RE: [DML] VB Radio Harness.

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will have to disagree with you Marc.
I don't think you have ever seen one of my harness' in person have you?
I also don't think you understand the concept of what it is for, and how it 
is used.
I have been using one for years, and have sold almost 100 of these, all to 
happy
customers who are using them safely without one single complaint or instance
of failure! Why complicate things Marc?
It's just a wire harness and plug that matches the factory plug!

Using my harness adapter, you simply plug it in to the original wire plug 
that leads
to the factory radio. This 9-pin harness includes the constant power, 
accessory power,
the power ground, and the speaker connections.
When using the adapter, your only real benefits are tapping the power, and 
avoiding
cutting of the original wire harness.
When installing a new modern radio it would be best to run an additional 
ground
from the grounding point on the back of the radio to some other part of the 
console frame.
Unlike a regular steel car that just grounds everything to it's own frame or 
body....
Since the DeLorean doesn't have all these unlimited grounding points they 
have made one
in the metal frame of the console housing by directly running a grounding 
wire that runs
from the electrical compartment to a point on the console.
In different cars it is sometimes in different places, but usually in a big 
clump with a bunch
of other grounds from everything in the console, (clock, lights, switches, 
etc.)
You can add your extra ground here.

The car's harness, and my adapter with both handle the power of any
radio sold today. The original power wires still contain a fused link for 
protection.
However, you may not add other accesories to this power lead, such as an
equalizer, amplifier, CB radio, etc.... these need to have new power leads
run from the power compartment or the battery itself.

You will want to use all new speaker wires on your new radio.
I suggest buying two harness (or using any other standard 8-pin or larger 
harness)
for the speaker connections. (makes for easy removal).
You will wire the speaker connections directly from the radio to their 
locations.
The reason you can not simply use the original wire harness is because the 
old Craig
radios used a different type of grounding system.
Rather than have a positive and negative for each speaker, they use one 
negative that
was shared for each side (left & right) and a positive for each speaker.
This is why there is only 6 wire connections on the harness for the 4 
speakers.
The left over 3 wires are for your two power, and ground.

The point of the harness is to avoid cutting into your wire harness and 
preserving the
original integrity of the car. I have been using one of my harnesses on my 
Sony MP3
stereo for years. My Sony has a built in hard drive in it and uses more 
power than most
radios, I have NEVER had a problem with the harness.

If you are installing a system that requires more power than the gauge of 
wire the harness
can provide them PLEASE tap directly off of your battery, using a fused link 
or breaker,
and go directly to the radio and system.
DO NOT CUT YOUR WIRES.

My goal with my products to protect the cars in their original forms, yet 
allow modern
conveniences. My harness, my antenna, my LED lights, my decals, my BTTF 
props,
all of them are designed to be plug and play with NO MODIFICATIONS to the 
car what-so-ever.
I don not want future generations of cars to be all be destroyed so that the 
current generation
can enjoy some tunes.
For only a few bucks you can avoid cutting your original wire harness.

- Videobob


>From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] VB Radio Harness.
>Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 06:53:20 -0700 (PDT)
>
>If you are installing an after market "high power"
>stereo, run new wires.
>
>The older stereo's used a "common ground", where
>modern high power units use "floating ground".  If you
>wire a floating ground unit to a common ground
>configuration it WILL play  but you will blow up the
>radio in a short time.
>
>VB's harness will work in the rare circumstance that
>you are replacing the stock radio with another
>low-power crappy radio.  I have yet to see ANYONE do
>this in a DeLorean, which is why VB's harness is
>pretty much useless.
>
>You could cut his harness and use just the power and
>ground leads to power your new stereo, but this is not
>a great idea either.  Newer high-power stereos also
>consume more power, and the stock wire may not handle
>the additional load...  but either way you should run
>new wires to the speakers.

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