Installing aftermarket cd player

If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Installing Aftermarket Cd Player And Share More sharing options Followers 0. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. GS3 Posted August 11, Posted August 11, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Posted August 13, Bama Lexi Posted August 19, Posted August 19, Posted August 21, Finding out if the AIS solution is compatible with the make and model of your vehicle is quick and easy.

Drop by one of our two stores around Richmond and a member of our team can test your vehicle. Drop by our store and we can check your application.

Check with us to see if a solution is available for your vehicle. Good Morning! Are you in the Richmond, VA area? Where are you located? Perhaps we can refer you to someone that keeps them in stock near you to test it and confirm. It can just sit in the console. The Palisade was a new model in Hard to find anyone with experience connecting audio on one.

Thanks, Joanne. Sadly the only way to know if an add-on CD player would work, would be to actually test it in the vehicle. Gather all the necessary tools. This list can change from vehicle to vehicle, but the basic tools include: screwdrivers, wire strippers, wire cutters, and electrical tape. You might also need a panel remover tool and factory stereo removal pins depending on your vehicle.

Locate a manual on dash panel removal for your car. This can be very helpful in knowing exactly which pieces of dash to remove and how to remove them. If your owner's manual or service manual does not provide the details you need, you might try looking for a Haynes Service Manual for your car.

Part 2. Disconnect the ground cable from your battery. This is the negative, commonly seen as the black terminal of the battery. You never want to work on your cars electronics with this connected as it might result in damage to the electrical system or injury to yourself. Remove any necessary pieces of the dashboard. Using the manual from above, determine which pieces of your dash must be taken off to remove the factory stereo.

These pieces may pull right off with a panel remover, or they may be held on with screws, bolts, or clips. Remove the factory stereo. Once any necessary pieces of dashboard have been removed you can take out your stereo. Sometimes the stereo is bolted or screwed onto the dash and sometimes you will need to use special tools that are inserted into the face of the factory stereo to release it from the dashboard. This procedure will vary from car to car. Unplug the factory wiring harness from the back of the stereo.

If you opted out of buying a wiring harness adapter, you may have to cut the wires instead of just pulling them out. Some vehicle manufacturers may void warranties if wiring is cut. Cut only as a last resort. Part 3. Connect the new aftermarket wiring harness adapter. The aftermarket wiring harness adapter is specifically designed to fit your vehicle's wiring harness.

This allows you to simply plug the new harness adapter into the factory radio harness and makes wiring your stereo fairly straightforward. Connect the new radio's plug to the wiring harness adapter. The new radio will have a plug that must be spliced to the wiring harness. The harness adapter and plug are made to go together easily. This adapter set up will allow you to plug the car's original wiring harness into your stereo.

A few quick steps is all that it takes to connect the new stereo plug and wire harness adapter. Match the colors and sizes of wires on the plug to their identical counterparts on the wiring harness adapter. Strip approximately two inches insulation off of all of the wires and twist matching wires together. This provides superior surface area connection to crimping and more flexibility than soldering. The wires on the harness adapter and plug are usually color coded or tagged for easy identification and matching.

Connect the aftermarket stereo. Now that the wiring harness adapter is plugged into the wiring harness and attached to the stereo plug, all you need to do is plug it into the back of your stereo. Now the wiring of your stereo is complete! Slide the new stereo into the dash. This step will differ with each car and may require first sliding in a DIN cage, or simply mounting the aftermarket stereo onto the original mounting brackets.

Test the aftermarket stereo. Make sure no wires have become disconnected or pinched. Reconnect the negative battery terminal and power up your vehicle. Make sure that all features of the radio and all the speakers are working. Troubleshoot the stereo installation. If it doesn't work, you likely have a loose connection or have joined the wires incorrectly. Disconnect the negative battery terminal and troubleshoot.

Make sure that the original wiring harness and aftermarket wiring harness adapter are securely attached.