Kenwood Car Stereo Wiring Diagrams & Color Codes

Car radio installers spend a reasonable amount of time identifying and matching the wiring harnesses.

And for a good reason. Any carelessness in this stage can cause you to pair two different radio wires, resulting in the car radio not working correctly. Or not work at all in rare cases.

To help you out, we have been compiling wiring diagrams and color codes for different car radios for some time. This includes JVC car radio diagrams, Nissan car radio diagrams, Ford car radio diagrams, and Pioneer car radios.

Keeping up with the tradition, we’re listing diagrams for Kenwood car radios today.

Kenwood KMM-BT328U Wiring Diagram

Wire	Type	Polarity	Color
Constant 12V wire	Power	+	Yellow
Switched 12V wire	Power	+	Red
Ground wire	Grounding	–	Black
Mute control wire			Brown
Power/Antenna control wire	Amplifier		Blue/White
Steering remote control wire			Light Blue/Yellow
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	+	White
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	–	White/Black
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	+	Gray
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	–	Gray/Black
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Green
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Green/Black
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Purple
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Purple/Black

Kenwood KDC-BT282U Wiring Diagram

Wire	Type	Polarity	Color
Constant 12V wire	Power	+	Yellow
Switched 12V wire	Power	+	Red
Ground wire	Grounding	–	Black
Mute control wire			Brown
Power/Antenna control wire	Amplifier		Blue/White
Steering remote control wire			Light Blue/Yellow
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	+	White
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	–	White/Black
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	+	Gray
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	–	Gray/Black
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Green
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Green/Black
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Purple
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Purple/Black

Kenwood DDX5707S And DMX4707S Wiring Diagram

Wire	Type	Polarity	Color
Constant 12V wire	Power	+	Yellow
Switched 12V wire	Power	+	Red
Ground wire	Grounding	–	Black
Dimmer control wire			Orange/White
Power/Antenna control wire	Amplifier		Blue
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	+	White
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	–	White/Black
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	+	Gray
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	–	Gray/Black
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Green
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Green/Black
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Purple
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Purple/Black

Kenwood DMX7706S, and DMX706s Wiring Diagram

Kenwood DMX7706s, DMX706s wiring diagram

Wire	Type	Polarity	Color
Constant 12V wire	Power	+	Yellow
Switched 12V wire	Power	+	Red
Ground wire	Grounding	–	Black
Dimmer contril wire			Orange/White
Mute control wire			Brown
Power/Antenna control wire	Amplifier		Blue/White
Steering remote control wire			Light Blue/Yellow
Reverse sensor wire			Purple/White
Parking sensor wire			Light Green
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	+	White
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	–	White/Black
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	+	Gray
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	–	Gray/Black
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Green
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Green/Black
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Purple
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Purple/Black

Kenwood DPX5200BT Wiring Diagram

Wire	Type	Polarity	Color
Constant 12V wire	Power	+	Yellow
Switched 12V wire	Power	+	Red
Ground wire	Grounding	–	Black
Mute control wire			Brown
Power/Antenna control wire	Amplifier		Blue/White
Steering remote control wire			Light Blue/Yellow
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	+	White
Left front speaker wire	Speaker	–	White/Black
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	+	Gray
Right front speaker wire	Speaker	–	Gray/Black
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Green
Left rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Green/Black
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	+	Purple
Right rear speaker wire	Speaker	–	Purple/Black

Kenwood 16-pin and 22-pin Wiring Diagram

Below are the standard diagrams for Kenwood radios with 16-pin and 22-pin wiring harnesses.

Conlcusion

So these were the wiring diagrams and color codes for some popular Kenwood car radios.
These radios mostly come with the same color coding, making the radio installation/diagnosis much more straightforward.
However, some wires, such as power antenna wire, dimmer control wire, etc., can be colored differently. Therefore, always double-check the information listed above with the owner’s manual.

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