RE: 5kt stereo install

["Hare,Stott" <HAREST@amsworld.com>]

Dennis,
  The gray/blue is the feed from the dash lights.  Should have ~12v with
lights on, will dim with the dash dimmer control.  When you powered that
circuit, you tricked the car into thinking the lights were left on.

HTH,
-S

Stott Hare
85 Callaway 4ktq
89 100q
82 Scirocco

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:	Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:29 AM
> To:	Cynic5KS@aol.com
> Cc:	quattro@audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: 5kt stereo install 
> 
> I'm using the Audi harness at the dash opening. The speaker wires are all 
> hooked up as the original radio was, crimped to the Kenwood wires 1 at a
> time 
> (all 8 + & - leads).
> On the car harness, Brown is ground, Red is power, Gray with Blue
> (unsure), 
> and Yellow for power antenna.
> Kenwood uses, Red switched power, Yellow maintenance power, Black ground, 
> Blue power antenna.
> The Gray (car harness) with blue that I am unsure of, has continuity to 
> ground, and turns on the dash lights and warning dinger when powered to 12
> V 
> (really puzzling).
> The local Kenwood distributor was puzzled and thought it sounded like a 
> ground problem, which I have checked.
> 
> Quietly confused in Denver!