I am going to look at and hopefully buy the 900 convertible today. I have a really nice stereo that came out of my Beetle, it is a Alpine
9851 head unit with XM and Ipod interfaces, a nice Class D MMats amplifier, and a MMats 12" woofer in a ported enclosure. I would like to put it all in the Saab if I get it, but will the SID operate correctly with the factory stereo removed? Jerry
It should work fine, though I've never actually tried it. It's pretty easy to take the stereo out if you want to give it a try - there's no codes for it to forget.
Of course, the bottom line of the SID will be blank most of the time with no audio info to display.
Cheers,
Colin.
"jerryeveretts" wrote in news:1137681918.499208.95910 @g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
I've got a 1997 900SE I bought used. It has an aftermarket stereo-CD player- etc. installed in it. The SID works perfectly, not a pixel out of place.
But does not display any audio info, correct?
(Just checking, if it does, clue me in :-)
Bob wrote in news:idv1t1l3haejp91lvfm45d9e9kqdclhovo@
4ax.com:
No audio info on the SID, but since I never had the audio info displaying on the SID I don't miss it. The audio info does display on the radio, which is some sort of Sony. I don't have the owner's manual for the radio -- which is supposed to play mpegs and satellite radio -- so I can't even set the time for it. It took me a couple of days just to figure out how the CD player works -- the face of the radio flips down and the CD goes behind it. If I remember, I'll take some photos. It's a tidy installation. It also had some sort of hands free phone connection I think. That was partly dismantled when I got it.
any good source for the install kit and wiring harness?
Jerry
Crutchfield.com is always a good source for plug n play harnesses.
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