Hey guys, thought id post this up for future refference as there just isnt any info on the wiring of the stereo of the aristo anywhere on the net.

I've finally got my DVD headunit and TFT screen into the dash and after blowing endless fuses and removing lots of trim i sat down and did a little diagram of the needed wiring for you all

So here it goes!

First up it may be a good idea to disconnect the battery to avoid blowing fuses like i did.

So now lets remove the standard Toyota Stereo.

To do this you push the top of the air vents in where the clock is and you can grip onto the bit of plastic to pull it out. You will need to disconnect the two cables.

Also open the ash tray and give that a pull and that will come out also. Disconnect the cable going to the lighter socket.

Using a 10mm socket you need to remove the top two bolts and the 3 underneath the unit.

The stereo will come forward and you can disconnect the cables from the rear of the heater panel and the the ones from the rear of the stereo.

Now, you cannot use the standard Toyota Amplifier with an aftermarket stereo. So open the boot and pull up the floor to the right so reveal the amp.

Pull out all the cables and using the 10mm socket you need to undo the bolts holding it in.

Now thats out and the headunit is out we can forget about those.

Ok, there are three cables which came out of the back of the stereo. 2 white ones and one blue one.

Forget the white ones, they are no good to us now.

The wires in the blue connector are as follows (connector side not wires side)

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Connect up the black ground cable of your new stereo to the brown ground cable. And connect the red 12v constant cable from the new stereo to the red/white cable.

Now i tried and tried but could not find a 12v ACC anywhere in the wiring so what i did was ran a cable from the ACC wire off the stereo through the dash to the ignition barrel and touched wires and turned the key on and off until i found the correct connection and then wired it in.

Now all you need to do is connect your speakers up. I am yet to do this and will be doing this in the morning

But should just be a case of running the wires for the 4 speaker along the car and i will wire them into the cables that used to go into the amp

You will need to get a new Amp to run the subwoofer.

Excellent write up man. Good work

Nice one.
Any pics of the headunit installed??

Almost finished now!

Have got the 4 door speakers and the 2 tweeters wired up. All thats left to do it connect the dash centre speaker and the subwoofer up - will do this once i get hold of an amp.

Will try to get some pics of the install sometime this week

Already been out in the car playing Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Sounds superb seeings as you have 6 speakers in such a close range from different angles.

Should be even better once the other are wired up with a load of bass

Will finish the wiring writeup and post pictures verysoon

Followed you removal instructions tonight, spot on mate, exacto mundo

Interested in the finished write up mate, as this isn't my strong point.

It all sounds very complicated, far beyond my non-existent abilities, but I'm assuming it should be breeze for any competent audio specialist? To clarify, you need a new head unit, new amp and that will all connect up to all the speakers and the sub and run fine? Cheers

It's fairly simple, I'm no wiring guru, but should be within my grasp

New headunit, take out the old amp, new headunit to power exisiting speakers with new wiring (or an amp depending on your needs) and an amp to power the sub.

Has to be said, stock stereo is pretty damn good, will aftermarket ICE be a marked improvement? Who do you recommend for the kit? I've seen what you're getting over on the Supra forum Tom, looks very good.

I'm not Tom

I like the stock system, and it would be more than enough for me normally. But the CD player is very fussy in what CD's it will play, and the radio only gets radio 2 and the local BBC and I'm not quite ready for me pipe and slippers yet (has got a band expander fitted but doesn't seem to do much)
Also the stock sub is knackered.

I'm going for either a single din DVD player with motorised screen with a single din gauge panel underneath, or a single din DVD headunit and a single din motorised screen.

[quote name='Ahhhh__Aristo' post='357732' date='Jun 5 2006, 02:00 AM']I'm not Tom [/quote]

Sorry mate, got confused!