I think that bigd6983 asked about RAP, not RDS.

RAP is Retained Accessory Power.

That means the radio / CD / tape player continues to play for up to 10 minutes after the ignition is turned off and the key is removed. It stops as soon as the drivers door is opened.

ok, im a little confused, here's the pinout posted

E1 LT GRN Right Front Speaker Output (+)
E2 TAN Left Front Speaker Output (+)
E3 GRY Left Front Speaker Output (-)
E4 LT BLU Right Rear Speaker Output (-)
E5 DK BLU Right Rear Speaker Output (+)
E6 BRN Left Rear Speaker Output (+)
E7 YEL Left Rear Speaker Output (-)
E8 BLK Ground
E9 BLK Ground
E10 DK GRN Antenna Relay Coil Supply Voltage
E11 ORN Battery Positive Voltage
E11 ORN Battery Positive Voltage
E13 BLK Left Front Tweeter Speaker Output (+)
E14 YEL Left Front Tweeter Speaker Output (-)
E15 DK BLU Left Front Midrange Speaker Output (+)
E16 LT BLU Left Front Midrange Speaker Output (-)
F1 DK GRN Right Front Speaker Output (-)
F2 LT GRN Right Front Speaker Tweeter Output (+)
F3 PPL Right Front Speaker Tweeter Output (-)
F4 PPL Left Rear Tweeter Speaker Output (-)
F5 RED Left Rear Tweeter Speaker Output (+)
F6 DK GRN Right Front Midrange Speaker Output (-)
F7 ORN Right Front Midrange Speaker Output (+)
F8 PPL Gain Control Signal
F9 -- Not Used
F10 YEL Right Rear Tweeter Speaker Output (-)
F11 WHT Right Rear Tweeter Speaker Output (+)
F12 -- Not Used
F13 LT BLU/BLK Right Subwoofer Speaker Output (-)
F14 DK GRN Right Subwoofer Speaker Output (+)
F15 DK BLU/WHT Left Subwoofer Speaker Outlet (+)
F16 LT GRN/BLK Left Subwoofer Speaker Outlet (-)




acording to that, there's front speakers, front midrange, front tweetes, same for the rears, or when it says "speaker" is it refering to a input, as in comming from the deck?

i just need to know when i disconect my 6x9's, what wire is + and - for the woofer, and the tweeter

and also for the front 4x6, which is + and - for both the midrange and the tweeter.

also, how big is the power wire feeding the amp, would it be possible to replace the amp with a 4 channel WITHOUT running a new power wire?, or anyone know what the amp is fused at? that would help

i have an 04 alero and i replaced my headunit and everything still have the chimes and it still works when the key is off and goes off when door is opened... \

I have a 2001 gls with the sun and sound package. I too bought my car in Oct. '00. I have a monsoon amp in the left side of the trunk behind the liner. I went to Circuit City and bought an after market headunit. They put the factory headunit in the trunk with an adaptor to keep my chimes working. Sorry, I don't know too much about how they did it or how it works.

all i did was switch head units and bought wire harness and change them and havent had ne problems dont know if i have amp in trunk will look into that

I think that bigd6983 asked about RAP, not RDS.

RAP is Retained Accessory Power.

That means the radio / CD / tape player continues to play for up to 10 minutes after the ignition is turned off and the key is removed. It stops as soon as the drivers door is opened.
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I have a 2002 and replaced my HU w/ the Metra gmc harness from crutchfield and lost my RAP.. are yall saying that I should have this feature still..??

bump...


does anyone know??^^^

Would Be nice For Some Help Right now?
2001 Alero 2 dr Coup
All i know is thiers a monsooon amp in trunk behind carpet driver side.
Witch would i get if I want Evrything to still work? But not relocate my Stock Becase I want it out of thier ANd my system contains.
HeadUnit: AVH-P4900DVD (pioneer cd/dvd Player Vary nice picked it up for 290 CND :D)
Subs: two 10" pioneer premerirs
amp: 900watt rockford
6x9s: Alpine type s ( I have then installed and running off the 4ohms thier Doing not bad atleast sound comming out UNTILL I GET THIS WIREHARNESS have new wires running to dash aleready.

bringing up post from the dead now, haha.

Well I'll tell you what I did, I bought a $15 harness, which everything work great for, except I had to run my own switched power, which is easy, because the ignition is right on ther dash by the deck. Now because I have the class II system, I had to do this.

I also removed the monsoon amp because I was getting a lot of feedback from it (hissing noise), put some resistors on the tweaters to keep them from blowing, and it has worked great since.

Now, I have no idea if your car has the class II system or not, not sure when the changed to that system. But if your door chime comes from the front left speaker, then you do.

chime on driver side speaker

2000 alero, chime on driver side or actually it sounds like its in the middle, but I have changed my Factory H/D unit twice and haven't needed the bypass or had to relocate anything.

i have a 2002 gls, used my wiring harness from my 2000 cavalier ls... i have a factory amp in the trunk, but all it runs now is the front door speakers... and its not for long... they will be custom soon... i have a clarion deck, infinity inside, and cerwins in the trunk all running off 3 audiobahn amps... and by the way, i have no rap or chimes... and i dont really care... it saves my battery with that much power going to my stuff

Help!

I bought a Pioneer 3900 Deck. Colour matched the wires and all that jazz, Got the cheap 10 dollar wiring harness... Now, I'm reading something about an external power source and Tapping a Fuse?


1. Is that right?

2. If so, How do I tap a fuse?

you dont need to tap into the fuse, you can just jump onto a wire that ignition powered, use a test light to see which lines are powered when you have the ignition on, but when turned off they dont have power, if you must, you can wrap the thread of the wire around one of the prongs on an ignition powered fused and plug the fuse back in (same as jumping it to a wire that ignition powered)

See, I don't have a test bulb. What i need is something that will allow me to tap into the ignition powered system. As for tapping into a fuse, if it's not hard then i'll do that. But What i'm looking for is that Stereo to Lose Power when the car is off. I have a Lighting System separate from the Car's system, I could tap into that but it doesn't seem like a good idea because i'd probably forget to turn off the headunit.

ill go check real quick for you which fuse you should tap into

fuse "K" on the driver fuse box, check the inside of the fuse panel cover to see which one K is.

Thanks gr1m. i wired it to the switch as a temporary as it's dark now... However, the Mounting Kit i have says "99-2002" Alero. But oddly enough, Doesn't fit.


I'm pretty damn Pissed. Anyone want to buy an Alero?

2004 Alero GL
Class II - Yes
RAP - Yes
Head unit: Not monsoon
Amp: No


Which one should I be using to save my chimes?