Mach 460 audio wiring

So anybody know which wire is a constant 12v? Apparently i need that to power the speakers (or amps). Thx.

-Mike

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Do you have an amp meter?

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I have a multimeter... somewhere. ;/

-Mike

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You also need to wire the remote turn on lead or the amps will be powered up all the time.

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Damn... hook it up to what? lol. I'm such a dumbass. Btw.. nobody is allowed to quote this or bring what I just said back up in any future posts :P.

-Mike

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Too late, I have it all printed out and locked safely in the deposit box at the bank.

I am having trouble with my Tech CD, keep getting error messages, weird.

Have you looked in your Haynes? Page 12-36. it says from the fuse panel Hot IN or ACC RUN - yel/blk Hot at ALL times - lt grn/yel

You prolly know those already. Ihave emailed you some screen clips from my CD, loaded it onto the laptop. Hope they help!

Kate

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That all depends on what's available on the amps. I've never seen a Mach460 system, but on aftermarket amps there are two "power" terminals: one for 12v constant, the other for remote turn on. The remote turn on lead turns the amp on and off; the 12v power lead supplies the power when it's on.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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Mike! Did you get those images I emailed this morning?

Kate

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Yeah, but I've been unbelievably busy lately. I'll try to look at them today. Thanks, Kate ;).

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Full Boar turbo mufflers Hi-speed fan switch

255/60R-15 rear tires Subframe connectors

Just so long as you got them, I hope there is somethign in there that you can use. Hey, if you will email me your mailing address, I will copy this cd and send it to you :) It has a lot of good stuff on it, even if the software and menues are junk. No wonder techs have such a hard time.

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1998 Workshop Information Car

on the bottom part of the CD. Ford logo on top...

Does it look similar to this? I can scan the CD if you need me to.

-Mike

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Nope, mine says "Ford Motor Company

1998 CAR - Service Information © 1998 Ford Customer Service Division - Ford Motor Company"

Well...... it's the service department's CD. Tells you what to look at, where to find it and the procedure on how to get it done. Those images I sent you were from this CD.

Has all the 1998 Ford autos on it. I have one here somewhere for Ford trucks too. Cannot remember the year though.

Kate

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Mike...

I'll try to make this as easy as I can. I'm usually not too clear with explaining things like this.

On the connector that you got from Scosche or whomever.... what all came with it, and did you specify Mach 460?

Do you have the speaker leads of the head unit hooked to something, or the RCA cables?

Here's how I did my system - no speaker outputs on this h/u:

Purchased the Mach 460 wiring kit from local audio store. On the power connector, there is switched power (red), constant power (yellow), ground (black), two orange wires (one with stripe, one without), two blue wires (one with stripe, one without).

The orange wires are for the dash illuination and are optional. The blue wires.. one turns the Mach amps on, one turns the CD player on.

Hook up the blue wire output of your aftermarket H/U to the one that turns the amps on. May take trial and error.

The Mach wiring kit also has the 8-pin connector to plug into the stock harness that plugged into the H/U. There should be two square connectors with a round cable - one is a 6-pin (CD-to-H/U) and the other 8-pin (H/U to amplifiers). Plug the RCA output of your aftermarket H/U (front and back - if you don't have them, you'll need a splitter if you only have one pair, or a line-level converter if you only have speaker outs).

Provided you made all of your connections properly, this should work. If you don't have the square connectors though, you may be looking for a different avenue. My system was plug-and-play after I mated the H/U's wiring pigtail with the kit pigtail.

Hooking things up this way gets you no better sound quality, but you get the functionality of your new system. If you want more power, you'll have to rewire the entire system.

JS

Hey Mike,

I bought an adapter/electrical connector at the electronics store that hooks into the stock harness. The wires on the adapter were labelled, and it wasn't hard figuring out what was what through a little experimentattion.

John

I recently went through the process of installing a Rockford Fosgate RAVDVD1 head unit in my 96 GT with the mach460 sound system. It was fairly easy to integrate that unit into the system using the factory amplifiers because of its 5 volt preouts. It was a little tricky on the amp turn on though. You can check out the install here:

. I hope it helpssomebody/anybody with a similiar install.

I recently went through the process of installing a Rockford Fosgate RAVDVD1 head unit in a 96 GT with the mach460 sound system. It was fairly easy to integrate that unit into the system using the factory amplifiers because of its 5 volt preouts. You can check out the install here:

. I hope it helps you withyour install.