Radio Static

nodemon said
The car didn't have a radio.. I purchased a year correct, OEM AM radio for it.
I did connect it to an aftermarket dash speaker I installed using one of the factory connectors..The other factory connector, a male end, wouldn't plug onto the speaker as the speaker has two male ends...so I made a "jumper" with two female spade terminals to connect to it for that one.
The antenna appears to be the original.. I don't have it attached to the fender as it should be, the factory set up. I can't find the right pieces to do so. I'll have to look for what I need and purchase...however, I did hold the antenna tight against the fender as if it was attached. Could that be the issue..?
I then thought maybe the radio has to ground itself to the dash, like an instrument cluster and since it's not installed in the dash, I just took some wire with alligator clips and attached one to the radio body and the other end to the back part of the dash. That didn't change anything either.

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Ok.

Trying to do this by memory so here goes. ( not great as I get older LOL ! )

The original speaker wire from the radio should have a green and black wire. Black to ground, the only one to the speaker terminal is the green wire. If aftermarket, black to negative and green to positive terminal of speaker.

Radio also has a 12volt source that is switched by the ignition circuit and, a 12 volt source for dimming the display.

I'm thinking red and orange with the orange being the dimmer.

Is this the radio?