car radio ?

[powerT]

brought the truck without a radio in it. going to put one in for my sons b-day i only see a hot wire and ant. wire.Shouldn't there be more wires than that?

[THE "10" SILVERADO]

Yes, my radio had a constant hot/ignition/ground/antennea and had 1 power and 1 ground for every speaker.

[powerT]

update--the only signs for a radio is the ant. wire can't find a hot wire either. Is there a way to fix this ?

[THE "10" SILVERADO]

Originally Posted by powerT

update--the only signs for a radio is the ant. wire can't find a hot wire either. Is there a way to fix this ?

I am a little confused. Are these wires the ones that are sticking out in the truck or that are attached to the radio? There are spades on the fuse box for constant and ignition that you can tap in to with female connectors. If you can't find any spades you can splice into other wires aswell. My constant is spliced into my dome light if I remember correctly.

[powerT]

ok thanks
i didn't see any wire hanging out where the radio was and got a little worried

[motornut]

you can get batt power from the lighter too
i run both power from there actually switch on the ign side
some old radios only have one speaker wire (d),mono(loose wire hangin)
don't ground any "new" speaker wires to the body
factory plugs are like the white ones,black is female side(a kit plug)