No identification of wiring color code

first you must get the color code of your radio,second you must figure out the audio color,receive color, transmit,switch color. it should be easy the internet is your friend use it!

The trick is find the adapter which plugs into the original radio's harness. In the automotive world, these adapters are vehicle specific and readily available. The adapter plugs into the original radio's harness and the wires on the adapter are the same colors as the wire colors on the new after market radio's plug. So it's a matter of connecting yellow to yellow ,etc.
I was unable to locate adapters for boat radios, or radio pin outs . I would think they are available as the automotive adapters are.
I suggest you go to a local marine supply store and ask if they carry radio adapters for after market radios. You can also try doing a web search. It may work if you can come up with the name and model number of the original radio in the boat, and try a search using that info....

just get the harness kit from a sound shop/bestbuy/walmart. it plugs into your car harness and has wire colors that match all the wires on the radio. it makes it fool proof and a breeze.

email me at [email protected]. I have diagrams I just can't send them through here. Which radio did you have?

Hello zachary_reed,

What you need is an aftermarket wiring harness. These are made by Metra, Scosche, and others and are made to plug directly into the OEM radio harness. It appears that the one you want is the Scosche FB02B available from SonicElectronix. You simply connect the wires from your new receiver to the harness wires and then plug it into the factory radio plug. Another online retailer that sells aftermarket harnesses is www.crutchfield.com. Your local car audio shop or perhaps Best Buy may also have the wiring harness.

Be sure to match up the wires from your new radio harness to the aftermarket harness by FUNCTION, not by color. For example, most newer receivers will use Yellow as the 12V constant (hot) wire. The wiring color code for your F150 is shown here. Make sure that the pin on the aftermarket harness is connecting the yellow from your new receiver to the green/yellow of the OEM plug and so on.

Hope this helps.

Haynes manuals have all kinds of diagrams, but wire colors stated can NOT be trusted. they get close, but a voltage tester becomes your best friend. Do the dummy check and if you are removing a radio or something like that, check the top of the stock radio for pin identification, then just match up the wiring harness.

no wiring diagram needed go cut a plug from a junk yard and wire it into the cut wires then buy the adapter kit for you car and wire that to the car plug and the radio plug.

Good Day,

Good Day,

Red is ignition
Yellow is constant hot (you can wire red and yellow together if you don't have a constant however the radio will loose settings each time the boat is turned off)
Black is ground
Gray wires are front right
White wires are front left
Green wires are rear right
Purple wires are rear left
Blue is power Ant
Orange is ilumm

Hope this helps

there is a code for color!? ok, wait im searching...
found it! here you go, hope it helps...

Wiring color codes are the identification colors that color the wires in your automobile. For example, if you have a British car the blue, blue and white , and blue and red wires are for the headlights. The red and white wires are for the instrument lights, and the green and white and green and red wires are for the turn lights. The color code simply identifies what that wire does. Could you imagine if all of the wires were the same color. You couldn't identify anything in a harness.

Best thing to do is purchase a Radio Wiring Harness. These can be purchased at a Store like Circuit City, Best Buy, WalMart (not sure of your location) or a 12 Volt Specialty shop.

This harness will connect to your new radio harness and plug directly into the vehicle harness without having to cut wires. The Radio Wiring Harness will come with color identification to match to your radio harness.

FYI http://www.installdr.com/QuickWiring.html