[V8] V8 radio replacement

[Ed Kellock]

I replaced the system in the Cayenne 1990 with a low-end Pioneer that has
mp3 input and CD in-dash. I ran wire to the trunk and installed two Pioneer
6x9, all bought from Crutchfield. No interface required and the  6x9's in
the rear mounted up without modification back there. I even left the stock
speaker grills. I haven't put in any fronts yet. The only kludgy thing I had
to do was file down the lip inside of the head unit opening to allow the
cage for the Pioneer to seat properly. The application is a standard DIN
mount so there are many options available. As Tom (I think) indicated,
putting new speakers in the doors is not that big a deal either.

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Roger M. Woodbury
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:43 AM
To: V8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] V8 radio replacement


I'm continuing a long term search for an audio system for my V8.  There are
a couple of items in my '90 V8 that don't work among which are the heated
seats and the radio.  Only my wife really cares about the seat but we both
would like to find a radio that would work in the car and I am not having a
whole lot of luck.  Thus I thought I'd consult here with the V8 brain trust.

The car originally came with a Bose system (of course!) that included a
Blaupunkt sourced headunit.  There were two Bose headunits used in these
cars, one by Clarion which I believe was in the later V8's and the Blaupunkt
like mine. The Blaupunkt in my car has died and I have found after
communicating with a bunch of car stereo type people on line that the Blau
unit cannot be repaired as parts are nla.  I have had ZERO luck finding a
known good oem headunit WITH code and have given that up entirely.

Soooo.  The plan now is to replace the headunit with something else and that
seems to be a problem because it appears there is little room to slide
something in which seriously limits the options.

I have ZERO confidence in stereo repair/sales/service places in Maine of
which there are very few anyway...on in Bangor, two in the greater Portland
area and of course, Sears and those, but I won't go there with this car at
all.  Tomorrow I am driving to Portland (almost 100 miles each way!  Yay!),
so I may drop in to the shop in Portland if I have time....I did business
with them once upon a time for my wife's (wife at that time!) 1985 Audi
Avant, but that is a different story about a different life and doesn't work
well here.

I am trying to interface with the existing Bose speakers because they were
rebuilt by the dealer that sold me the car to begin with and when the radio
was working, they worked very, very well.  As I understand the speakers in
the V8, they are all independently powered, so the theory is that if I take
power from a pre-amp out port on a radio they should interface. We have long
ago upgraded the radio in my wife's '94 100CS using a Nakamichi headunit
that interfaces well.

I was wondering if anyone here has done a head unit switch with satisfactory
results?  I am looking now at Nakamichi headunits that are new in the box,
and thinking of trying to duplicate the system that is in my wife's station
wagon since that really does work well.  I will consider either a CD or
cassette system since I have a cassette adapter we have used in the car with
the old head  unit.

any thoughts will be appreciated.  I don't mind listening to the sounds of
the car, but listening to Wagner while bashing around Maine's rural roads is
cool, too.

TIA,

Roger
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