Help please! Cd deck wiring and fuse box

[04F2504X4]

I am trying to wire my cd deck up. I cant figure out for some reason which wire is power and which one should go to my illumination wire ( yellow). Please help me out on which stock wires should be going to those.

Also my Haynes manual does not show which fuses are which. Shows a picture of my engine bay with a diagram that should be in my engine bay but no longer is not.



The car is a 1986 bmw 325.


Thanks for any replies!
Ben

[E30 Cabrio]

A search should bring up a wiring diagram as this is a commonly asked question.

[Disaster Inc]

Second time I posted this link tonight http://wedophones.com/BMWManualsLead.htm

[04F2504X4]

Second time I posted this link tonight http://wedophones.com/BMWManualsLead.htm

Thanks disaster. Sadly im horrible at the wiring diagrams and they dont make much sense to me. Looked through that a couple times.

Could someone provide the color of the power and illumination wire??? Thats what i need.

And the fuse box diagram.

[StereoInstaller1]

Thanks disaster. Sadly im horrible at the wiring diagrams and they dont make much sense to me. Looked through that a couple times.

Could someone provide the color of the power and illumination wire??? Thats what i need.

And the fuse box diagram.

If you download that wiring diagram book, look under "power distribution box" and scroll down a page or three, there is a fuse list.

[04F2504X4]

If you download that wiring diagram book, look under "power distribution box" and scroll down a page or three, there is a fuse list.

Oh!. Sorry for my laziness thanks stereoinstaller.

And if it helps anyone i found out that the power wire is green/red. I ended up wiring power and illumination(yellow/battery) to that same wire cause i never figured out which one the (yellow/battery) should be to.

[StereoInstaller1]

Yellow on your deck is NOT illumination.

Yellow is constant power, to retain memory.

[04F2504X4]

Yellow on your deck is NOT illumination.

Yellow is constant power, to retain memory.

Oh..... well i never found a constant power!

[StereoInstaller1]

Red/Green turns yellow at the deck: goes to yellow on your aftermarket deck.

If you are retaining memory, you must have found it.

Luke

[04F2504X4]

Red/Green turns yellow at the deck: goes to yellow on your aftermarket deck.

If you are retaining memory, you must have found it.

Luke

Oh wow then i must of put both power and memory on the same one. Do you know which one is not constant power but works only when ignition is turned???

[StereoInstaller1]

ACC (Red on your deck) goes to VI/GY

[AndrewBird]

I highly suggest you buy a test light. You can get them for like $3 and the answer to your question could have been found in minutes.

[StereoInstaller1]

I highly suggest you buy a test light. You can get them for like $3 and the answer to your question could have been found in minutes.

Young Jedi, you learn well!

[AndrewBird]

I've been using a test light since about age 4.