radio found at junk yard

[kevs250]

hey guys, i found a casset player/radio at the juck yard that came out of a 71 f250, and the best part of it
was a perfect fit. the radios manufactore is Realistic and has the same design as a radio that is stock with any later model ford truck.
has anyone come across these things and how do you hook them up?
also i was planning to cut holes in the doors to place speakers in, what size of speakers do you guys recemend?

[kevs250]

so this is the Realistic casset player/radio i found.
when i pulled out the radio from the truck at the junk yard, the red/white wire that is connected
by the black was hooked to a breaker and hooked to the fuse box. the orange wire wasnt connected and
someone told me that was the memory. so if you guys know anything about this radio and how to connect it, please
help me out

[seattle67]

I think hook up is as follows:

Red/White -- Battery +
Red -------- Accessory
Black ------ Ground
Orange ----- Power antenna signal
Green ------ + Left speaker
White ------ Left speaker
Grey ------- Right speaker
Brown ------ + Right speaker

[pollock]

Wiring varies a little from one aftermarket radio to the next. At a minimum there should be a black ground wire, a 12V key-on wire (usually red), and a 12V always-on wire (usually yellow). Then there will be 4 to 8 speaker wires, which should be paired in colors - i.e., a purple + wire and a purple/black stripe ground. Sometimes there's a sticker on the radio that tells which is which.

I installed a pair of 6" speakers in my door panels to avoid cutting the actual doors. There's an area of the door below the window crank where the door dishes in about 1.5". This is not quite deep enough for the speaker magnets so I cut some "donuts" out of wood to space the speaker out a bit. Works pretty well, and with some effort, could be dressed up nicely.

[DuckRyder]

Realistic = Radio Shack/Tandy

[Thunderfoot]

Merged these two topics "radio found at junk yard" and "pics of radio found at junk yard" as you are asking the same info in both.