> Anyway, here's how you should be able to figure it out.
> Going into the amp from the head unit should be 9 wires coming from the
> receiver. This would be +/- for 4 speakers [match the colors up with what
> comes out of the back of the receiver] plus the turn-on lead [same deal for
> this]. Likewise, there should be +/- for each of the 4 speakers coming out
> of the amp. [match the colors up with what connects to each of the
> speakers] In addition, there should be the main power and ground
> leads. There may well be an extra wire or two floating in there.
> In theory, to bypass the factory amp, you ought to be able to cut off all
> of the speaker leads and splice the appropriate ones together (front left +
> - -> front left +, and so on.. no brainer). You probably want to disconnect
> the turn-on lead when you test this as well. There's no reason that I can
> think of why it wouldn't work; I just haven't had the time to figure out
> all of the colors. Of course, the real bummer is that if it doesn't work,
> you now have a bunch of ugly spliced back together wires connecting your amp.
> If you do try it, let me know how it works. BTW, what year is your truck?
Thanks Bill, I have a '97 SLT Club Cab w. 3.9L V6.
Yeah, I was pretty much planning on doing what you propose, but hoping
someone else had done the leg-work to figure out which wires are which.
I've already installed the head unit and sealed up the dash and didn't want
to go back in unless necessary. I have pulled the kick-panel off the passanger
side and there are two connectors that run into the bottom of the amp. It looks
like one connector is dedicated to what comes from the head unit and the other
is mainly the outputs for the speakers. Not sure which is in and which is out.
Anyway, if I had the wiring diagram, I was going to rig up some jumpers that I
could just run from one connector to another for each speaker connection.
That way, if I ever decide to trade in (those quad cabs look mighty nice!), I can
just re-plug the factory setup. As you said, it shouldn't be too hard to figure it
out. If I get time, I'll do the detective work and report back.
Brian
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