Is200 Stereo Wiring

[SimonNZ]

Hi there I have just purchased my first is200 sport. The previous owner has done a nasty job at attempting to put in a aftermarket cd player. All the wires have been cut from the origional unit so i have no idea what wires are what. I am normally pretty good at this but it has me stumped. I also hear that the is200 sport has an amp in it behind the glove box.

So what I need it what colour wires are for the ingnition wire, left and right front, left and right rear and tweeters etc that i would connect this kenwood cd player to.

I have also noticed that the traction contol light not work although the snow mode light does. Is there a fuse of bulb perhaps that is easy accessible.

Any help would be much appreciated

[Geoffers]

Full wiring diagram HERE

[elactode]

It is a shame that after more than 30 years of cars being crammed full of electronics that those who service/repair them receive no meaningful training on how to repair them. In general , even manufacturer-linked repair-shops know less about the electronics in their cars than they do about brain-surgery or nuclear physics . What is shameful is that this not tremendously high level of electronic complexity costs very little when not fitted to cars, but replacement car-units are at totally ridiculous prices - devices like digital TVs or laptops would cost 10s of thousands of pounds if they were essential parts of cars and Currys & Dixons would immediately go bust if they had to price products on the same basis.

Manufacturers, including Lexus should really act responsibly to provide economical repair facilities for their elecronic assemblies - but these could prove difficult to staff and as a sensible alternative, provide replacement assembles at much, much lower and realistic prices - I would suggest that as an equivalent to most domestic electronics, a complete refurbished service-exchange MM/Satnav unit should cost no more than 400 GB Pounds plus fitting, with some sub-assemblies available at less, to reflect the actual cost of such units. At any higher price either Lexus, customer or both are being royally screwed.

Edited by steve2006 strange links