Illumination + Dimmer Connections

[pokesmot]

Im getting a Pioneer DEH-P680MP CD/MP3 Reciever.

my car's stock wiring has 2 illumination power leads.
1) dash light (illumination) [Solid orange wire]
2) dimmer [orange wire w/ white stripe]

my deck has 1 illumination lead
1) Illumination [orange wire w/ white stripe]


I'm assuming im supposed to connect the illumination (#1) with the deck illumination lead, but i want to know if i can just use the dimmer lead instead, or will that damage the unit because it reqiuires a constant +12v for illumination?

should I cap off the dimmer lead and stick with the solid +12 illumination or can the dimmer work?

[nineteen88ga]

when wiring up the harness match everything color for color. if you don't have corresponding colors in the harnesses, tape them off and don't use them.

[RocketFast321]

Originally posted by nineteen88ga
if you don't have corresponding colors in the harnesses, tape them off and don't use them.

:agree:

[ccw7]

yea.. i didnt use the dimmer

[Matt95GT]

Your car itself only has one illumination wire for the stereo harness, and it is dimmed. Some of the aftermarket stereo harness plugs on the market have 2 illumination wires. One of mine was like that. Look at the car side of that harness, one of those 2 wires will not exist on the car side of the plug. Use the other one that does exist on the car side.

[pokesmot]

hmm

I checked my wiring and there are 2 wires :?

another quick question.

I want to double check my polarity, both speaker wires that came with my pioneer speakers are white, but onehas a black line.

the solid white is negative right?

[gicts]

nope, the black strip is