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Wiring a new radio into a T4

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  • Wiring a new radio into a T4

    The original radio/cassette player in my 1996 T4 has finally died and I’m having difficulty matching up the power wires with the replacement that I bought (Boss 455BRGB).

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    The problem is that the old harness doesn’t have an accessory/ignition wire but instead has the constant/battery wire doubled back into a second slot. Also, there is a grey wire that when traced back goes to an empty slot?

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    Using a test lamp, the red/brown wire (1st photo) is the accessory/ignition power.

    Is it ok to simply cut and join this red/brown wire to the radio’s red wire, cut the pink wire and join to the radio’s yellow wire and cut and join the black ground to the radio’s black wire?

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    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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