active speakers nightmare - help !!!

Hi,

I drive a 91' Passat Stationwagon. My previous CD Player (Kenwood) was
installed by a technician. However, the CD-player was stolen and now I
am replacing it with another one (Sony CDX-F7705X). I thought that
this time I would be able to do it myself, but it seems that what
looked initially like no-brainer is something beyond my abilities...

My Passat is equipped with 6 original speakers and they are Activ
Speakers.
I have a car manual with all the electrical wiring diagrams, but still
I have problems to connect my CD deck to the speakers. I successfully
wired the CD deck to turn it on, illuminate, play CDs, but there is no
sound coming out as I still struggle with the speakers. I would like
to avoid rewiring my car and changing the speakers.

If some good soul could give me a helping hand on wiring the speakers,
I would be very grateful (and my 3-month baby would enjoy riding the
car even more while playing Baby Einstein Vivaldi ;-) OK, back to the
wires...

My CD deck has the standard wires coming out:
-BLACK (to the metal surface of the car) - connected
-BLUE ("ANT REM", to the power antenna control lead or power supply
lead of antenna booster amplifier) - not connected
-LIGHT BLUE ("ATT", to the interface cable of a car telephone) - not
connected
-ORANGE/WHITE STRIPED (illumination) - connected
-RED (to +12V power terminal which is energized in the accessory
position of the ignition key switch) - connected
-YELLOW (to +12V power terminal which is energized at all times) -
connected
-BLUE/WHITE STRIPED ("AMP REM, to the Amp Remote In of an optional
power amplifier) - not connected

WHITE (left+ ) - not connected
WHITE/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected

GRAY (right+ ) - not connected
GRAY/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected

GREEN (left+ ) - not connected
GREEN/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected

PURPLE (right+ ) - not connected
PURPLE/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected

My Passat has the following free wires sticking out:
BLUE/BROWN - not connected
GREEN - not connected
BLUE - not connected
BLUE/RED - not connected
RED/BLACK - not connected
WHITE/BLUE - already connected to the harness by the previous
technician
BROWN - (looks to me like ground) - already connected to the harness
by the previous technician

The manual I use is: VW Passat 1900-1993 by Robert Bentley Publishers
(1996),
the wiring diagram I am referring to is on pages 91-10-6 & 91-10-7
(1991-1992 Stereo radio w/six amplified speakers)

Can someone please hint which cables in my Passat I should connect the
speaker wires to in order to get the speakers finally working? I will
be monitoring this group for any replies and helpful tips. Thank you!

Robert

Try looking this page:

http://www.corrado-club.com/aktiv/Upgrades.cfm

T.-

"Robert K" > escribió en el mensaje
om...
> Hi,
>
> I drive a 91' Passat Stationwagon. My previous CD Player (Kenwood) was
> installed by a technician. However, the CD-player was stolen and now I
> am replacing it with another one (Sony CDX-F7705X). I thought that
> this time I would be able to do it myself, but it seems that what
> looked initially like no-brainer is something beyond my abilities...
>
> My Passat is equipped with 6 original speakers and they are Activ
> Speakers.
> I have a car manual with all the electrical wiring diagrams, but still
> I have problems to connect my CD deck to the speakers. I successfully
> wired the CD deck to turn it on, illuminate, play CDs, but there is no
> sound coming out as I still struggle with the speakers. I would like
> to avoid rewiring my car and changing the speakers.
>
> If some good soul could give me a helping hand on wiring the speakers,
> I would be very grateful (and my 3-month baby would enjoy riding the
> car even more while playing Baby Einstein Vivaldi ;-) OK, back to the
> wires...
>
> My CD deck has the standard wires coming out:
> -BLACK (to the metal surface of the car) - connected
> -BLUE ("ANT REM", to the power antenna control lead or power supply
> lead of antenna booster amplifier) - not connected
> -LIGHT BLUE ("ATT", to the interface cable of a car telephone) - not
> connected
> -ORANGE/WHITE STRIPED (illumination) - connected
> -RED (to +12V power terminal which is energized in the accessory
> position of the ignition key switch) - connected
> -YELLOW (to +12V power terminal which is energized at all times) -
> connected
> -BLUE/WHITE STRIPED ("AMP REM, to the Amp Remote In of an optional
> power amplifier) - not connected
>
> WHITE (left+ ) - not connected
> WHITE/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected
>
> GRAY (right+ ) - not connected
> GRAY/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected
>
> GREEN (left+ ) - not connected
> GREEN/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected
>
> PURPLE (right+ ) - not connected
> PURPLE/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected
>
> My Passat has the following free wires sticking out:
> BLUE/BROWN - not connected
> GREEN - not connected
> BLUE - not connected
> BLUE/RED - not connected
> RED/BLACK - not connected
> WHITE/BLUE - already connected to the harness by the previous
> technician
> BROWN - (looks to me like ground) - already connected to the harness
> by the previous technician
>
> The manual I use is: VW Passat 1900-1993 by Robert Bentley Publishers
> (1996),
> the wiring diagram I am referring to is on pages 91-10-6 & 91-10-7
> (1991-1992 Stereo radio w/six amplified speakers)
>
> Can someone please hint which cables in my Passat I should connect the
> speaker wires to in order to get the speakers finally working? I will
> be monitoring this group for any replies and helpful tips. Thank you!
>
> Robert

