Hello again, I was wanting to put a CD player in my 85 900S, and was wondering if they used standard wiring, if an adapter would be needed or if it would require custom wiring. This is of course assuming most off-the-shelf CD players sold nowadays have a standard connector(s). This is a U.S. model if that makes a difference. And why must 90% of CD players be so ugly? thanks,
-Steve
There is no "standard" for automotive stereo wiring. Each auto and stereo manufacturer uses their own design or even designs.
There are adapters available for a large range of autos and stereos, however. Your local store (such as Best Buy) may have them, otherwise, I've been happy with adapters purchased from Crutchfield in the past, though I haven't seem them advertis the adapters seperate from stereo purchases lately.
Custom Wiring: unless you're planning on scrapping the car after you're done with it, and never selling it to anyone else, or you're actually accomplished with electronics, I would beg of you to not do this. I once had to rewire an 85 900S after someone had attempted a "custom stereo and security installation." The number of bad cuts, unlabeled connections, shorts to ground from unprotected junctions, and cross-connections was ridiculous. The fuse and bulbs would blow if the driver had the brake on and used the turn signal. And that was just the first problem.
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We bought an '87 900T8 last week and I took the CD/radio out of the former car (a Peugeot) and put it in the 900. The 900 has two typical SAAB plugs prewired behind the radio slot in the dashboard, the CD/radio has one standard plug on the back and I needed an ISO adapter cable to connect the two together (bought it in a car parts shop for EUR 10,00) - worked like a charm. My 900 already had 4 speakers (2 front, 2 back) and an antenna+ cable fitted.
And driving the 900? I love it, should have bought one 10 years ago.....
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Yes, there is. It's called an ISO plug, and is found on almost any car that uses a DIN or DINx2-sized radio. However, more and more auto manufacturers are moving towards integrated stereo solutions, and this has no standard plugs. Most of them probably have the normal wires, just not plugs, but are integrated into the shape of the dash, and could be connected to the cars software.
Kristian
Most CD Players will use an ISO plug connection. One plug does power, the other does speakers. They are often supplied joined together as one block.
Saab C900 models from 79 onwards, and early 9000 models should use a different two plug setup (saab specific). You can buy an adaptor for a few $/£ and it plugs stright between the two adapting the wiring.
However, my Saab 900 T16S '85 had the original clarion Saab radio cassette. Before removing it I bought the adaptor ready to fit the new unit in.
After pulling the radio I discovered that the Saab plugs weren't present (or at least not easily visible, and that the unit was connected to single wires and spade connectors for power (direct to spades on the back of the radio) and the speakers were connected via two barrel conenctors (one for front speakers, and one for rears). I ended up having to make up various connectors to fit it to the Saab adaptor to plug into the ISO plug. Not good as it can be a little tempremental.
I'm sure that the Saab twin plug must be under there somewhere, but I won't fidn it until I need to remove the lower dash again, and do that while I'm under there.
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