Help with 06 LOC

[tat2dian]

Hey guys, I started installing an amp in my 2006 Mazda 3 GT last night. I thought I was prepared, I had all of the color codes to hook up my LOC, but when I got in there, everything was totally different. Everything that I can find on here talks about White & Gray wires, but I have a bunch of different colored wires (2 Yellow, 2 white, 2 green, 1 gray, 2 Brown, and others). I'm not exactly a rookie when it comes to audio, so I'm figuring it hooks up to a paired set, but I can't figure out WHICH paired set, the wires aren't together in the harness or anything either. I also have the Bose system if that makes a difference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[blthlt]

maybe get to the rear speakers and see the color of one pair back there. it's not the easiest way but will work. can you find a shop manual, they usually have wire colors listed.

 

[silla3]

i have an 04 3 5dr, i wired in to the back door, inside the car wire is one color and reverses inside th door, connected wire before the door ran wire to back and secured loc in spare tire area...

 

[tat2dian]

A) I looked at the harness going to the door last night during install and the wires aren't common to the harness... I'm not sure if they switch somewhere along the way or if I'm just looking at it wrong. B) I've thought about connecting to the rear speakers, it would just mean a lot more work, because I've already got all of my wiring tucked away and I've got my remote which has to run from the HU. Also, I'd like to hook up to the HU because if not, then I'll either have to buy a new interconnect (RCA cord) or deal with a 20' spool in my trunk. I went ahead and bought a good quality interconnect, so I'd like to use that if possible and not have to drop more money.


But thanks for the input guys... anybody else had this problem or know of anywhere on the net to find a schematic??

 

[tsunami]

These aren't the colors you found on the harness on the back of the HU?


White/Black left front +
Gray/Black left front
White/Red right front +
Gray/Red right front
White/Purple left rear +
Gray/White left rear
White rear right +
Gray rear right

BOTTOM

Orange/Black 12v constant
Orange/Black with silver dots 12v illumination
Yellow with silver dots 12v ignition
Black/Green Chassis ground

 

[tat2dian]

Haha... nope.

I did however make my way to Circuit City today and we sat down and figured it out. In case anybody else runs into this problem, here's the color codes for the rear speakers: If you're looking at the harness, they are located on the bottom left.
White/Blue: RR-
Yellow/Green: RR+
Yellow/ Blue: LR-
Brown/ Blue: LR+

It really makes no sense to me either, but hey, as long as it works, I don't ask questions. I just purchased my car at the end of January, so maybe they've made some wiring changes and they're just hitting the market. Or maybe I just got a special one...