INSTALLATION/CONNECTION
Wiring connection
(for KD-R985BTS/KD-R885BTS/KD-RD98BTS)
IMPORTANT
We recommend installing the unit with a
commercially available custom wiring harness
specific for your car and leave this job to
professionals for your safety. Consult your car
audio dealer.
Vehicle
dashboard
Factory wiring
harness (vehicle)
Custom wiring harness
Blue:
(separately purchased)
To power antenna
Blue/white:
To amplifier
Brown (not used)
Recommended connection
Output
terminals
MIC (Microphone input
( 34)
terminal) ( 14)
Antenna terminal
Light blue/yellow
To the steering wheel
remote control adapter
Join the same color wires together.
Blue/white: Remote (12 V
Orange/white: Illumination
Yellow: Battery 12 V
Red: Ignition 12 V
Black: Ground
Gray: Front speaker/3-way crossover: Mid range speaker (right)
Gray/black
White: Front speaker/3-way crossover: Mid range speaker (left)
White/black
Purple: Rear speaker/3-way crossover: Tweeter (right)
Purple/black
2
Green: Rear speaker *
/3-way crossover: Tweeter (left)
Green/black *
2
Signal cord (not supplied)
Fuse (10 A)
350 mA)
Separate red wire
Make this connection if your vehicle factory wiring
harness does not have "12 V ignition switch" wire.
*
1
Firmly connect the ground wire of the amplifier to the
car's chassis to avoid damaging the unit.
*
2
You can also connect a subwoofer speaker directly using
this lead without an external subwoofer amplifier. For
setting,
JVC Amplifier *
KD-R985BTS: USB cable (DC 5 V
1.5 A) (approx. 1.2 m/4 feet)
Expansion port (12 V
500 mA)
To the optional SiriusXM Vehicle Tuner
(commercially available) ( 11)
Remote wire (not supplied)
Ignition switch
Car fuse block
24.
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