This won't help, CJ, but you'll laugh yer ass off:
http://www.slanguage.com/baltimore.html
How are things in Ball Mer?
So, here's my take on this 'sitch:
If you have a factory fader, you need to disconnect the "two pill-shaped plugs marked L & R" the female ends should go to the rear speakers, and the male ends need to be taped or shrink tubing covered. Then, you must understand, every speaker wire in Mercedes ist KriegsMarine, Right-Starboard-Green stripe, Left-Port-Red stripe. The wires up at the head unit will be going to the fader, and you will want ignore those, and to bypass that fader.
If I understand you correctly:
Antenna you have figured out,
Blue wire to power antenna wire on Sony (blue too?)
Solid Green? You got me...perhaps common speaker ground wire?
BROWN w/VIOLET- Speaker wire to fader?
BROWN-ground (YES)
BLACK w/YELLOW- power to Sony red wire (switched power)
GREY w/VIOLET- Speaker wire to fader?
RED- 12 volts all the time (goes to Sony Yellow(?) wire for clock & memory presets...)
LEFT-BROWN and BROWN w/green = KreigsMarine Starboard right
GREY and BROWN
One is front, one is rear...
RIGHT-BROWN and RED = KreigsMarine Port left
BLACK and BLACK w/RED
One is front, one is rear...
Check what you've got going to the fader, it should only be five wires. One is a common (floating) ground. The other four represent the four speakers in your car. Looking at these actual connections at the fader may give you an epiphany...
Check out this post, and see if you can adapt my advice to your newer car:
VERY...confused! Long..please read.
Also, please feel free to email me for private lessons and I'll even be happy to call you on the phone if that'll help! But it might cost you a few soft shells...
And what about Robbay? I understand that he's got a Mercedes now. Why isn't he on this forum? Or is he? Perhaps you are Robbay... ROB SPIWAC! @ 106.7 FM, WJFK...
[Edited by longston on 02-16-2001 at 04:08 AM]