87 s10 headunit install, Urgent help needed

[kahjdh]

Ok my first time wiring in a CD player and i finished with no power to cd player or dash lights. There were 2 black wires and a grey wire left. Are all the black wires grounds? Help me out.

[kahjdh]

can anybody give me a picture of their wires or something because i have more wires in the dash then there are coming off the back of the stereo.

[goser]

Black should all be ground, but why you have two left over in the dash is a mystery. Double check your connections with this:

MEM ORANGE +
PWR YELLOW +
GND BLACK -
ILL GRAY +
DIM BROWN
ANT PINK +
Speakers:
RF LT GRN +
RF DK GRN -
LF TAN +
LF GRAY -
RR DK BLUE +
RR LT BLUE -
LR BROWN +
LR YELLOW -

What brand head unit are you putting in? Are you sure it works? Check for power between Memory and ground and power and ground (make sure you're turned to ACC).

[kahjdh]

Im putting in a sony cd player.

Ok this is how it goes,
black- to black(- to-)
red+ to orange(allways hot)
yellow+ (12v+) to yellow (hot in acc and run)

and the speakers are self explanitory. The red off the cd player is thinner than the yellow so i thought it was just to keep the memory so i made it allways hot.

So i have a grey from the truck left along with to blacks.
Also have a ANT REM not connected from CD player b/c i dont have a power anttenna.

[kahjdh]

Out of the back of the old stereo there was a brown wire that was not hooked up, but thats off the stereo not the truck. I have it now so the truck runs but i need to get all of this put back together.

[kahjdh]

alright, busted out the volt meter and found out my constant hot wasnt hot. So i ran a new wire from the fuse block and it works! Thanks goser for the reply.