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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8839916" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>1 & 2. </p><p>Blue w/ white stripe is going to be a remote wire. It's a switch wire(/power button) for your amps. You have a power wire that supplies the power to the amps, and you have a remote wire that turns on the amps when your head unit is on. </p><p>Generally, Blue wire is an antenna/power antenna wire. Not sure if your vehicle has that. If it is only on the stereo harness side, then they include it in case your vehicle has it. If it's not in your harness, then I would say they know you don't, but that blue wire looks like it's been used before. So either you connected it and removed it, or it was previously connected, and sounds like it needs to again. </p><p> It could also be to power the antenna when you are using the radio function. The old stick antennas, I DON'T THINK are powered, but I know the short antennas like the shark fin are. </p><p></p><p>3. Green to parking brake is for your navigation. (I always forget which it is), but I want to say it's grounded when your parking brake is engaged. It's purpose is so that you can't change/work your navigation settings unless your PB is engaged, (so that it's safer and you are not distracted). In the US dealers are required to install it that way. You are in NZ, and not sure what your laws are, but if you just connect it to another ground wire, then it will think the PB is always on, and will let you adjust the nav whenever you need to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8839916, member: 674149"] 1 & 2. Blue w/ white stripe is going to be a remote wire. It's a switch wire(/power button) for your amps. You have a power wire that supplies the power to the amps, and you have a remote wire that turns on the amps when your head unit is on. Generally, Blue wire is an antenna/power antenna wire. Not sure if your vehicle has that. If it is only on the stereo harness side, then they include it in case your vehicle has it. If it's not in your harness, then I would say they know you don't, but that blue wire looks like it's been used before. So either you connected it and removed it, or it was previously connected, and sounds like it needs to again. It could also be to power the antenna when you are using the radio function. The old stick antennas, I DON'T THINK are powered, but I know the short antennas like the shark fin are. 3. Green to parking brake is for your navigation. (I always forget which it is), but I want to say it's grounded when your parking brake is engaged. It's purpose is so that you can't change/work your navigation settings unless your PB is engaged, (so that it's safer and you are not distracted). In the US dealers are required to install it that way. You are in NZ, and not sure what your laws are, but if you just connect it to another ground wire, then it will think the PB is always on, and will let you adjust the nav whenever you need to. [/QUOTE]
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