How to hook up a car stereo?

A typical car stereo can power four speakers (two front and two rear). You'll need to identify the wires on the car stereo's wire harness to connect to the correct ones. To hook up two front stereo speakers, connect the white/black and white wires to the left speaker, and the gray/black and gray wires to the right speaker. read more

Connect the car stereo wire harness to the connector that was attached to your old radio and attach the other end to your new one. Connect the antenna cable (the single wire with the big plug at the end) to your new head unit as well. read more

Match up the wires. Match the wires of the car’s harnesses to the new stereo’s harnesses. Each harness connector is unique, so it should be easy to figure out which ones fit together. To be safe, check the wiring diagrams for both your car and the new stereo to verify you’ve connected them correctly. read more