Ground wires for radio

[rlordjr]

The previous owner obviously had an aftermarket stereo installed and there is a black wire and green with stripe(can't remember color) screwed to a ground behind the head unit. Both of these wires are cut. I have the pin-out diagram for the connector so I know which wires from the connector are supposed to go to ground. It didn't LOOK like these two ground wires had been cut from the harness, but maybe they wrapped tape over it. Can anyone confirm that these two cut wires are indeed the grounds and tell me if they were originally spliced into the harness wires above the connector or did they go right into the connector? (I figured there was a grounding problem because the unit has almost NO AM reception.)

thanks,

RL
Atlanta

[rlordjr]

Fixed my own problem again. The REAL problem is that the yahoos wired the tweeters they installed in the dash into the outputs for the front door speakers. those aren't fullrange outputs so the tweeters don't do squat. Still don't know why the AM reception is so sucky.

Originally Posted by rlordjr

The previous owner obviously had an aftermarket stereo installed and there is a black wire and green with stripe(can't remember color) screwed to a ground behind the head unit. Both of these wires are cut. I have the pin-out diagram for the connector so I know which wires from the connector are supposed to go to ground. It didn't LOOK like these two ground wires had been cut from the harness, but maybe they wrapped tape over it. Can anyone confirm that these two cut wires are indeed the grounds and tell me if they were originally spliced into the harness wires above the connector or did they go right into the connector? (I figured there was a grounding problem because the unit has almost NO AM reception.)

thanks,

RL
Atlanta

[Cool_V_300C]

Are you using a class D subwoofer amp? I've completely killed the AM
in my car. But I put a bypass switch in so I can turn the amp off
if I want to listen to AM.

[rlordjr]

Originally Posted by Cool_V_300C

Are you using a class D subwoofer amp? I've completely killed the AM
in my car. But I put a bypass switch in so I can turn the amp off
if I want to listen to AM.

Nope, just the regular factory "amp-like-object".