Stereo Issues (10 Viewers)

[Voodoo1455]

I have a 1996 FZJ80. I just decided to replace the factory stereo (it worked perfectly except for the LCD being broken) with a new stereo. This is the one I got: https://a.co/d/5Agumlg I also got a Metra 70-1761 wiring harness. After wiring everything up, the audio was super quiet and only the front dash speakers seem to work. Currently the blue power antenna wire is disconnected, which I saw should be done from a Crutchfield page. Even with it the audio is bad. I’ve seen some stuff about bypassing the amp. Is that the problem here?

 

[flagstaff]

I bypassed the amp. If you do that, you will need to run speaker wire from the radio to the old amp location.
I also wired in a new sub and stuck ot in the hole where the old sub was.

 

[tmxmotorsports]

Hook up the blue wire it will turn the factory amps on

 

[Voodoo1455]

Hook up the blue wire it will turn the factory amps on

At first I had hooked up the blue wire, but the audio quality was the same. Nothing else changed other than disconnecting that. Like I said, I found a page from Crutchfield about the Metra 70-1761 that another post on the forum mentioned. It had a note that the blue cable should not be connected on pre-1997 Toyotas. I'll find that page again tomorrow.