AM/FM/CD player?

The adapter plugs are like $14.95 --- so the soldering of the new radio wires to the plug and covering then with heat shrink tubing must be the other $15! I have an extra set of the plugs (2) if ya need them - $10 including shipping and instruction sheet.

A really nice Blaupunct AM/FM/CD/MP3 player that bolts in to your factory brackets. and with the included for free wiring harness adapter plugs into your Toyotas wiring. This makes it as techniacal as making toast in a toaster.

do you need a $300 head unit from a big box retailer? NO it won't play music any better, louder, or longer than the any of the units at

I miss the older Blaupunkt head units that would somewhat match the car's interior. Now all they got is the ones that look like disco balls at night.

I took a look at the site but will have to return when my proxy is not so busy and the pages load faster.

Which Blaupunct model is the one that plugs into the car's wiring? I see three models listed. Should I give up on this idea of not cutting the car's wiring? After all, isn't this something that'll last the life of the car?

Also, I'm curious about "European Tuning No Seek/Scan." I have no idea what that means.

I have to say that I am partial to Pioneer since I have a 30-y.o. Pioneer am/fm tuner in my 67 VW bus that works as good today as it did the day I bought it.

Thanks for your help.

94 Camry LE

I'm not going to mess with the installation unless it's something I can do easily. It seems to me that I'd be halfway done with it and wishing I'd hired someone who does it all the time in order to get the job done right.

That would be overkill for me. Before doing that I'd buy one-a-doze cassette units that you plug into the radio and the cigarette lighter, then plug in a CD/MP3 player to play through the existing unit.

One thing I haven't thought about is asking about this at the dealer. They might have a unit that fits right in. I hate to think how much they'd charge for it, dealer parts being so expensive.

Thanks,

94 Camry LE

The way you should do it is buy the adapter for your car, it's usually

15-20$. Sometimes less. Buy the radio. The adapter plugs into your factory harness and you splice the wires from the adapter to the wires sticking out of the back of the new radio. That way you don't hack off the factory harness.

The cheap way is to cut off the factory harness and research which wires do what and splice them in to the radio's wires.

Or go to ebay.com and find a Toyota radio that has a CD player and will connect to your existing harness.

I'd screw it up. There's a little tool/technique paradigm involved that I'd rather forego in favor of having someone do it for me. I appreciate the information. Thank you.

This is one place where the dealer prices are ridiculously expensive. But you might try checking eBay for a Toyota unit that will plug right in and preserve the stock appearance.

dealer.

I'll find out today when I stop by the dealer's parts department. Unfortunately, I can't buy anything on the web because I don't have any credit cards. Okay, I have one, but only Sears takes it.

Thanks and best wishes,

94 Camry LE

Many sellers on eBay will accept alternate payment arrangments.

Set up a free PayPAL account - it deducts amount directly from your bank account --- you do have a bank or credit union account?

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Wolfgang:

I'm not entirely enamored of paypal, but thanks for the good idea.

I visited the dealer and they can no longer order the two AM/FM/CD players that go into my Camry. But I have the model numbers. Only problem I can see is the units are twice the size of the AM/FM/cassette player I have in there now, meaning the console/dash must have been different than mine. So I'm not going to mess with it.

It looks as if I'm back to the idea of getting an aftermarket unit. All I have to do is settle on one I like and then turn my back when the installer wriggles up under the dash and butchers the wiring.

Now, back to which one to buy. I'm leaning toward the Panasonic players because it's a name I have always had good luck with. I suppose I could ask a few kids what they're buying. That's one thing that's nice about getting older -- I can ask the 18-y.o's for advice because they know everything, just as we did when we were their age!

Thanks again for your help.

94 Camry LE

I have the model numbers. Only

Doesn't your present radio have an empty space below? Been so long, I forgot exactly what it was, storage space I think. That just comes out with the old radio to make room for the new. Fits in the dash just fine.

Why, yes it does.

Storage space, with a hatch, probably for CD's the unit doesn't play :-(

Thanks for the information.

94 Camry LE

Here's what I see:

There's a disclaimer:

"YOUR CAR MUST HAVE A FACTORY TOYOTA AMP FOR THIS RADIO/CD RECEIVER TO WORK."

What's a "FACTORY TOYOTA AMP?"

Your car probably doesn't have one. Mine doesn't. It is a separate "box" included with some radio setups for increased performance. Took me a long time, but I finally found an AM/FM/cassette tape/CD player from a 1994 that fit perfectly and matched appearance. Installation is simple because only four bolts hold it in. The stock wiring harness just plugs into the back of the unit. The CD player is really nice. Once you've become accustomed to one, you probably won't want to be without it - you select your own music and it plays for a long time with good fidelity and no commercials. Didn't see any on eBay at this time. Many people have said you can find better quality and price with a new unit. Just spend the few extra dollars to get the connector so it plugs into the factory wiring harness with no cutting of wires.

I have purchased and had installed a very nice Pioneer AM/FM/CD/mp3 player. It has a nicer sound than the stock unit. I took the long way home from the audio store so's I could listen to a Supertramp album.

Thanks everyone for your helpful advice.