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Should look like this with with 3 different leads meeting in one place for each of the 4 connections:That’s what I thought too. I’m starting to think I got a defective amplifier...
Should look like this with with 3 different leads meeting in one place for each of the 4 connections:That’s what I thought too. I’m starting to think I got a defective amplifier...
It’s a black mazda3 hb 2017. The 2018 is better, but I got an awesome deal on it. I did get sound when I reconnected the white wires. I’m going to Best Buy today to run some diognostics.What year is your 3? Also I used that 8 pin just to get my signal and then the female side of the GREEN harness to power new speakers.
Did you already try the MAZ2 that is plug and play from the TAU on the 2014-2018s?It’s a black mazda3 hb 2017. The 2018 is better, but I got an awesome deal on it. I did get sound when I reconnected the white wires. I’m going to Best Buy today to run some diognostics.
I did connect the rca’s from there, and I know it works, because I installed a powered sub. It’s from the factory amp that’s the issue I think going to the new amp.Did you already try the MAZ2 that is plug and play from the TAU on the 2014-2018s?
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The wiring on the 2019+s is bound to be different from yours. All I can say is that if you stick with it, you'll figure it out I'm sure.I did connect the rca’s from there, and I know it works, because I installed a powered sub. It’s from the factory amp that’s the issue I think going to the new amp.
Thanks for the reassurance. The hatchbacks don’t come with a subwoofer. The front door speakers are supposed to act as the subwoofer(s). I don’t think it was a good design.The wiring on the 2019+s is bound to be different from yours. All I can say is that if you stick with it, you'll figure it out I'm sure.
I'm not ashamed to admit I had to blow thru the first $40 in harnesses just figuring out what went where.
Welcome and good luck! Let us know how it goes.View attachment 280573
Thanks for the reassurance. The hatchbacks don’t come with a subwoofer. The front door speakers are supposed to act as the subwoofer(s). I don’t think it was a good design.
Well, I went to the Best Buys, and they said that there wasn’t a separate connection for the tweeters, just that they were connected to the front door speakers. Does that make any sense? I wanted to control them separately. So, I guess I could connect my combined fronts and rears to the amp.Welcome and good luck! Let us know how it goes.
The new ones have a sub, but the bigger difference is that the 2019+ no longer have woofers in the doors. Only 3 inch mids.
That does make some sense. I suspected something along those lines after seeing the crossover built into the tweeters in the 2019+s. Just wasn't sure where the signal was split off. It could be as simple as if you're powering your front doors with an aftermarket amp, you're also automatically powering the tweeters. Either way it's confusing just like the rear doors, which is why I opted not to power any of those in the end on the 2021.Well, I went to the Best Buys, and they said that there wasn’t a separate connection for the tweeters, just that they were connected to the front door speakers. Does that make any sense? I wanted to control them separately. So, I guess I could connect my combined fronts and rears to the amp.
Did you figure out what color the rear doors are? It seems the left one is blue? And I can’t figure out what the right side is...maybe purple? And what’s the orange and brown wires. It looks like I’m starting back from scratch again...
This is the resistor that's a giveaway:Well, I went to the Best Buys, and they said that there wasn’t a separate connection for the tweeters, just that they were connected to the front door speakers. Does that make any sense? I wanted to control them separately. So, I guess I could connect my combined fronts and rears to the amp.
Did you figure out what color the rear doors are? It seems the left one is blue? And I can’t figure out what the right side is...maybe purple? And what’s the orange and brown wires. It looks like I’m starting back from scratch again...
Yeah, it’s strange...I did what you said and tried to locate the sound by connecting the wires, but when I unplugged the green wire, I got no sound coming from all the speakers and the same goes for the purple one. But the blue one did turn off just the left one. So, the right one is the real mystery. I don’t know which one it could be, except maybe it’s purple and the left is green. The blue wire could be a summing wire that combines left and right?? The Bestbuy people weren’t much help.
See if this 2014-2018 Mazda green monster pin-out helps:Yeah, it’s strange...I did what you said and tried to locate the sound by connecting the wires, but when I unplugged the green wire, I got no sound coming from all the speakers and the same goes for the purple one. But the blue one did turn off just the left one. So, the right one is the real mystery. I don’t know which one it could be, except maybe it’s purple and the left is green. The blue wire could be a summing wire that combines left and right?? The Bestbuy people weren’t much help.
👍See if this green monster pin-out helps:
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It should be fairly easy to match the factory slots and wire colors to the color used on the AmpPro. Just make sure you're looking at the connectors from behind where the wires enter into the connector ending at the terminals.
Looking at those pinouts, you'll need to use that black 16-pin Ampro plug for your front mids. 4 furthest pins on the left looking at back of the connector.
I think that’s pretty straight forward, but it seems that some wires like the positive and negative tweeter connectors for example are not even the same color on the ampro harness. Also, they are adjacent to each other and not vertically placed.Looking at those pinouts, you'll need to use that black 16-pin Ampro plug for your front mids. 4 furthest pins on the left looking at back of the connector.
I think that's because the woofers, tweeters, and rear doors all use a mono signal, so 1 wire each.I think that’s pretty straight forward, but it seems that some wires like the positive and negative tweeter connectors for example are not even the same color on the ampro harness. Also, they are adjacent to each other and not vertically placed.
So, it seems that the rear rights are blue and left is grey on the 16 pin harness, not the other grey ones on the 8 pin harness(which are the front right speakers).I think that's because the woofers, tweeters, and rear doors all use a mono signal, so 1 wire each.