How To: Install Aftermarket Radio | 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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How to install an aftermarket radio into a vehicle, demonstrated on a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. I hope you guys enjoy!
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Bad video ! Does not address the common issue of " No Sound" because of seemingly secret unused wire issues.
You know... I'm sorry you feel that way. But honestly I am totally not aware of the "no sound" issues everyone else seems to find lol. Until I got rid of the Jeep last year, everything worked just fine with no issues at all. I just matched up every wire on the harness to my radio install kit harness, the only difference being the one black wire I had left on the radio side, I spliced that one into the black ground wire that was inside the radio well. 5:19 in the video I explained that.
Of course, many people may have the fancy Infinity system in their car, which is completely different because the door speakers are meant to give only bass frequency, where the tweeters in the dash and door actually give the mids and highs. When you put an aftermarket system into the car, it's going to try to use those door speakers like normal, but they wont work because the wiring system is different. I mentioned in the beginning of the video that mine did NOT have the Infinity system.
Not arguing at all. I'm glad you spoke your mind and I will never complain about that. But I'm just explaining my side of things, as I have gotten a lot of requests asking about certain wires and the black wire and no sound stuff, so here's my reply to you and everyone else that stumbles across this video
2:12 - Aftermarket Radio Harness Installer for this Jeep (non-Infinity system, Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo)
6:04 - Aftermarket Radio Dash Installation Kit (again, non-Infinity system, Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo)
No sound issue in my case was getting power to the factory amp. Your radio can turn on, scan stations, adjust volume, connect to blue tooth etc. all that but with no sound. If you have the radio itself working but no sound you need to figure out why your factory amp doesn’t have power or if it itself is still good. For me it was my blue and white wire and a ground to the chassis. I have a loreado 2001.
Where does that yellow wire with the blue stripe that has the clip on it attach?
Thx so much man. This helped out a lot and everything was explained nice and simple👏👏👏
This is great! I followed the video and installed my first car radio. It works great!
This helped out a lot very helpful vid if anyone sees this and isn't subscribed to him you should be. Keep up the good work mate!
This is the best explained video on this subject so far and was very helpful in explaining why my radio wasn't working turned out I needed to strip the black wire and connect them as the previous owner had messed up the black wire by connecting something else to it
Great. Video helped me install in my 2000 Grand Cherokee. Thanks.....
You are very welcome Frank! Thank you for watching the video and for the great comment!
what did you do with the black/yellow wire with the clip on it?
What the yellow/blue wire go to behind the oem radio? It has its own connector
Hey man, did you use an antenna adapter or did the stock antenna wire plus right in?
So I watched your installation. I never seen the yellow wire with the black stripe on it. That look like it was in some kind of little white block or harness of itself. What did you do with that or what even is it
Thanks for the help! Really enjoyed your commentary during this guide too :)
Sean Lacey Thank you very much for the kind words! I'm very glad that my video helped you! Thank you also for watching :D More auto videos coming in 2018 :)
Dale i installed and actually ended up having zero audio come through the speakers. Gonna check the voltages tommorrow, but any ideas of what to look for? 2004 jeep grand cheroke limited. Can tell the wiring is good, based on dimmer funtionality, radio lighting up, etc. Interested in any suggestions
Sean Lacey Very interesting to hear and I'm sorry you ran into issues. Is your system any chance an Infinity system? The way the speakers work in that system is different from the Chrysler OEM one. The door speakers on the Infinity only pick up bass frequency versus normal stuff on the OEM one. The mid or high sounds come from the tweeters.
I would check voltages yes but as far as actual numbers I do not know. Since you are checking voltages, why not just double check the wiring. Heaven knows maybe one wire isn't right or something stupid happened. Keep it simple first!
Actually, from watching your video again, i see you have the blue wire hooked up. I skipped that thinking the little antenna flag on it was indicating it wasnt... needed or something. Do you have any details on what that connection is for? been trying to dig up some documentation on it
That fixed it! Haha. The blue wire im guessing powers the amp, thought it was something less important like the antenna or something.
Where did you connect the yellow purple and blue wire at because I can’t figure it out
Ive installed an after market stereo in my 02 jeep same dash hookups in the video except I'm running into issues. My new deck doesn't have the illumination wire to match my jeep and my only way to get my deck to work is connecting it to the red acc wire which causes it to only works if the headlights are turned on. Ive tried just leaving it unconnected but it doesn't function at all in that case. Anybody know how to fix or at least put me on the right path? I even made sure the ground was good and clean.
So I have no sound, and now windows wont go down. Its wired right the only wire idk what to do with is the pci bus wire.Please help!!!!!!
What about the pre amp under the back seat?
Someone please tell me what the yellow blue and purple wire is
2002 Grand Cherokee requires the "P Cont" on stereo wire (Blue Wht) to be connected to Blue wire on Jeep harness to provide power to it's amplifier I guess or no sound. Also, if you haver steering wheel controls, you need to by a separate universal adapter to tie those into the stereo unit.
