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Old December 1st 04, 06:03 AM
Noeta
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Just bought a '93 325. It has an am/fm cassette, but no CD player or
changer. I'd rather have a single disk player than a changer in the trunk..
Is it possible to simply replace the BMW head with a standard am/fm/ cd
player without fouling up any of the other on board security or electronics?


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Old December 1st 04, 04:09 PM
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yep, pretty much any Circuit City, or Best Buy should carry an adapter that
will let you plug in an aftermarket headunit. Crutchfield carrys them too.


"Noeta" > wrote in message
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> Just bought a '93 325. It has an am/fm cassette, but no CD player or
> changer. I'd rather have a single disk player than a changer in the
> trunk..
> Is it possible to simply replace the BMW head with a standard am/fm/ cd
> player without fouling up any of the other on board security or
> electronics?
>
>



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Old December 1st 04, 10:17 PM
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Noeta wrote:
> Just bought a '93 325. It has an am/fm cassette, but no CD player or
> changer. I'd rather have a single disk player than a changer in the trunk..
> Is it possible to simply replace the BMW head with a standard am/fm/ cd
> player without fouling up any of the other on board security or electronics?
>
>


Sure. The advantages are that if you shop around you will find a head
unit with a much more sensitive FM receiver so you can actually get a
decent selection of distant stations, an AM radio that actually works
(unlike the POS OE Radio) and an indash CD player so you don't have to
go around to the trunk to change the friggen CDs in the rain or snow.

For eShopping I use the Crutchfield web site. They list FM sensitivity
and make it very convenient to compare models. The prices aren't bad
either plus they supply the wiring adapter you will need at no cost.

One thing to note: You do not need any fancy active adapters (they will
try to tell you that you do. Just wire the new deck in place of the old
one with the free adapter and you'll be good to go.

-Fred W
What genius first came up with the idea to mount CD changers in the
trunks of cars anyway?
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Old January 16th 05, 04:32 PM
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I'm trying to change out the factory radio in my '93 325IS and am having
problems. I can get he radion out OK, and found an wiring adapter for my
new Pioneer CD palyer, but, can't get any sound from the speakers. If I
connect an old set of speakers to the radio, i can prove the radio is
working. But when I connect to the car speakers I get nothing. I measured
across all the sonnections and get 2.5 M ohms. There are four Brown/Orange
and 4 other colered wires. The old radion was of the anti theft type.
Could that have anything to do with it? Would the anti theft break the
conn to the speakers?

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Old January 17th 05, 02:07 PM
Richard Sperry
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Generally, you have to connect the remote amplifier lead out of the new head
unit to the remote antenna lead (white wire, pin #16 if I remember
correctly.) The remote antenna lead also powers the remote amp. This could
(probably) is the cause of no sound.



"FSCHW" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> I'm trying to change out the factory radio in my '93 325IS and am having
> problems. I can get he radion out OK, and found an wiring adapter for my
> new Pioneer CD palyer, but, can't get any sound from the speakers. If I
> connect an old set of speakers to the radio, i can prove the radio is
> working. But when I connect to the car speakers I get nothing. I measured
> across all the sonnections and get 2.5 M ohms. There are four
> Brown/Orange
> and 4 other colered wires. The old radion was of the anti theft type.
> Could that have anything to do with it? Would the anti theft break the
> conn to the speakers?
>



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Old January 20th 05, 01:58 AM
FSCHW
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Thank you!

We boughht an adapter at Best Buy, and the shape matches, but the pins
don't. Had the same luck with circuit city. We did find we can pull the
pins out and put them in different positions. We've located the Battery,
Accessories, GND and speakers, but that only accounts for 11 of the 17
wires. Is there someplace where I can get the pin mappings, just ike you
referenced pin #16?

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Old January 20th 05, 01:09 PM
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Try here

http://home.att.net/~ebaines/e36_stereo_upgrade.htm


"FSCHW" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> Thank you!
>
> We boughht an adapter at Best Buy, and the shape matches, but the pins
> don't. Had the same luck with circuit city. We did find we can pull the
> pins out and put them in different positions. We've located the Battery,
> Accessories, GND and speakers, but that only accounts for 11 of the 17
> wires. Is there someplace where I can get the pin mappings, just ike you
> referenced pin #16?
>



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Old January 21st 05, 03:26 AM
FSCHW
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That looks like it will do the trick.. I'll let you know.

Thank you!

 




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