[W126 Coupe] Becker factory amps and Blau*** receiver issues

[mavris2 at comcast.net]

Dick,

I had posted a message about your problem.  I got to thinking that you may 
look at crutchfield.com   They have really good wiring harness for cars.  I 
have an 87 420sel and it took all of 10 mins to hook up using there harness 
kit.  On my 88 560 it was a bit more complicated as the 560 has a goofy 
wiring set up where as the 87 420 was power, antenna hook up, two speaker 
connections and hooking the common ground wire.  You might look over there 
at there website and check the picture of the harness kit.  This may 
simplify you problem.

Jason
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Spellman" <spell.yy at verizon.net>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Becker factory amps and Blau*** receiver issues


>A thank you to those of you who posted a comment or suggestion.  I will be
> removing the receiver this next weekend to see just how it was wired up. 
> I
> found a post from an installers website that suggests that the receiver
> fader must be neutral if the factory fader is left engaged and that only 
> the
> factory fader should be used if this is the case.  This is how I now have 
> it
> set-up after some trail and error Sunday and the quality is much improved.
> But, I feel that further exploration into how the harness was adapted 
> makes
> good sense where your comments about the shared ground as well as the
> factory fader and the continued use of the factory amplifier (s???) may
> compel me to go ahead and take the time to re-wire with 18/4 and 18/2
> homeruns to see if this improves the sound.  So, I am just going to lay 
> the
> new wire out there across the interior and swap out the factory 
> connections
> to see if an improvement is noted.
>
> Thanks again for the input in helping me improve the output!
>
> Dick
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