JVC KD-R880BT Owner's Manual

ENGLISH

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STEERING

WHEEL

REMOTE

Car fuse block

Ignition switch

Light blue/yellow

Blue/white: To amplifier

Blue: To power antenna

Make this connection if your vehicle factory wiring 
harness does not have “12 V ignition switch” wire.

Separate red wire

Signal cord (not supplied)

Remote wire (not supplied)

To the steering wheel 

remote control adapter

Fuse (10 A)

Antenna terminal

JVC Amplifier *

1

Factory wiring 

harness (vehicle)

Black: Ground

Yellow: Battery 12 V

White: Front speaker/For 3-way crossover: mid range speaker (left)

White/black

Gray: Front speaker/For 3-way crossover: mid range speaker (right)

Gray/black

Purple: Rear speaker/For 3-way crossover: Tweeter (right)

Purple/black

Join the same color wires together.

Red: Ignition 12 V

Orange/white: Illumination

(Not used)

Blue/white: Remote (200 mA max.)

For KD-R980BTS: 
MIC (microphone input terminal) 
(  14)

For KD-R880BT: 
Microphone input jack (  14)

For KD-R980BTS:
Expansion port (12 V 

 500 mA) 

To the optional SiriusXM Vehicle Tuner 
(commercially available) (  11)

Output terminals (  34)

Brown

Green: Rear speaker *

2

/For 3-way crossover: Tweeter (left)

Green/black *

2

*

1

  Firmly connect the ground wire of the amplifier to the 

car’s chassis to avoid damaging the unit.

*

2

  You can also connect a subwoofer speaker directly 

using this lead without an external subwoofer 
amplifier. For setting,   24.

Custom wiring 
harness 
(separately 
purchased) 

IMPORTANT
We recommend installing the unit with a commercially available custom 
wiring harness specific for your car and leave this job to professionals for your 
safety. Consult your car audio dealer.

Vehicle 

dashboard

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