The correct way to 'jump' a vehicle is to connect the RED alligator clips of the jumper cables to the RED (+ positive) terminal on the batteries, and to connect the BLACK clips to a piece of metal, which should be a good engine bracket, or some other heavy piece of metal, that is connected to the engine, on both vehicles. Make sure that you have a good, tight connection, and be sure that the RED is not touching anything other than the battery terminal.
Hook up the Jumping vehicle first, Red, then hook the dead vehicle RED, then hook the jumping vehicle BLACK, then hook the dead vehicle BLACK. There will likely be a small spark when you make the last connection, so don't freak out if this happens. If there is a MAJOR spark, to the point that it seems to want to melt something down, then you have hooked it up backwards. After it is hooked up correctly, let the Jumping vehicle run for awhile, like ten minutes or so, so that it can charge up the dead battery in your car. Then, start your car, and unhook the jumper cables in the reverse order. After you have started your car, let it run awhile to fully charge your battery back up.
I am not sure by what you mean "I only have a red connection" Because the battery has two terminals, a red+ (positive) and a black-(negative).
When jump starting most of the newer vehicles, the proper way is to hook up the positive cable from the jumping cables to the positive side of the battery, [ good battery] and then hook up the negative cable to a good ground, normally sometimes on the top of the drivers side shock tower it has a notice explaining for the ground cable to be attatched to, then on the opposite vehicle, hook up the positive cable to the positive side of the battery, and the negative [ ground ] cable to a good ground.
Sounds like you are on the right track. Hook the jumper cables up to the dead car first. The red cable should go to the jumper terminal as you mentioned and a good place to hook up the black cable is the bolts on the strut tower.
then with the other car running hook up the red lead to the cars positive battery cable and then the negative to a good ground. Let the two cars sit for about 5 to ten minutes to give the dead battery a chance to charge.
Once the dead car is started let it idle with the lights turned off for at least 45 minute to an hour or drive it for the same amount of time with the light on (I assume you will be driving in the dark) or if its day time drive it for 30 to 40 minutes with the lights off. This should be enough time for the alternator to charge the dead battery.
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Car Radio Battery Constant 12v+ Wire: Orange
Car Radio Accessory Switched 12v+ Wire: Yellow
Car Radio Ground Wire: Black
Car Radio Illumination Wire: Brown/White
Car Stereo Dimmer Wire: Light Green/Red
Car Stereo Antenna Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amp Trigger Wire: N/A
Car Stereo Amplifier Location: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Size: N/A
Car Audio Front Speakers Location: N/A
Left Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Violet
Left Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Light Green
Right Front Speaker Positive Wire (+): Light Blue
Right Front Speaker Negative Wire (-): Brown
Car Audio Rear Speakers Size: N/A
Car Audio Rear Speakers Location: N/A
Left Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Dark Green
Left Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): Gray
Right Rear Speaker Positive Wire (+): Dark Blue
Right Rear Speaker Negative Wire (-): White
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