Aftermarket CD player

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Aftermarket CD player

January 07, 2009, 09:51:14 PM

I was wondering if it is possible to add a aftermarket cd player to my premium sound system. I have a 88 tbird turbo coupe. I was planning on just putting in a cd player if possible or i would just tear the whole system out and start from scratch.

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Reply #1 – January 07, 2009, 10:27:47 PM

Do you have the in - dash eq?

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Reply #2 – January 07, 2009, 10:34:25 PM

NVM, dumb question, i have an 87 cougar with Premium sound and the way i did it was i bought an interface made by schoshe ( i think the model # is FAI-3A). You connect all the speaker wires to it (from the radio harness and from the aftermarket radio harness) and then ground it out. Thats the only way i could get mine to work, im sure there are other ways to do it, but the part only costs like 20 bucks and was easy enough, and it keeps the eq working too

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Reply #3 – January 07, 2009, 10:51:51 PM

Thanks man!
The more i think about it the more i just wanna rip it all out. I have a rocking system that i had in my mustang. Infinity components all the way around. With a pair if Infinity perfects in the trunk. This is my second car so its just a cruiser.

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Reply #4 – January 08, 2009, 06:10:27 PM

Well a good cd player never hurts

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Reply #5 – January 08, 2009, 06:39:39 PM

I just want a decent FM tuner & amp with a plug for an MP3 player. Some new Origami UMPCs have FM transmitters to play MP3s directly into your stereo - that's something I'm thinking of as well.

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Reply #6 – January 09, 2009, 03:46:50 PM

ya that sounds pretty good too. Ive been looking at new cd players. Ive decided to just take out the premium system, just gonna give the car my personal touch!!

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Reply #7 – January 27, 2009, 07:07:25 PM

i just did the deck 6 speakers a sub and a amp in mine i had to rip out all the wiring and run my own th premium sound is all like one circuit there is no way to reuse the wires gl doing it

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Reply #8 – January 30, 2009, 06:51:03 PM

Honestly, the premium sound system isnt all that bad, especially if you use it just for the highs, just put on an aftermarket head unit, amp, and sub for the lows, i think you would be surprised on how good it would sound.

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Reply #9 – March 02, 2009, 09:39:48 PM

You may want to check if the factory amp is plugged in when you install your deck. When I installed my deck I forgot to unplug the factory amp and it was loading my deck or something anyways within a few seconds the back of my brand new deck was too hot to touch. I unplugged it right away with no harm done. Anyways, the factory amp is in the trunk you need to drop down the driverside panel behind the back seat. Hope the install goes well.

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Reply #10 – March 14, 2009, 12:27:27 PM

thanks for your help guys. I finished up the installation of the sub the other day. It sounds amazing with a 12" infinty in the trunk. Ive retained the factory speakers as well. The wiring for the head unit turned into a nitemare real quick but we figured it out. We decided to do it late at nite and with a few rocky mountain cold ones under the belt already!:cheers:

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Reply #11 – March 15, 2009, 12:10:07 AM

So did you end up tearing out all the old premium sound stuff?

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Reply #12 – March 27, 2009, 03:00:43 PM

no i kept the factory stuff. Just added a cd player, amp and sub!

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Reply #13 – March 27, 2009, 03:02:30 PM

Quote from: shine1stang;264310

no i kept the factory stuff. Just added a cd player, amp and sub!

You did it the easy way. I'm sure it sounds nice.

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Reply #14 – March 28, 2009, 08:02:27 PM

Quote from: 86XR7project;264312

You did it the easy way. I'm sure it sounds nice.

X2, I,ve never seen the need to go through all that trouble to rip out the factory stuff......