Car Stereos: pontiac grand am 04 and JVC after market stereo, pontiac grand am, accesory

Question
I had just bought a jvc kw-xr610 for my car when I wired it up and tried turning it on there was no power to the stereo I went to best buy and they said the thing would cost 110 dollars do u know if I can get a cheaper one somewhere and how to hook it up he said something about the accesory wire and all of that and was really confused or just what harness I should buy so I can listen to my radio again?

Answer
Hi Danny,

It depends on what it is your car is missing.

If it's because of the lack of an accessory wire, I'd suggest buying the gm integration harness.. you can get it on ebay for way cheaper than the people at Best Buy (they're rarely ever the best price for anything ).

Your only other alternative is to probe around things like the cigarette lighter looking for something that has 12V power when the car is in accessory and on, and tapping that and running it to the red accessory wire in the new deck's harness.

Justin