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Replacing Stereo
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Only trick is some use an external OEM amplifier --- without it the radio won't work (you'll notice that the plugs won't match up).
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This is an OEM replacement pulled from a wrecked car. I bought it on eBay. Anyhow, I did the deed yesterday. It went fine with the exception of the plastic piece for the air vents. The directions say something like, "Carefully pull the unit toward you." After carefully and not so carefully pulling, prying, pinching and cursing the damn thing came out. The event was accompanied by a couple of "boing" sounds which occurred when the crazy metal clips went flying off into the innards of the car. Oh well, the new unit works great and the platic piece looks like its secure. I'll pick up some clips at the dealer today. The dealer must have some trick for getting that thing out of there! jor
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If it's anything like a Philips radio which came with a Volvo I owned, there'll be a funny tool which slides a cunningly shaped bit of metal in through a slot you'd otherwise ignore.
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Do you know how I can remove the radio in an '04 Highlander? I'd like to jack into the CD changer input (if there is one!) to connect an adapter for an iPod feed.
Thanks.
BC
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Try the instructions on this site:
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Hey Ray, great site! I wish I had seen this Monday. Anyhow, how do you query a specific model to get an instruction document like the one you referenced? I see tools, accessories and so on but no instructions. Thanks. jor
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Got to where it says VSM and then lookup the car you want to 'buy' a mount for. Only trouble is, they don't go very far back on a lot of models, and Supra wasn't even listed!
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Go to
Pro-fit mounts are mounting brackets for mounting accessories like cell phones, GPS, etc. Most of their mounts are mounted near the factory radio and their on line instructions for installing the mounts show how to get to the radio. In place of the hook tool that they describe in the instructions, a trim removal tool, which looks like a wide screwdriver with a notch in the blade, or a putty knife, will do the trick.
Another source of mounting brackets and instructions is
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Thanks Hach and Ray. This is a keeper. jor
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You're welcome!
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;) but it was really Ray that turned ME on to this link! I just figured out how to 'manilpulate' it!
There used to be another good installation place on the web, the Installation Doctor (?) and it used to be free, but I think they charge now...
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