How Do I Install My Cd player/ Head unit into my KE70?????

[stix]

So ive done 2 car head units already in a honda accord and in some shitty holden for a mate but they were basically, out with the old, in with the new and then re-wire.
but the KE70 is different cause it has its original radio with the knobs and shit and then two shelves near the gear stick
one is covered and one is empty. The cover comes off though.
ive cut holes in the rear for some 6x9's and thats all the speakers im going to have and i bought a little cheap Sony GTX-180 headunit for $80


my questions are:
Where does the head unit go?

DO i just pull the wires from the original radio and go from there?

How does the head unit bolt in?

Anyone done it before? Im not paying for some schmutter at Strathfield to do it, Just need some help so i can have the confidence to start doing it.

[stix]

im illiterate so pictures would help too :)

[shift_rook]

for mounting use the bottom box, cut a hole, make it nice. for wiring if you've already wired headunit it'll be pretty simple for you, either run new wires for the speakers or just run the crummy old wires off the old head unit,you'll need memory( constant power) a good earth( you can either wire into the old head unit earth or tap an i terminal off the bottow box bracket, then just a wire for acc and you're set :)

[timbo]

Multi metre or test lamp is your friend. Very easy job wiring wise...

[lildavo]

I put one in mine a month or so ago, I'd recommend starting from scratch. get rid of all the old wiring and just do it from scratch. You should of got a wiring diagram with your headset that explains what wire goes where on the harness. I ran a wire straight from the battery with a fuse in it to the power, then found a spare wire under the dash that got power with accessories turned on using a test light and connected the accessories. found a solid ground using the test light and the constant power wire I had coming from the battery. Then it was just a case of wiring up the speakers.

At first I thought my headset was stuffed however because for some reason my headset doesn't switch on without the aerial connected up on my cheapo JVC head unit.

As for mounting the headset itself. Mine is a bit dodgy, I just cut up the where the old tape deck mounted, and squeezed it in there. fits pretty firm though.

[haveaparty]

from the wires that plug into the head unit, yellow-battery, red-accesories, black-earth, then the wires that are the same colour are for the speakers, just trial and error until u get the rear left and right wires. i would run new wires, its hella cheap from auto barns. and to mount it just make brackets and screw it in

[Matt]

Handy trick i learnt years ago for locating speaker wires was to get a 9v battery and touch the speaker wires on the +v and -v terminals and you will hear an audible pop from the speaker.

[Dilsy]

i agree with lildavo, new wires are they way to go so then you know that if it doesnt work the wiring isnt the problem,
i installed a head unit a 4 speakers in my ksev a couple of months ago and it is pretty simple.
all i did was ran 2 new wires from the battery to the head unit (cut a small hole in the rubber boot where the wiring loom goes through) , then just have to find an accesories wire, (this is easier if you have a test light or multi meter) but if not from memory the purple wire from the stock unit is for accesories, so just wire it up to that. or if you cannot find accesories wire a sencond opiton is to wire the accesories up to a switch, BUT! make sure you turn it off when you get out of the car or your battery will not like you.
then for the speakers will have to run new wires for the rear, and to the front, again new wire it the way to go. to find out what wires are for what speakers just google the brand of the head unit and the colours are all usually the same.

as for the mounting of the unit i put mine in the gap at the bottom which is just waisted space by toyota. to mount it i just bent the brackets that were on the unit and screwed it into the bottom, the center bit is easy to remove (4 skrews) so is alot easier to position and mount while it is out of the car.

hope this helps :)

[Jacobxxx]

or if you cannot find accesories wire a sencond opiton is to wire the accesories up to a switch, BUT! make sure you turn it off when you get out of the car or your battery will not like you.


I don't understand why people do this? It's not hard to find something that can be used as acc, it actually takes less time than wiring a switch and mounting it.

[Dilsy]

yeh but people are lazy, id rather put the effort in and find an accessories wire, alot less effort in the long run remembering to turn the switch off every time!!

[shortround]

Handy trick i learnt years ago for locating speaker wires was to get a 9v battery and touch the speaker wires on the +v and -v terminals and you will hear an audible pop from the speaker.

Just use a AA battery. This will also confirm the speaker polarity for you. If you put + on battery with + on speaker wire (and - with -), the speaker will visibly push out which is correct.
If the speaker is pulling in, then just swap the wires.

[Cerby86]

yeh but people are lazy, id rather put the effort in and find an accessories wire, alot less effort in the long run remembering to turn the switch off every time!!

I don't get it either since you can guarantee there's an acc wire in the plug for the existing radio. There really isn't anything easier than doing a stereo. just use a multimeter to find acc and negative. Run your own speaker wires cos the common negative in old toyotas will blow up modern headunits, and cos you run your own wires you just follow the convention of the wire with the black strip being negative you don't have to worry about which is which. Then run your own battery wire with a fuse in it, this cuts down on noise which will end up making your speakers buzz with the engine revs and everytime I see people trying to pick up battery positive from the clock or the fuse panel or some shit they end up blowing fuses and melting wires hahah.

[stix]

Thanks everyone for the Help.
I really dont need help with wiring its just the mounting part im hella confused about.

So far ive gathered, use the veryyyyyyy bottom hole in the KE70 and bend brakets so they screw in.
im gonna use the original radio area for 3 holder DIN guage thingy when I do the 4AGE conversion and above that switches for power and shit.

Can people please put photos of their mounting job and photos of CD players in their KE's. Visuals would help,
Cheers