I picked up my truck a few days ago with no head unit. I installed a nice new pioneer DEH6500 BT headunit today. so excited! could not get sound out of any speakers- bummed. then realized the factory amp was MIA- super bummed.. haha.

im contemplating a few options for getting some sound out of this rig. the simplest would be to just replace the factory amp with a used one. however.. before i go down that road, i need to know what this bundle of wires is behind the headunit.. the PO cut them for some reason, or maybe the stereo was stolen and these were cut? idk. the factory speaker, and power harness's and plugs are intact, and the adapters i received from crutchfield plugged in and powered up the new unit perfectly fine.


i'm not ascared of adding a 5 channel amp with new speaker wires and such. but i'd really rather not HAVE to do that. any help is appreciated. thank you!!

 

could it be from a factory CD changer? it almost looks like it matches (what i believe to be) the factory amplifier plug which is a 13 pin black plug under the passenger front seat. maybe i should just do a continuity test between the two cables. i'm afraid they're connected, then my easy amp solution won't be an option. haha

 

The RAVE is the shop manual, includes electrical diagrams, has a wiring color code (like wire "K" = pink). Free download below, also has connector pin outs and photos of locations.

 

Try this, also type in stereo replace or similar in the search bar

https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...upgrade-53496/

 

many thanks, Savannah, and Tom. i believe it's the cd changer DIN cable. i'm going to download the PDF to my phone so i can double check, but all other wires behind the headunit are accounted for- 2 black antenna cables. 3 radio harness connectors, and 1 CD changer DIN cable (which in my case is chopped. weird.)

 

BTW on antenna cables, if like my truck, one is FM, the other is AM/FM. My PO installed an after market unit and attached FM only. Had to drag it out to make changes.

 

top tip! thank you. one of my antenna wires is also snipped (what the hell happened in there?), i hope it wasn't the am/fm. tho, i rarely listen to AM.