JT in MD
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- 2005 XLT 4.0L
I'm sure this info has been provided before, but nevertheless:
The goodies:
Pioneer FH-P8000BT with a Metra install kit
Soldering the harnesses - note the amp turn on lead (blue) has a 1.5K ohm resistor. Metra advised using this to eliminate turn on "pop". It did an OK job, some "pop" but not distracting.
Untouched
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR CDS OUT OF THE OLD PLAYER!! Trust me on this one, I've learned the hard way.
With a butter knife, I started at the upper left corner and carefully pried the bezel off:
I then moved to the lower right corner. After this your hands do just fine. The clips are tight though!
After removing the air controls and 4wd harnesses, remove the two 7mm bolts at the base of the radio.
Take radio out and unclip the harnesses and remove antenna.
Now, just hook the new harness in and you're almost done.
Attach to the new headunit. The Metra harness has RCA inputs that will go into the Subwoofer output on the new radio.
Slide in (it's very cramped behind the headunit) and screw in the 7mm bolts.
Attach bezel, and you're done. After soldering, took about 20 minutes.
The goodies:
Pioneer FH-P8000BT with a Metra install kit
Soldering the harnesses - note the amp turn on lead (blue) has a 1.5K ohm resistor. Metra advised using this to eliminate turn on "pop". It did an OK job, some "pop" but not distracting.
Untouched
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR CDS OUT OF THE OLD PLAYER!! Trust me on this one, I've learned the hard way.
With a butter knife, I started at the upper left corner and carefully pried the bezel off:
I then moved to the lower right corner. After this your hands do just fine. The clips are tight though!
After removing the air controls and 4wd harnesses, remove the two 7mm bolts at the base of the radio.
Take radio out and unclip the harnesses and remove antenna.
Now, just hook the new harness in and you're almost done.
Attach to the new headunit. The Metra harness has RCA inputs that will go into the Subwoofer output on the new radio.
Slide in (it's very cramped behind the headunit) and screw in the 7mm bolts.
Attach bezel, and you're done. After soldering, took about 20 minutes.