Crutchfield custom wiring harnesses are lifesavers. You'll save many steps when installing an aftermarket receiver in your car. Simply splice the color-coded wires on your Crutchfield harness to the wires from your aftermarket radio — and do it in the comfort of your home without having to struggle with splicing wires behind your dash. Most of the wire splices can be made on your work bench or kitchen table. Soldering is best, crimping is also very popular.

Next, simply plug the Crutchfield harness into the harness that you removed from your factory radio.

Since you didn't have to cut off your car's original radio connector, it's easier to put the factory radio back in when you sell your vehicle or return it at the end of the lease. Just plug the factory radio back in and keep the aftermarket radio. Best of all, the harness is free with most of the receivers Crutchfield offers. 30-day warranty.

Connections:

Notes: You'll need to connect the receiver's ground wire to either the braided strap inside the dash, or to the ground wire, or you may need to make a new ground connection to your car's chassis. On some vehicles, you may have a common ground. If so, the speaker negatives are electrically the same for the left and right side speakers. Most aftermarket receivers (and all that Crutchfield sells) will need an additional adapter, or you may run new speaker wires from your receiver to the speakers.

Infinity Sound System Notes: If your vehicle has the Infinity system, you'll connect the blue wire from the Crutchfield harness to the amp remote wire from the new receiver. There also may be a second wire, usually green/black, attached to the factory radio chassis with the braided strap. If so, this is the ground for the Infinity amplifier(s), and it must be attached to the braided strap and the replacement receiver's ground wire.

• 12V constant power
• 12V switched power
• power antenna turn-on
• dimmer
• left front speaker +/-
• right front speaker +/-
• left rear speaker +/-
• right rear speaker +/-