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installing aftermarket radio 700 1991

posted by  someone claiming to be Drew on  Sun Feb 22 18:58 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Go here:

http://installdr.com/InstallDocs/Volvo/PDF/865001.pdf

There is no magic adapter that you can buy that will allow you to just plug the new JVC right in, which is presumably why Best Buy wanted to charge you a lot for the installation.

In a nutshell, assuming that your car has the stereo with the separate amp, installing the JVC unit will require locating and removing the amp, cutting the four pairs of speaker wires from the wiring harness that goes into the amp, splicing in 3' lengths of speaker wire and running it over to the center console, and connecting 3 or 4 of the wires from the wiring harness for the Volvo radio to the harness that came with your JVC (if you want to avoid cutting those 3 or 4 wires, there is an adapter you can buy that essentially mimics the receptacle on the Volvo radio, but since we're talking about an older car and an inexpensive stereo, I don't know that it's really worth the bother).

If you didn't buy the installation kit, you're going to need to go back and get it, or look elsewhere for a Metra model 999200 (the plastic mounting ring shown in the lower left corner of p. 5 of link above). The finished installation isn't the most elegant looking thing in the world (instead of being inset in the sloping center console, the new radio sticks out from it), but I was happy to have a stereo with a working LCD display and that can play CD's and MP3 discs.






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