Attempting CD installation....Need Advice.

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Attempting CD installation....Need Advice.

Reply #15 – March 03, 2006, 10:46:06 AM

[shameless plug alert] You know if you really want an easy time installing a stereo

! : http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=7222 [/end shameless plug alert!]

Attempting CD installation....Need Advice.

Reply #16 – March 03, 2006, 05:39:49 PM

Ok guys, on the car, what color is the wire for Power and the Wire for Memory?

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Reply #17 – March 03, 2006, 06:38:44 PM

Go here: http://www.foxthundercats.com/samscars.htm

Click "Tech Info" on the upper left side. Then click "Wiring Diagrams" and choose the "Electronic Radio, With Premium, With EQ" link under the '87-'88 model years. That gives you all of the colors in a concise and easy-to-read diagram.

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Reply #18 – March 03, 2006, 07:32:16 PM

I hear everyone talking about the elusive second plug. Perhaps 99% of the cars had this second plug, but my car with pemium sound (but no eq) did not have the second plug. So I ran new wires. If running new wires scares you I'd make sure your car has the second plug before thinking too far.

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Reply #19 – March 03, 2006, 09:36:31 PM

Well guys, I installed the CD player and it works. Although, I must say, after taking out the Amp, disconnecting the EQ, and rewiring everything, the hardest part wasn't getting the thing to work. It was mounting it. Despite a kit purchased designed for this task, I ended up mickey-mousing the job. Now, the player is in, but it seems to be protruding out too much. But for the life of me, I couldn't get any of that convoluted mounting to fit where it was supposed to. I will take pictures tommorrow to illustrate what I am talking about. Oh well, at least I didn't fry everything. That's the silver lining.

Now I just gotta figure out what to do with the EQ. I must say, the interior feels kinda....dark.....without the little EQ lights coming on while driving at night. Can't I plug the power into it, without using it, so it at least looks somewhat decent? In the meantime, I will be determining what I shall put in it's place. Any sugs?

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Reply #20 – March 03, 2006, 09:52:08 PM

Might I suggest....

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Reply #21 – March 04, 2006, 06:26:57 PM

when i put a cd player in my 1988 cougar with premium sound system, i just got a wiring diagram, and bipased the equalizer, if u get an adaptor, u bump down the power to the equalizer which just bumps it right back up. and most new cd players have an equilizer built into it anyways, although it was pretty difficult and it sucks having an equilizer sitting in your dash that doesnt work, but thats just what i did.

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Reply #22 – March 04, 2006, 06:54:17 PM

my mistake, when i said the equilizer bumps it back up, i ment to say the aplifier bumps it back up, but still, nock down the power to run it through the equilizer, thenbump up the power with the amp, it sounds better just to run straight wires from the radio to each speaker.

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Reply #23 – March 04, 2006, 09:21:04 PM

Ok, I purchased one of those Wal-Mart CD player installation kits (sosche) but I must say, the guide that comes with it is rather convoluted. I don't understand what goes where, and I have a bunch of cheap, plastic pieces sitting here and I haven't the slightest clue what to do with them. Any good mounting tips?

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Reply #24 – March 04, 2006, 10:12:02 PM

Quote from: DMC24guy

Any good mounting tips?

Yup, take the kit back to the store and get a refund. I tried that kit myself and it was absolutely useless. I ended up reusing the existing mounting tabs/s and a couple of the screws that came with my headunit.

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Reply #25 – March 05, 2006, 08:27:15 AM

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I ended up reusing the existing mounting tabs/s and a couple of the screws that came with my headunit.

Kinda like this?
I found my Pioneer stereo fit the hole just fine by swapping the original brackets (right to left, left to right) and slightly filing the holes in the plastic dash so the locating posts had a bit of room to move.
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Reply #26 – March 05, 2006, 11:07:55 AM

I used a best buy kit, probably the same at wal mart. Its already cracked.

master blaster I'm gona have to finda stock radio to snag some brackets off of!

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Reply #27 – March 05, 2006, 11:53:20 AM

The kit that Crutchfield sent me with my Alpine deck was PERFECT. I gotta get some pics of it, there was no resistance to fitting it in... It fit like a glove! I even got the rear support and ground attached with no problem... It was my first install and couldn't be happier. They sent the kit, harness, fully done instructions for our cars, and a bypass harness with the headunit for no extra charge. Here's the kit they sent me:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-vq624vP1qX4/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=112200&I=003CFK510

BTW, here's the master sheet they sent me that actually has illustrations of our interiors and how to do everything safely:

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-vq624vP1qX4/scgi-bin/PDFStream.aspngz?pdf=0000190029

Hope any of this helps! I'll post some pics of my new Alpine/iPod setup with dual 12" subs next week. I get my license on the 13th, so I'll have the car home from my uncle's garage by then.

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Reply #28 – March 05, 2006, 03:37:38 PM

when I did the stereo in my sisters tempo, all I did was used the stock brackets. I assume the cougars/birds are the same way.

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Reply #29 – March 05, 2006, 05:43:53 PM

Quote from: MasterBlaster

Kinda like this?
I found my Pioneer stereo fit the hole just fine by swapping the original brackets (right to left, left to right) and slightly filing the holes in the plastic dash so the locating posts had a bit of room to move.
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Exactly how I did mine and my freinds. I think I even stated that earlier but oh well, guess people dont want to save money:dunno: .