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Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:10 pm
by KC2MDP
I recently purchaced a spectra radio with the remote A7 control head. The orange wire I'm told is +12v. the speaker wires are obvious. What is the green wire for?
Thanks Steve KC2MDP

Re: Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:09 am
by techtonics
green wire goes to ignition sense. so the radio follows the ignition turnon

Re: Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:35 am
by fire_master_21
look here as there is a lot of good info for the spectra

http://batlabs.com/spectra.html

Re: Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:08 pm
by KC2MDP
Thank you for the info, now for the fun part. Getting the radio mounted into the truck.

Re: Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:23 pm
by diogini
I think you are mistaken. The orange wire is ran to accessory and the green wire is ran to +12VDC. I mean any configuration works but the configuration I mentioned allows the radio to retain the channel location before shutting down. Also the wiring has to do with being able to key the radio only when the car is on. Like I said though either way works.

Re: Spectra A7 control head wiring

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:30 am
by techtonics
yea you are right my mistake, have not installed a remote mount in a while, customer bought 30 dash mounts this year :)