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CD Player Installation?
I recently found a great deal on a CD player for my car and I'm strongly considering buying it. It comes with a free installation kit and I'd like to install it on my own. I've installed a home theater system before and as a computer engineering major I've become fairly comfortable with electronics, but something scares me about installing a car CD player because I don't want to break anything. In general, is it really that difficult to install a CD player in a car and are there many risks involved? I already have a CD player in my car if that helps...
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It is easy to do - don't let it scare you. Just be sure to have the mounting kit and the wiring harness. The mounting kit will be specific to your car and will allow it to fit in the dash with a finished look. You can get these at your local Wal-Mart for around $15. The wiring harness is the most important. You buy one specific to your car for around $12 again at your local WalMart. Once you connect the color-coded wires (and tape with electrical tape) to your new CD player color-coded wires, it literally just becomes a matter of plugging in the connector to your car connector.
If your installation kit has these two components - your golden.
Source(s): Experience - MisterLv 41 decade ago
the hardest part about installing a car stereo is figuring out how to open up the dash/remove the panels without breaking anything.
Some cars take as little as 2 minutes to take out the radio, and other cars will take even an experienced installer over an hour. It all depends on the car. If you list what type of car you have, we'd be able to help you out a lil more
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You have to be careful when removing the front bezel of the dashboard where the stereo hides behind. Depending on the type of car you have it may be difficult to easy. The stereo kit that you get should have an instruction on how do to this. Another problem you will run into is that the plastic hold downs that hold the dashboard portions in place will become brittle over the years the slightest tug on them can cause them to break. In which case you have to replace them.
- graminskiLv 44 years ago
nicely at the same time as circut city placed my cd participant in i had to purchase the cord harness , the dask kit to make it in high-quality condition genuine and infrequently you should purchase an intenna adapter pendin 12 months of motor vehicle. So sure if those are the products you're refuring to then thats about an better 20 -35 dollers you are able to ought to spend.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Look for the adapter harness here http://www.metraonline.com/
It will wire up to the new CD player and plug in to the factory harness in the car.