4 Wires on Polo 98 Stereo?

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paul_evans
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4 Wires on Polo 98 Stereo?

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Hi all.

I imagine this is quite simple, but I just can't find the answer anywhere...

On my 98 Polo, aside from the 4 speaker wires, I have four wires for the stereo.

These are:

Red
Brown
Red / Brown
Blue / White.

Could anyone tell me which is which, please ( I'm just about to fit a new stereo, and don't fancy the 'trial and error' approach)

Many thanks in advance.
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give your nearest vw garage a ring they should have it on their system!!!! if u aint already done so!!!
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I'm sure there was 8 speaker wires in my mk4 Polo. 4 for the dash board speakers & 4 for the door pod speakers.

Red will be live, blue & white will be the remote wire (for amps, electric aerials etc...). t'others sound like more speaker wires.

A haynes manual has it all in the wiring diagrams in the back. unfortunately mine is at home & I'm at work at the moment.
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I think...

Post by paul_evans »

Ok - there are two blocks of wires. One block contains the speaker wires, so I can discount them.

The second block, which has the wires in as above, are for power, etc.

I suspect that they are...

red / brown - permanent 12V ( memory )
brown - ground
red - ignition 12v ( switch )
blue / white - illumination

Is this correct, anyone?
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