Did you install it yourself? My problem is on my 1990 Bayliner, there
seems to be only 2 wires (+ the 4 wires for the speakers) for the
audio component::

Red (with a small fuse connected to that red wire) - 12Volts battery?
Black - Ground???? (or possibly Power lead???)

The CD car deck however seems to require at least 3 connections:

Black Wi "to be connected to metallic body or chassis of the car"
Yellow wi "To a live terminal in the fuse block connecting to the
car battery (bypassing the ignition switch)"
Red wi "To an accessory terminal in the fuse block".

So,
-the battery lead is definitely the yellow wire at the back of new CD
deck
-the power lead (supplies power when key in the accessory position or
ON) is definitely the RED wire at the back of CD deck.

It seems like my yellow (deck) wire needs to be connected to the red
(Bayliner) wire.

The black wire (Bayliner) is the one that I don't know about. I was
assuming it was a GROUND wire but could it be the Power lead (in which
case it would attach to the RED (deck) wire and NOT the Black (deck)
wire....

Too confusing... Once I get the basic wiring figured out (and the CD
deck working), I will try to install a switch to cut the power from
the battery lead.

Andre

Yes, I am also trying to keep the flip down door of the old unit.
Will require some minor adjustments...

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:59:58 -0500, bob wrote:

I've had an automotive Kenwood AM-FM-CD - removable face in my boat for 2 years
with no problem that I got on ebay. It had a radio before and I am still using
teh flip down door over the front. I did run all power through a panel
switch. You just have to hit "seek" the first time you get in it for the day
as it won't remember presets.

Melandre wrote:

I just bought a used 1990 Bayliner Capri. It came with an AM-FM
cassette deck but only am-fm is working.

From an electrical viewpoint, is therre any reason I couldn"t simply
install a regular car deck in my boat?

Andre
Bayliner Capri 1850