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    4 wires from the car, black, red, brown and yellow. wiring block for connecting head units. which wires on the nova wire up to the block? ie which is ground, live, memory live etc? thanks


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    Black is live, Brown is earth but not sure about the red and yellow just mess about with these 2 like i did and got it right in the end

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    test the wires with a test light.with ignition on/off for permanent live etc etc.

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    :s

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    red should be live from the battery and yellow from the ignition, or vice versa I cant really remember

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    on the nova side of things brown is the earth black is the switched live and red is the permanent ,on the head unit yellow is permant live red is switched and black is the earth

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    Anyone know what colour the ignition wire is on headunit side? blue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tookie
    on the nova side of things brown is the earth black is the switched live and red is the permanent ,on the head unit yellow is permant live red is switched and black is the earth
    Right then tookie, can you tell me which wires to join to which, i know its prob not hard to work out but im in a non thinking mood . cheers mate.

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    the brown on the car to the black on the h/u,the black on the car to the red on the h/u and the red on the car to the yellow on the h/u.

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