Owner's Manual
Hermosa Owner's Manual
Wiring
Instructions
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS
UNIT
REQUIRES
+12V
TO BOTH THE
RED
AND
YELLOW WIRES, OTHERWISE THE
UNIT
WILL
NOT
OPERATE.
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IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
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or
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Wiring
Diagram (Figure
9)
Locate the three
wire
harnesses:
Main
Wire
Harness, Power
Wire
Harness and
Speaker Wire Harness {see
"What's
in the Box"
on
page 3). First connect the
Main
Wire Harness
to
the back
of
the radio. Then connect
both
the Power and
Speaker Wire harnesses
to
the black female plug
of
the
Main
Wire Harness.
After
doing
this, connect the bare
wire
ends
of
your
po~er
and speaker wires
to
the
appropriate
power
and speaker locations in
your
vehicle.
{see
Figure 9,
"Wiring
Diagram"
on
page
13)
Please contact
us
if
you have questions
or
have
your
radio installed by a professional
if
this
part
of
the
install
is
too
difficult.
Installation Notes
•
To
prevent damage
to
the unit,
do
not
connect the
power
connector
until you have completed the
wiring
process.
• This
is
a 12
volt
negative-ground
ONLY
radio.
If
you have a positive ground,
or
a
6-volt
system, you need
to
either
convert
to
12 volts
or
purchase
a separate
inverter
that
would step up the voltage
to
12 volts.
• Please note
that
the
inverter
must
be
rated
at
8 amps
or
higher in
order
for
the radio
to
operate properly .
. Rear AUX Inputs
Two rear auxiliary
inputs
alllow
you
to
listen
to
any portable device
with
.
standard headphone
outputs.
An example
of
an external source
would
be a
portable
CD
player,
mini
disc player, portable cassette recorder, iPod
®or
MP3
player. Select an auxiliary
input
mode by
turning
the
left
rear knob clockwise
until you see
AU)(
lN
I
or
AU)(
lN
2 on the Hermosa's screen.
USB
Extension Cable
One
USB
connector cable
is
located
at
the rear
of
the
Hermosa radio. During
installation, you
must
route the cable
to
a convenient and accessible location
for
plugging in
USB
devices.
If
the cable provided
is
not
long enough {40
·inches), you may plug in an optional
USB
extension dur-ing installation.
Note: Maximum operational distance
of
a
USB
cable
is
16
feet.
For
optimum
data
transfet;
we
recommend no more than 12
feet
of
total
cable length.
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