2007 Camry radio wiring question

[AdamTierney]

So I have a 2007 Camry LE, and the CD player has been worn out over the past two years, to the point where it now has trouble reading most CDs (gives me errors) and certain CDs make a skipping sound when spinning. The dealer wanted $350 to replace it with the same player, since I'm out of my warranty (I have a long work commute). So instead I bought a very nice Pioneer player at the recommendation of people on the IGN auto boards, and the 2007 Camry Metra kit. The Metra instructions are great and I've swapped out everything, but I'm now at the wiring part. I wired in a new radio on my previous car, but I don't know where to begin on this one. The Camry's radio has three different ports, with the following wire colors:

Port 1
- Red
- Creme-colored
- Smaller creme-colored with silver rings
- Yellow
- Black

Port 2
- Orange
- Blue
- Green
- Brown
- Purple
- Pink
- Blue with yellow stripe
- Small green with silver rings
- Gray with silver rings

Port 3
- Thin red
- Thin green
- Green with silver rings
- Yellow with silver rings
- Pink with silver rings
- Light brown
- Orange with silver rings
- Purple with silver rings

The Pioneer radio has only one port with the following:

- Blue with white stripe (remote control dongle on end)
- Black with hook (ground)
- Yellow
- Red
- Gray
- Gray with black stripe
- Green
- Green with black stripe
- Purple
- Purple with black stripe
- White
- White with black stripe

The Metra kit's instruction manual has a breakdown of what colors mean what, but it only lists colors on the Pioneer port. My question is: where can I get a diagram of my Camry's radio wiring, so that I know which of the Camry's wires corresponds to each of the Pioneer's wires? Or even just a diagram listing what each wire in the Camry's radio? Or do I have any other options (like an adapter for the Camry's ports)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

- Adam

[njerald]

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[AdamTierney]

Well yeah.

I was going off the recommendation of some other folks, and they only mentioned picking up the radio and kit. Anyway, looking around online it seems like you can get wiring harness kits pretty cheaply. Am I understanding correctly that picking up a harness for a 2007 Camry will allow me to connect to the original wires without breaking them? Seems the colors on the harness kits match up with those in the radio as well.

If this is a solution, are there any b&m shops that I could run to that stock that? I could always order online, but I'd prefer to just pick one up and get everything done today.

Thanks,

Adam

[jayrguidaben]

Originally Posted by AdamTierney

Well yeah.

I was going off the recommendation of some other folks, and they only mentioned picking up the radio and kit. Anyway, looking around online it seems like you can get wiring harness kits pretty cheaply. Am I understanding correctly that picking up a harness for a 2007 Camry will allow me to connect to the original wires without breaking them? Seems the colors on the harness kits match up with those in the radio as well.

If this is a solution, are there any b&m shops that I could run to that stock that? I could always order online, but I'd prefer to just pick one up and get everything done today.

Thanks,

Adam

go to www.crutchfield.com and they have the one you are looking for. they are just plug and play and you don't need to splice your original harness.
i bought my head unit (pioneer) there and wiring harness the dash kit etc are free.. you should have bought your HU too there and save $$$ and

[BlackCam09]

i'm using my wiring harness all the way from my 91 camry and i just recently installed my jvc indash with the same wiring harness. You will not use one of the plugs thats for the steering wheel volume control for the stock cd player, but the other 2 plugs you will use, one plug is for the speakers and the other is for the unit to power on and such

you will need this wiring harness so you can just wire everything up and plug it into the stock harness. Doesnt matter what year it is, they all match up the same.

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[Redline_Me]

Originally Posted by njerald

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Well you weren't much help. But just a deuche instead...as always.

I believe there is a plug that the cars wires have to be plugged in and then the wires from the head unit go in the other side. It's about $100 i think. At least thats what i was told when i asked for a DVD player head unit.