14 replies to this topic

[minilee94]

hi i have got a 1991 mini city e auto and it has not got a radio in it how hard is it to wire a radio up and could u also tell me what parts-cable,connectors etc etc i shall need to do it .thanks

lee

[Bannon]

Has your mini had a radio installed at any point? my 1990 cooper had the wires all there and Rich. on here has just finished wiring it all up.

From what i have picked up reading posts on here you need a live wire to your ignition and an earth wire to a solid earthing point, run some wires to some speakers and bob's your uncle

[charie t]

hi i have got a 1991 mini city e auto and it has not got a radio in it how hard is it to wire a radio up and could u also tell me what parts-cable,connectors etc etc i shall need to do it .thanks

lee

How hard it is, varies on howtechnically minded you are

[irish.yobbo]

Mounting the radio/CD player and speakers is the hardest thing (and as you can guess, that's not too hard).

To power the unit, there will be three wires, one which goes to a constant 12V (plug that onto the starter solenoid or similar) and another plug that goes to the accessories (On the Oz cars, there is a large white wire under the steering column. I just attached the CD player wire to insulator along with the other accessories. Every car should have something like this). The constant 12V is just to power the clock and keep settings, the accessories wire usually powers the unit when driving. The third wire is a ground.

The speakers are just two wires per speaker, that plug into the back of the Cd player/radio head unit (assuming you're not using an external amplifier). When you get the unit, just look at the back to see what goes where. When you buy speakers, they usually come with the wiring required, but the connector depends on the connector on the head unit.

If you check the instructions on your head unit, it should say if you need a fuse. Most have inbuilt fuses, but it would be best to put a fuse in line with the wire that attaches to the 12V, otherwise a short can start a fire. The accessories circuit is already fused.

So in all, you'll need a wire to the 12V (this is usually a red wire), a wire to the accessories (mine is yellow), a grounding wire (this is usually black) and a fuse for the 12V wire. That will get your head unit up and running. Then just two wires for each speaker.

Edited by irish.yobbo, 02 March 2011 - 01:49 AM.

[minilee94]

i dont think its had a radio before

[minilee94]

i would know how to do the head unit ,speaker and sub but i dont know how to start off because its never had a radio well at least i dnt think it has

[megamini_jb]

have you installed a cd player yet?

i want to get one in my mini... but dont know where to start and dont have a clue if it has had one before, but when i first got my mini it had a speaker board so im guessing it has had one at some point. the only cable i have is the aerial cable... i think

[minilee94]

hi mate and naope i havnt fitted one yet i havnt had chance lol iv got speakers sub and radio but no wireing yet lol so i dont have a clue either good luck

[MiNi_BoRe]

just stumbled across this thread, my mini has no radio/wires for a radio either and i was going to fit a radio, sub, amp, and 6x9's today but didnt have the time, hopefully ill have time tomorrow in which case ill take some pics and show you what i done.....

[Duncy H]

I'm in a similar boat at the moment, I don't think my mini has ever had any sort of audio system in it. I'm going for something as cheap as possible without being nasty, I think I'll be ok with connecting the speakers etc but I think I will struggle with connecting the head unit, I don't know my way particularly well yet around the bits mentioned before so if anyone else could shead some more light on it that would be great

[jamiestevenbell]

when you get your head unit you will have a wiring diagram stating what colour wire is what e.g yellow is the ignition, i connected the yellow to the top connection on the fuse box and the red (permenant live) to the starter solenoid then the positive and negative to each speaker i think the rears are green (positive) green and black (negative), purple (positive) purple and black (negative) but i cant remember which colour is left and right, but in all fairness its very easy just follow the guide

[Duncy H]

when you get your head unit you will have a wiring diagram stating what colour wire is what e.g yellow is the ignition, i connected the yellow to the top connection on the fuse box and the red (permenant live) to the starter solenoid then the positive and negative to each speaker i think the rears are green (positive) green and black (negative), purple (positive) purple and black (negative) but i cant remember which colour is left and right, but in all fairness its very easy just follow the guide

Problem is I got given my headunit kindly by someone but it doesn't have any sort of wiring diagram with it

[the_r_sole]

when you get your head unit you will have a wiring diagram stating what colour wire is what e.g yellow is the ignition, i connected the yellow to the top connection on the fuse box and the red (permenant live) to the starter solenoid then the positive and negative to each speaker i think the rears are green (positive) green and black (negative), purple (positive) purple and black (negative) but i cant remember which colour is left and right, but in all fairness its very easy just follow the guide

Problem is I got given my headunit kindly by someone but it doesn't have any sort of wiring diagram with it

search for a copy of the manual online!!

[jamiestevenbell]

just follow my instructions im sure there correct and just a note purple is the rear left and green is the rear right

[Ruckus]

minilee94

If your coming to L2B, me and the guys running the Sound off will at crystal palace all day next Saturday.
If you come and find me/us we be more than happy to help you out with this.