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It could be done, but it would not be easy. You would need the BOTH amplifiers, the unique JBL amp with a line-out for the SW amp. AND the subwoofer amp, plus the SW enclosure itself. The door speakers were unique in the JBL system, with tweeters included in the 5.5"x7.5" enclosures. So...

Some of our radios in this time period had a feature we called "Selective Lighting". meaning that depending upon what mode your radio was in, only the buttons used in that mode would be lit. For example, if you were listening to FM radio, the cassette or CD "EJECT" button would NOT be lit. If...

Tape Adapters Ford cassette radios of the mid-late 90's have a "tape-tightening" routine built into them that is supposed to help prevent the radio from eating cassette tapes. The radio sees a cassette adapter as a damaged tape, and spits out the tape or an error code. SOME models of tape...

CDR install in '92 Explorer Yes, that radio will work. The same unit was used in Mustang and Explorer (Green lighting with clock function). regards, Jeff

The random Off-On and volume control issues are both due to a faulty volume control. I haven't repaired one myself, but, I don't think it's a big job, IF you can get a new volume control pot. With regard to the 2-4 door EQ, the rear speakers on the Sport should have worked. The difference...

Mach Dual media radio YL2F-18C868-CA is a Mach Dual Media radio manufactured by Pioneer for use in 2000 and 2001 4-door Explorers and Mountaineers. Sounds to me like the radio is broken. The second most likely failure mode after the display issue is loss of volume control, and the radio...

...I think it's broken.... Your original radio, F87F-18C868-AD, is for an Explorer/Mountaineer equipped with the "Mach " Audio System with a subwoofer. Your replacement radio, F87F-18C868-CC, is for an Explorer/Moutaineer WITHOUT the "Mach" system. There is no reason the CD won't play...

Hardmount Radios For your '02 Explorer, you need a "hardmount" radio instead of a "springclip" version radio. Explorer/Mountaineer, Mustang, and Expedition/Navigator used "hardmount" style radios in 2002. You want a radio that has an "RDS" button, but NOT a "DSP" button (the DSP is only in...

You can use the Premium version - it does not have a subwoofer output, and will work fine in your truck. You do not want to use the Audiophile version - it will not sound right in your system. The Audiophile version has the low frequencies directed to the subwoofer, and, if you don't have that...

Ford CDR in place of PAC Cassette The CDR you mention requires an amp (the truck you took it out of, should have had one, too). If the radio you took out of your truck was a Premium Cassette model (with a -19B165- base part number), it SHOULD have worked. Couple things to try. In the...

Should work This swap should work. Your original radio is a "Mach" unit with subwoofer output (that 3rd plug). The replacement radio you mention is not a Mach unit, so it will not have a subwoofer output. The unit should work and play just fine in the vehicle. It will NOT, however, have...

The radio shown in your post #13 is the "Mach" Dual Media radio that SHOULD have been in your vehicle. That radio has a CD mechanism (one disc only) AND a Cassette mechansim. If the guy advertised that it had "six discs" - he had to be referring to a separate six disc changer in the console...

Can't tell for sure without seeing the part number on your radio, but, I think somebody swapped a non-Mach radio head unit into your vehicle. The radio you have does not have any output to the subwoofer amp. The Mach version of the head unit shown in your pictures would have a "DSP" symbol...

CDX6 Premium Sound Radio Head Unit Your CDX6 radio, part number 1L2F-18C815-AE is the standard "Premium Sound" version of the CDX6 with a "hardmount" bezel. The unique "hardmount" (it bolts in instead of using "spring-clips" like earlier version Explorer radios) limits yoyr choices for a...

Joe - The conversion you are trying to do is pretty complicated, especially since most of the factory wiring is intertwined with the main vehicle wiring harnesses. I gather from your notes that you are trying to install a single-CD P100 radio into your '95 Explorer that came without JBL...

Actually, it was quite a bit more involved than just "take factory equipment and slap a brand name on it for sales". The Ford sound systems that were branded Ford JBL were developed with audio engineers from both Ford and JBL, working together, designing to performance specifications...

Very nicely done. I've tried a few small fiberglass projects myself - don't remember any of them coming out as nice as this. Nice pictures and article, too! Thanks. regards, Jeff

Explorer Audiophile radios If your '99 has the factory subwoofer in it, then it would have had the Audiophile Sound System. The correct radio for a '99 with the Audiophile System would be a "T100i+" Dual Media radio, part # F87F-18C868-AD (any radio with the same prefix, "F87F", and a suffix...

CD-6 Radio Interchange The numbers you are using are part numbers, not serial numbers. The 3L2T-FA is a "Mach" version CD-6 radio for a 2003 Explorer. The 1L2F-BD radio is a "Mach" version CD-6 radio for a 2002 Explorer. The 1L2F-BD model should be a straight plug-in swap, and should work...

Cheapest place would be a junk-yard or e-Bay. Be sure to get the harness with it. It does take up most of the console - but, my music is more important to me than a console full of munchies. There's still room for my cell phone, 12V phone cord, spare CD magazine, & a pair or gloves. Jeff

Your CDX-6 radio is capable of controlling a remote Ford 6-CD Changer in ADDITION to the 6 CD's in the head unit. "DJ" means "Disc-Jockey" (an early Sony term for a CD Changer - Sony was the first supplier of our realy model CD Changers); "TRK1" is, of course, "Track #1". Some of the design...

'00 Rear Mach door speakers "IAmTodd" was correct - a "cost reduction" action was taken in '99 that replaced the rear door speakers with "Premium" units instead of "Audiophile". Putting a pair of fronts in the rear from a boneyard, as he suggested, WILL improve the sound (slightly)...

The two-pin plug on the bottom is for early remote-controls. Villager and Taurus were the first carlines to have remote controls for the radio, mounted on the instrument panel (later models would put the remote on the steering wheel). This connector was also used on automated test equipment...

Ford PAC radios switched from a 12V remote signal to a 5V signal in 1993. All of them from 1993-on will have a 5V signal. If you need a 12V turn-on signal, you can pick up the power antenna circuit on the radio power connector on many models. Jeff

1994 Ford JBL Head Unit With the DIN size PAC radio used in 1994, the EQ is done in the external amp. There are TWO external amps in this system, one 4 channel for the door speakers, that has a line-out signal to the second amp, which is a single channel amp for the Subwoofer. With the...