520i euro spec

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    Default maybe you ask the chaps on the U.K. board

    If you are lucky someone lives near you and you have have a look.

    the link

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