typically most color or marking codes that i have seen are standard.
there will either be a colored wire paired with a black which is
negative. Two wires of the same color but the one with a black stripe
is the negative and the other one sometimes has a white stripe. All
the speakers will have different colors to help differentiate in the
back of the stereo though. The typical colors are red:stereo
pwr,black:neg(ground),yellow:remote,blue:pwr antennae,orange:fuse
box,and color coded pairs for each speaker. Each pair having a wire
with a black stripe for the negative.
What exactly is it that you see?
--- brian.duffey@intelsat.int wrote:
>
>
> Wanted to ask this yesterday when I was installing
> my new speakers, but no
> DML access at home!
>
> Can anyone clearly identify for me the positive &
> negative leads for the
> standard factory stereo setup in our dakotas? ('95
> Club Cab with factory
> AM/FM/Cassette). I got my speakers installed, using
> the standard theory that
> the 'marked' wire is the positive (ie: solid wire &
> striped wire, then the
> striped wire is +). Unfortunately, the wires at each
> location are all
> different colors/markings, and some of them both
> have stripes?!?!
>
> I have all the speakers installed, but I want to go
> back and make sure I
> don't have the polarity crossed.
>
> Since there seems to be alot of audiophiles on the
> list, can anyone provide
> some insight?
>
> (oh yeah.. incase anyone cares, the speakers are
> Boston Acoustics RX67
> (frnt) and CX8's (rear).
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Duff
> '95 SLT 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
> MSD 6AL - MSD Blaster Coil - Rancho 5000/9000
> MSD 8.5 wires - K&N FIPK - F&B Stage I TBI
>
>
>
>
>
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