This applies to cars from around 86/87, which originally came with three separate connections for the Philips radio cassette players:
· A long connector with a purple, a green and a black wire in it. This is for power.
· Two pairs of DIN speaker plugs, one black, one white. These are for the front and rear speakers respectively.
If the connectors are still in place but you want to use a modern ICE unit with ISO sockets, rather than chop off the connectors it is much safer and tidier to use a commercially-available converter, such as this.
However if a PO has already lopped off the original connectors, this tutorial explains how to ‘map’ the Austin Rover audio loom to a modern ISO loom.
Power:
Permanent Live: Car – Purple. ISO – Yellow
Switched Live: Car – Green. ISO – Red
Ground: Car – Black. ISO – Black
Speakers:
NB: The speaker wires are grouped in coloured pairs. On the car’s loom, one wire in each pair has a pink/peach tracer and the other wire has a black tracer. On the ISO plug’s loom, one wire has a black tracer and the other wire has no tracer. When connecting the car’s wires up to the ISO loom, match the wires with the black tracer together to keep the speakers in phase with each other.
Front Left: Car – Yellow. ISO – White
Front Right: Car – Orange. ISO – Grey
Rear Left: Car – Blue. ISO – Green
Rear Right: Car – Grey. ISO – Purple
· A long connector with a purple, a green and a black wire in it. This is for power.
· Two pairs of DIN speaker plugs, one black, one white. These are for the front and rear speakers respectively.
If the connectors are still in place but you want to use a modern ICE unit with ISO sockets, rather than chop off the connectors it is much safer and tidier to use a commercially-available converter, such as this.
However if a PO has already lopped off the original connectors, this tutorial explains how to ‘map’ the Austin Rover audio loom to a modern ISO loom.
Power:
Permanent Live: Car – Purple. ISO – Yellow
Switched Live: Car – Green. ISO – Red
Ground: Car – Black. ISO – Black
Speakers:
NB: The speaker wires are grouped in coloured pairs. On the car’s loom, one wire in each pair has a pink/peach tracer and the other wire has a black tracer. On the ISO plug’s loom, one wire has a black tracer and the other wire has no tracer. When connecting the car’s wires up to the ISO loom, match the wires with the black tracer together to keep the speakers in phase with each other.
Front Left: Car – Yellow. ISO – White
Front Right: Car – Orange. ISO – Grey
Rear Left: Car – Blue. ISO – Green
Rear Right: Car – Grey. ISO – Purple
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