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If installing new stereo what do you hook up the positive and negative dash illumination wires too?
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∙ 17y ago
Usually the "illumination" wires are yellow in the car and the stereo, and the negative should go to ground. I think that's how I hooked mine up. I can check it and get back to you later.
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