Concert Sound II Wiring Diagram

i blew mine the first day i had them so i got some Alpine Type S they work great

OMG u know what i just realized the green for the antenna is the remote THANKU SOO MUCH ijust hooked it up to my subs and they truno

I need the Wiring Diagram for the radio, the pictures /\ are not working

Thanks for letting us know. I'll try to get this fixed asap.

AA wrote:

Thanks for letting us know. I'll try to get this fixed asap.

No problem

Should be good now. FYI this diagram is for the CS II system in a '98 Riviera. It may have some similarities to the '95.

Thanks for the diagram. I have a few questions about it. I plan on hard wiring my Pioneer DEH-P5800MP deck into my 97 Riviera with the Concert Sound 2 package. I have the new bezel to hold the stereo, and I know how to take the dash apart and get the old stereo out (had it out once). I was going to buy the harness for the car and make it a bit easier, but i thought it came with the dash install kit (for $21 it should have). The kit I got was the one for the Suzuki's and GM's.

I was wondering if you could show me a diagram pointing out which pin in the connector is which wire. Many of the colors in the diagram are almost the same color which makes it kinda hard to follow.

My Pioneer's wiring diagram goes as follows.

speaker wires obviously go to speaker wires on the list (I will probably just not hook up the front wires and send those back to the 4-channel amp I'll be hooking up...easier than trying to locate the wire under the dash and cutting it there)

Red Ignition will go to yellow ignition in diagram

Yellow power will go to OJ battery in diagram

OJ/White dim wire either goes to dim enable or dim signal

black ground goes to one of the black grounds (don't think it matters which)

blue/white remote goes to I would guess green remote in diagram and will also go to amp (what does other antenna wire go to)

If I had the radio control adapter that would plug into back of my stereo and into the green steering wheel control wire

What are the PWM, and Data Link wires for? Also, how do I tell if I have the wrong wire or not (with like colors)

I wired this stereo into my fiero last year and didn't have any problems with it. I also wired a stereo into my sister's Ford Escort with no problems. This seems a bit more difficult

Also, could my stereo be causing my security thing to lock me out? It seems like when my stereo is on the car won't start and locks me out for 3 minutes, but when I shut the stereo off it starts with no problems. I got a new key thinking that was the problem, but it didn't help.

if you have not done the install yet you could get the plug-in wiring bits from crutchfield.com

Albertj

Crutchfield will also have the SWI (Steering Wheel Interface) that you need and they are usually very good about providing all the necessary wiring diagrams for free with the Pioneer to GM adapter harness and for the SWI.
Ask for PAC #SWI-X, if I remember correctly.
Note: PAC = Pacific Accessory Corp.

I want to wire everything tomorrow and don't plan on making a trip into town for just the adapter (25 miles to nearest town). I don't really care too much about the steering wheel controls. I've never had them in any of my other cars, so I think the remote I have will be suffice.

No one knows the the pin location of each wire?

Thanks for the help you two. If I can't find out what I'm looking for, I might have to go into town to pick it up. I just sprung a radiator leak when I got home tonight though, so I need to diagnose and try to fix that before I drive it anywhere. It's on the driver's side of the radiator, near the top. Not the hose (hoping it's fixable, already put too much money into repairs on this car)

Well, if no one has an answer by tomorrow morning I'll pick up a harness and post a diagram of where each wire goes for any future interest.

1. Empty
2. Violet = Right Rear Positive (RR+)
3. Violet/Black = Right Rear Negative (RR-)
4. White/Black = Left Front Negative(LF-)
5. White = Left Front Positive (LF+)
6. Black/White = Aux Shield Ground
7. Empty
8. Empty
9. Empty
10. Empty
11. Empty
12. Empty
13. Orange = Illumination/Dimmer
14. Blue = Power Antenna
15. Red = 12 Volt Ignition/Switched (12V+)
16. Yellow = 12 Volt Battery/Constant (12V+)
17. Black = Chassis Ground (12V-)
18. Gray = Right Front Positive (RF+)
19. Gray/Black = Right Front Negative (RF-)
20. Green/Black = Left Rear Negative (LR-)
21. Green = Left Rear Positive (LR+)
22. Empty
23. Empty
24. Empty
25. Empty
26. Empty
27. Empty
28. Empty
29. Empty
30. Blue/White = Amp Turn On
31. Empty
32. Empty

I hope this save you the trip going into town, if you need to know anything else I'll be back on tomorrow morning but I'm in cali right now so I'm 3hours behind you guys on the east coast, so I wont be on early morning.
***Also Aaron if you can add this to a link or something with the CS2 - System Layout Diagram I am sure this will probally help others who are re-wiring or swapping stereo's***

By the way the numbers are going top to bottom from the factory harness, Left Row = 1-16, and Right Row = 17-32

Not exactly what you are looking for, but I have a few pics of the harness adapter in my install thread, on page 4:


https://rivperformance.editboard.com/audio-electronics-f7/help-me-pick-a-new-head-unit-and-speakers-please-t3812-30.htm

I used RCA outs to an amp in the trunk, and used the harness adapter to loop the rear speaker wires into the fronts so from the amp I only had to run wires to the rear speakers and the rear speaker factory wires, which saved me from running new wires all the way back up.

Thanks both of you. That's exactly what I'm looking for. So the extra wires on the riv harness are pointless for an aftermarket install. Killed two birds with one stone . I'll head out and install it after lunch. If I have any more problems you'll see the posts lol.

I connected the "Dimmer" input on my radio, to the wire marked "Dimmer" on the scosche wiring harness. is that the right one, or should I have connected to the "illumination" wire, that is orange solid?

Isn't the antenna wire only on when the deck is set to radio?

Wow sorry guys, didn't realize this was so old!

Nope, it's on whenever the deck is on. Push the volume knob and the antenna will come up, even if it's playing a CD.

No problem... most of our threads get better with age!

I had the polarity reversed on one of the speakers...but could not tell anything was wrong by listening to the system. Will the polarity being reversed damage components or what?

Bert

Reversed polarity cancels out lower-mid and especially the bass frequencies, because one driver is operating out of phase. You might not notice with smaller OEM speakers, because they don't make a lot of bass. With amplified systems, or larger speakers, the difference is like night and day. A subwoofer system with an out of phase driver can use hundreds of watts and produce almost no output at all.

This is very similar to the technology used in Bose noise-canceling headphones.

There is potential to damage speakers with reversed polarity, because the listener may try to boost bass or increase the volume to hear the sound that is lost by cancellation - this causes the drivers to be extremely stressed, even though you can't tell by listening. The sound waves produced by one speaker are canceled by the other out of phase driver.

If both speakers are wired out of phase, there is no difference in sound quality or performance.

My apologies for dragging up an old thread, but thanks for this diagram, AA.

Does this apply to the '95 as well?

How about a 96?

Also, what is required for speaker replacement? Is it possible, or advisable to just replace stock pieces with aftermarket? Or should I do some rewiring? Also plan on wiring in a new receiver and subwoofers, is it as relatively straightforward as it is on other vehicles, or will the CS2 mean more work?

Thanks!

Look in the "Write Ups" section for Audio and Electronics, should have all the info you need. Removing the dash for an install is not as straight forward as other cars. But luckily for you, other people have documented everything they did. Even removing the door panels requires some finesse without breaking them. With an aftermarket head unit you will want to install the interface device that allows you to use the steering wheel controls. Also an item that has been written about.
A complete system install including proper speakers and a sub or 2 with a head unit and gutting the interior can take a couple of days depending on how many hours per day you want to work on it and how much homework you do ahead of time.