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oc192

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Hello audiophiles, need help connecting this wire harness. The harness on the left is from a Kenwood x395 and the harness on the right is a metra. I have the concert2 surround in the car but I am keeping the stock speakers for now. The speaker connections are pretty straight forward but how do I go about connecting the power/ground?

The kenwood radio harness:

yellow = constant 12v
Red = ignition 12v
black = ground

the 2 pin connector is labeled as:

yellow = constant 12v
orange = illumination/dash lights


the big connector:

red = ignition 12v
black = ground
blue = power attenna
orange/white = dimmer
the other colors are for the speakers


Do I connect radio yellow to 2 pin yellow? Then radio Red to Big conn Red? What do I connect the dimmer wire to? Do I tie that into the Red wires?

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Metra Harness
Orange and orange white wire- not required for the kenwood radio, do not connect them.
Blue wire- connect to ant cont on the kenwood harness if you have a power antenna.

the rest just match up the colors.

Kenwood harness
Brown- mute not required
blue/yellow- wired remote, not required
blue - amp turn on, not required
 
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