Will this work in my 98 laredo
Hey Dale. Are you able to use the steering wheel controls? Or, is there a special connector needed. Thanks!
Hello Lee! Unfortunately you WILL need a special connector to be able to use the steering wheel controls. Forgive me I do not know the exact part number you need off the top of my head. But I use Crutchfield when I'm looking for any automotive radio stuff and I'm positive they will have it for you and your specific Jeep!
Hi what did you connect the clip that had yellow and purple coming from the car I believe is the pci bus connection.
Did you ever find out what that go to? Because now my window doesn’t work
Great video the part numbers were very helpful
Ryan Scott Sorry for the late reply! I thank you for the kind comment! I figured I would put the part numbers in this way you know EXACTLY what you would need for the same vehicle. I know there's many different radio options and many different install kit options so putting the part numbers in only helps. Thanks for watching!
Nice
did you put that body ground in or is their a spot for it to go (( factory)) did you tap and screw a spot or????
Tony Austin There is a factory body ground wire. All I did was connect the remaining black wire on the radio kit to the body ground wire the same way I did all the other wires. Thank you for watching the video!
Hey I'm doing mine soon and two questions
1.Did you still have functional steering wheel controls?
2.And I saw when you pulled yours out it had multiple connectors in the back of the stock unit. Maybe I missed it but what did you do with those. Mine is a 03 limited Laredo, I can't find specific videos for that head unit that actually
answer my questions.
Thanks!
There's a separate connector for the steering wheel controls
Does your vehicle have steering wheel controls and is it the 2000 Laredo? Or do you know if the 00 Laredo has this
Hey Gabe! My particular Grand Cherokee (2000 Laredo you are correct) does NOT have steering wheel controls for the radio. But from my understanding, some Laredo models actually do, it was an option. However Im not 100% sure if steering wheel controls only came with the upgraded Infinity system or not. That is a good question that I'll have to do some research on. BUt I think you for the question and comment!
I have the infinity system and after hooking up the harness the rear speakers wouldn't work, I tied them in with the front speaker wires at the harness and they work but don't sound good. What am I doing wrong?
Hey Steven, so after doing some research I found that the Jeeps with the Infinity system, the door speakers only receive bass frequencies. The dash speakers handle all the mids and highs so thats why your speakers up front dont sound good and why they wont work at all in the rear.
Per the following on Crutchfield which is where I found this. Its helpful to you, but at the same time it's not what you'll want to hear...
"In Grand Cherokees equipped with the Infinity system, these door
speakers only receive bass frequencies. All of the mid and high
frequencies go to the dash speakers. You can still install regular
coaxial speakers, but they'll only play bass. Your best bet is to buy a
set of component speakers to replace the stock speakers in the front
doors and dash. The only workaround is to install a new receiver and run
new speaker wires from the receiver to the door speaker locations."
Nice! Seems easy! :D
It's a little cantankerous if you are not familiar with the proceedure. If you are going into it blind, you will definitely be a little nervous with all the wires. But as I said every wire is color-coded with the install kits so you literally cannot mess them up lol. A good little project that brings new life to any car (especially my Jeep being a little older) that most people can easily do themselves! Thank you for the comment! :D
Eh I'm willing to do stuff like this. It looks like fun. I shall practice too
Doing this kind of stuff to your own car is very fun. Little projects like this are often times the best things you can do to your car. Small, simple, relatively easy :]
Just use solder crimps, like regular crimps but have solder inside and heat shrink, use a lighter (preferably a heat gun tho) so that it solders the pieces together and heat shrinks it
You sir nailed it. Unfortunately my local hardware store did NOT have those soldier crimps in the correct size for me. I should have mentioned using those in the video. Again thank you for the comment and for the helpful tip as I completely did not mention those at all lol
Did you have the Infinity Gold system?
SoFlo Lifestyle I did not have the Infinity system on my Jeep. Only the stock Chrysler one
Do you have a list of all parts? Im looking to do this to my GC but i wanna do it right. stupid double DIN radios...
Henry, thank you for the comment! If you are wondering about parts, I highly recommend you go to crutchfield.com. Not being paid by them, it's my own personal recommendation. They have a great website that tells you exactly what kits and wiring harness will apply to your specific Grand Cherokee. If you buy a radio from them, they almost always will throw in all the install stuff you need as well (minus the actual tools)
I got everything I needed from Amazon. You can put in your car make and model and it will guarantee that its compatible.