This is the right URL:

http://www.corrado-club.com/aktiv/

"Gustavo Arriagada" > escribió en el
mensaje ...
> Try looking this page:
>
> http://www.corrado-club.com/aktiv/Upgrades.cfm
>
> T.-
>
> "Robert K" > escribió en el mensaje
> om...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I drive a 91' Passat Stationwagon. My previous CD Player (Kenwood) was
>> installed by a technician. However, the CD-player was stolen and now I
>> am replacing it with another one (Sony CDX-F7705X). I thought that
>> this time I would be able to do it myself, but it seems that what
>> looked initially like no-brainer is something beyond my abilities...
>>
>> My Passat is equipped with 6 original speakers and they are Activ
>> Speakers.
>> I have a car manual with all the electrical wiring diagrams, but still
>> I have problems to connect my CD deck to the speakers. I successfully
>> wired the CD deck to turn it on, illuminate, play CDs, but there is no
>> sound coming out as I still struggle with the speakers. I would like
>> to avoid rewiring my car and changing the speakers.
>>
>> If some good soul could give me a helping hand on wiring the speakers,
>> I would be very grateful (and my 3-month baby would enjoy riding the
>> car even more while playing Baby Einstein Vivaldi ;-) OK, back to the
>> wires...
>>
>> My CD deck has the standard wires coming out:
>> -BLACK (to the metal surface of the car) - connected
>> -BLUE ("ANT REM", to the power antenna control lead or power supply
>> lead of antenna booster amplifier) - not connected
>> -LIGHT BLUE ("ATT", to the interface cable of a car telephone) - not
>> connected
>> -ORANGE/WHITE STRIPED (illumination) - connected
>> -RED (to +12V power terminal which is energized in the accessory
>> position of the ignition key switch) - connected
>> -YELLOW (to +12V power terminal which is energized at all times) -
>> connected
>> -BLUE/WHITE STRIPED ("AMP REM, to the Amp Remote In of an optional
>> power amplifier) - not connected
>>
>> WHITE (left+ ) - not connected
>> WHITE/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected
>>
>> GRAY (right+ ) - not connected
>> GRAY/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected
>>
>> GREEN (left+ ) - not connected
>> GREEN/BLACK STRIPED (left- ) - not connected
>>
>> PURPLE (right+ ) - not connected
>> PURPLE/BLACK STRIPED (right-) - not connected
>>
>> My Passat has the following free wires sticking out:
>> BLUE/BROWN - not connected
>> GREEN - not connected
>> BLUE - not connected
>> BLUE/RED - not connected
>> RED/BLACK - not connected
>> WHITE/BLUE - already connected to the harness by the previous
>> technician
>> BROWN - (looks to me like ground) - already connected to the harness
>> by the previous technician
>>
>> The manual I use is: VW Passat 1900-1993 by Robert Bentley Publishers
>> (1996),
>> the wiring diagram I am referring to is on pages 91-10-6 & 91-10-7
>> (1991-1992 Stereo radio w/six amplified speakers)
>>
>> Can someone please hint which cables in my Passat I should connect the
>> speaker wires to in order to get the speakers finally working? I will
>> be monitoring this group for any replies and helpful tips. Thank you!
>>
>> Robert
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