I have a 12 volt dc adapter that plugs into the wall. can i use it to hook up to my car stereo?
I have been installing car audio for over 40 years.A small adapter like you use to charge a phone,Doe,s not have enough amps in it to run the deck (Properly) When you crank up the vollume, The deck will cut out, You Can buy a bigger 12 Volt power supply from radio shack or the source that will power it (Properly) It should be at least 3 amp output .
SOURCE: Ipod hook-up
those are rca outputs, if the radio is sat radio ready it should also work with pioneers ipod controller they are about 50 bucks it will charge your ipod as well as let you control it through the radio.
SOURCE: powering a pioneer head unit
You can not connect this to an A/C voltage. The radio will not work. In fact it will destroy many internal parts. It must have a D/C voltage supply of about 14.4 volts.That is what it was designed for.
But if you like smoke and fire, it could be fun to watch (just kidding).
Seriously now, what you need is a D/C power supply that is rated for about 10 amps.
The accessory and remote wire does not need to be connected to anything if you are using it in your home. But it does need to be insulated from contacting anything conductive.
The negative ground wire (black) need to be connected to the negative (black) terminal of a power supply. the yellow and red wires are for the positive (red) terminal of the power supply. Then you just need the speakers to be connected and the antenna plugged in. You can use an old car antenna that still has the cord and jack connected to it for the antenna. The speaker wires are color coded in pairs, white and grey are front and the green and violet are rear speakers. The wire with the black stripe is the negative speaker wire and the solid color is the positive.
I hope this was helpful to you, and if it was a good rating like"fixya" is a great way for you to say thanks for the free advice.
let me know if you need any more help,
Dave
SOURCE: I just bought an ipod adapter (ic piop) for my car
the radios power suply is a black and yellow wire, connect it to that
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