1992 EB Ford Explorer Head Unit Installation Problems

Trying to install an aftermarket HU into this beastly vehicle and
having the toughest time.

Got it out relatively alright but i bought a wiring adapter labeled for
91-97 explorers and it fits on to the larger male end but not to the
smaller male end that only has one(visible) large wire connected to it.
A problem i unfortunately did not anticipate.

Could it be specially for the EB edition?

hope somebody knows, thanks for reading.

Not all units will fit, bracket in dash in the way

You have a radio cassette and try to install a cd/radio/cassette and that
will not work



"tootles" > wrote in message
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> Trying to install an aftermarket HU into this beastly vehicle and
> having the toughest time.
>
> Got it out relatively alright but i bought a wiring adapter labeled for
> 91-97 explorers and it fits on to the larger male end but not to the
> smaller male end that only has one(visible) large wire connected to it.
> A problem i unfortunately did not anticipate.
>
> Could it be specially for the EB edition?
>
> hope somebody knows, thanks for reading.
>

On 7 Sep 2006 16:36:14 -0700, "tootles" > wrote:

>Trying to install an aftermarket HU into this beastly vehicle and
>having the toughest time.
>
>Got it out relatively alright but i bought a wiring adapter labeled for
>91-97 explorers and it fits on to the larger male end but not to the
>smaller male end that only has one(visible) large wire connected to it.
>A problem i unfortunately did not anticipate.
>
>Could it be specially for the EB edition?
>
>hope somebody knows, thanks for reading.

There were three levels of radio, only the lowest level is easily
traded out for a new HU. Both the others used remote amplifiers and
have different radio connections. Assuming that's what's happening
in your case you will need to get a gizmo that reduces the speaker
level output from your new HU down to amplifier input level. I did
that on one 92 and while it worked I was never really happy with the
setup as it always seemed slightly distorted and even with the gizmo
set to max output level it didn't have enough output, not even as much
as the original radio. If your original HU had the "flipper" volume
switch it has a remote amp.