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Convert a old computer into a stereo

Step 6Wire the stereo

Wire the stereo

On aftermarket car stereos they have standerdized the wiring colors.
 To wire the radio you will need to connect the yellow and red wire to 12 volt power.
The black wire to ground. The blue or blue with a white stripe to the power antenna signal wire and  you will need to wire the speakers as follows. The positive wire for the speakers are the solid colors and the corresponding ground has a black stripe on the same color wire.
I wired the solid purple and purple with a black stripe to one speaker and a solid green and green with a black stripe to the other speaker.
 The stereo unit I used does not produce sound out of two of the four channels so I only wired two speakers.
 Once you have all the components mounted and all the connections checked power on the unit and tune in a radio station.

WARNING: I turn the power off on the power supply when I am not using this unit so everytime I turn it on I have to program a radio station and the time on the radio.I was looking at other Instructables on the power supply unit and read that it always needs a load on it or it will break. So I do not recommend leaving the power supply on without a minimal amount of current being pulled out of the unit. the amount of he load will all depend on the power supply unit you are using. 
 Once you have the power supply unit working you will find other things to put on it. Like I bought a wire so I could listen to my ipod through the stereo and I also put a cigarette lighter outlet to charge my cell phone.Thanks for looking
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