I know it should be in the audio section...but I need a quick answer on what the black two-prong connector is in the back of the stock head unit?
my new head unit doesn't work and I was wondering if it has to do with that two-prong connector that is black. when i put on the two white connectors it didn't fire up, when I tried the two prong it did, and just bought a harness for the alpine hu and it doesnt come with a way to attach the black two-prong connector, do i need a special part or what?
thanks guys.

 

Its just the antenna wire. No worries. I am rather experienced with our BOSE hu's, so let me know if you have any other probs.

 

you need a double diversity antenna apapter. the 2 prongs are for you antennas, you have one in the rear windsheild and the antenna itself. get the adapter and your headunit will work, if not check the inline fuse for the headunit.

 

 

Dont forget the power antenna wire. The adapter is nice and all...but, antenna still doesnt do much good without it going up, if you plan on using the radio. Forgot the color

 

its the black with red tracer.

 

i got that bish up an' runnin!
now for a space-filler...

 

you can get one from crutchfield or a local shop should have one too. i think mine was like 20 bucks

 

allrightythen!
also, anyone know how to fix the 'burp' when powering off?

 

better ground

 

thanx Irishmax!

 

no problem, are you hooking up a system or just replacing factory headunit? did you have bose?

 

ya put in an alpine hu.
stock bose speakers, 2 treo ssi in a built dual 12" ported box that i made.
saw your box on cardomain, looks cool.

 

heres a tip:to get better tuner reception when using an aftermarket antenna adapter wrap a few strands of wire w/out insulation around the two prongs on the original antenna plug and then plug into the adapter. You only need about 6in. of wire. Also the factory head unit doesnt have a true ground it uses the antenna for a ground. So when installing an aftermarket HU make your own ground. I used one of the 10mm bolts on the tranny hump.

 

you can also take the HU's ground wire and attach to the hole in the back ground plan of the HU itself, this will put it on common ground as the antenna. Grounding to the chassis didn't work for me.