Absolutely. I love Amazon because of this and also because they are cheaper (even with the shipping cost) than any dealership to buy parts from. Matter of fact these wiring kits I got for the Jeep to do my radio came from Amazon :]
i had mine hooked up without the black/yellow and had problems with ignition. need to figure out where that one goes
Very interesting. I do apologize for not replying sooner. From what I know for my personal situation, I did not encounter a black/yellow wire for my radio. Any chance that your Jeep is a Limited? Or at least one with the upgraded Infinity system with the amp? The only thing I could find on a black/yellow wire is for that particular radio and it apparently is the negative cable for the left side instrument panel speaker...
www.wjjeeps.com/radio_systemdiag4.jpg
I thank you for the comments, and again my apologies for not having replied sooner.
Did you ever figure that problem out? It's the pci bus plug (the yellow one with the little white clip plug)
Oasis Sean what does that control?
What did you ground the ground wire to? Thanks!
Hello and sorry for the late reply! The black ground wire from the install kit I spliced it into the thick "body ground" black ground wire that was inside the dash (5:19 in the video). Thank you for the question and also for watching! :D
Ok thanks man!
Ben Cox You are most welcome! Happy New Year to you!
I have power hooking the radio to the battery under the hood. The factory radio was working fine this am. When I connect every colored wire matched up I have no power or sound. Is there anything you can think of? The black factory amp wire is not hooked up. I've installed about 40 radios in my life and never come across this problem. Help?
Wow that sounds pretty terrible d-town and I'm sorry to hear that. The power to the radio is directly fed from the battery? Is that was I read or did I see differently? Keep it simple first I would check to make sure the fuse at the back of the radio is not blown, also make sure all your fuses under the hood that are related to the radio are not blown either. Always keep it simple first, just make sure no fuses are blown. Also just double check your work with all the wiring, make sure you didnt accidentally cross one of the wires
Dale Reynolds thanks for the reply Dale but after some head scratching I figured out that there is not a ground in my wiring harness. It was a separate wire altogether. Once I got the ground hooked to it instead of the clip it worked fine. Guess I just never ran into that in any other radios I had done unfortunately.
@@d-townslasher7538was the black factory amp wire the one you grounded to or somewhere else?
Where is the factory ground wire spot located so I can attach the ground wire from the radio to?
Did you ever figure it out
Cause I have no idea and need help lmao
Can you let me get one of the car stereo
Will the Bluetooth wire always hang out like that?
Well now that I have since gotten rid of the Jeep and have taken the radio out of it, no. No it will not always be like that lol. I got rid of the Jeep this past June and never once fixed that damn cable. Procrastination at it's finest :]
Ok
I would hook the Bluetooth mic thru the dash to the top of the cabin near you
What is the yellow wire with blue stripe to?
Honestly Kay I do not know. For my particular Jeep, I did not need or have the connector for that wire. My assumption (and it's just an assumption, not 100% sure) that the wire you are referring to is for Limited vehicles only with the Infinity system and that wire powers either the subwoofer or the CD changer. Again I'm not 100% sure but my radio did not come with a connector for that wire and works just fine. I hope I was able to give you some help with my comment anyways! Thank you very much for watching and commenting! :D
Dale thanks for getting back and I have no clue either I wired it with my power wires and it made my Jeep start and shut off and it just had a dash line with it tells me how many miles until I'm out
kay perez Were you able to figure out where the yellow wire with the blue stripe connected?
I have no sound after aftermarket radio
I need the arness where buy it?
Hey there! You can buy the harness anywhere! Amazon, Walmart, Advance Auto, Crutchfield, etc. Its a pretty common part so it should be easy to find! Thanks for watching!
You should always do the harness and radio before you put the metra or scooch harness together
so where PCI bus go ?
what stereo is that?
The one I installed or the one I took out? The one that I put in was the Sony MEX-N5100BT. I do not have a bad thing to say about it, it has been an awesome radio. As for the factory one, it's a basic Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo WJ radio. I say Laredo because my understanding (I could be wrong here) is that the Limited ones are different as they came with an Infinity system and steering wheel controls which is a little different from mine. Thank you for watching!
thanks!
where do I put the blue and yellow cord?
why is the blue tooth cord hanging out
Tony Austin Because I did not know where I wanted to route the cord and microphone when I installed it lol. Its still like that as we speak... The smoke is coming out of my ears trying to think of where I want it lol
No solder? That won’t work long
It was my own car (unfortunately the Jeep is now in a scrapyard somewhere). Worked just fine for the 2 years I had it installed. BUT yes you are correct, the black and white correct way to do any wiring work like that is to solder them together.
That Dude Named Dale Damn what happened with your jeep lol
DO THIS AND INSTANTLY REDUCE THE VALUE BY$1,000.oo or more!
But what if the car is only worth 999 dollars before hand? :]
As I said in the video, if you are doing this to someone else's car this is NOT the way to do it and you should be soldering the wires. This was my car, and I'm the only one that had to live with it so I was perfectly okay with what I did here
It doesnt change the value using a install kit unless you are cutting the stock wiring
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