Mod. Install a 6 Disc Changer into your 6th Gen, Modified topic. Mod is Complete. See last post. Options

[njccmd2002]

My OEM radio has the 92 - 99 amplified system harness. Thinking i was doing all right, i bought a 6 disc changer, but payed no attention to the pin out of it. This new readio has the 2000 - up harness. See pics below.



I can make the conections with the following kits of Metra:



which look like this:

My current one



The new one




However i still have questions>>>>>

If you see the picture of the new deck:

what is a shield ground. I need to connect this without problems.... Also my old deck has 1 power antenna, the new one has 3 power antennas, what do i do with the rest.

The rest i can pretty go by colors..... Thanks in advance...

This post has been edited by njccmd2002: May 6, 2007 - 8:58 AM

[njccmd2002]

This is my car....




This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Apr 1, 2007 - 9:29 AM

[njccmd2002]

Has anyone attempted this. Would there be an icompatibility ?

[azian_advanced]

well, the 3 power antenna wires i'm assuming are all the same since they're all the same color (blue) and are labelled the same.
perhaps some newer vehicles have more than 1 antenna device? anyway, the power antenna wire only switches the antenna to extend.

[Lovo]

crimp off two of the power antennas, if you don't need them, dont use em.

cut the old toyota female harness coming from the vehicle, color match and crimp the new toyota female harness. i'm not sure if you're trying to connect a newer factory head unit to your vehicle, or just going aftermarket. if you're doing aftermarket, disregard this whole post.

i was thinking of doing a similar connection, let me know how this works out for you.

This post has been edited by Lovo: Apr 1, 2007 - 8:31 PM

[njccmd2002]

I am doing a factory 6 disc toyota OEM from a 2000 + amplified system, to my car, this new one is 20 pins. My car is the amplified system with 15 pins. I can disregard the the extra power antennas, but where to put the shield ground. The rest i can simply do by color coding. I will post pictures of the stereo once i get home and i recieve my harness in the mail...

[Lovo]

can you repost the pictures of the backs of the radios?

[njccmd2002]

This is the back of my current radio: Similar Item



This is the back of the radio i want to install





Will do about the power antennas, but i still have my doubts abount the shield ground. thanks lovo.

[mikeismad0408]

i think its just a ground wire...

[Lovo]

if i were you, i'd combine the shield ground and the regular ground together into the black wire from the old harness. that or i would create a whole new ground all together

[njccmd2002]

Good and bad news. The conversion of the 16 pin amp harness to a 20 pin Harness worked. I can prety much use the harness viceversa. Which is really cool. I hooked up the radio and worked like a charm.
And pretty much i can hook up my radio to a newer amp, in case mine blows out.

However the cd is dirty, the optical needs probably cleaning or replacement. I guess one more obstacle.

It can be done, thanks lovo. I hooked up the shield and normal ground together, and the harness i bought only had 1 power antenna. (bought it from BestKits.com Funny thing though, it did not have the Illum (-) wire, so i did not hook it up. I dont see anything different, except that turning on the lights does not dim my radio, which is good......

As soon i can get my cd fixed, it is enjoy time....

By the way anybody knows were to get an optical cd pickup for a fujitsu ten, just wondered...

[azian_advanced]

good to hear that you got it all working.. i was gonna go this route when i wanted something stock looking and i was looking towards getting the Scion double din MP3 stereo until i decided i wanted something with an indash lcd.

i'd like to see some pics of the new headunit installed....

[Lovo]

HA!

great! i'm really, really happy for you. this makes me excited to think my next mod will include a scion head unit. =)

i generally eliminate illumination or the dimmer wire on all of my installs. it makes the process run smoother, and even when trying to do it... its a big pointless hassle. ofcourse unless you want your radio dimmed down. haha

how did you get the harness to connect to the back of the new radio? was that available on that website? or did you cut it from the vehicle?

[njccmd2002]

Here is the story, i got the 16 pin plug with an amp i got from ebay. The harness was already cut in half. I looked in ebay for the original Factory oem harness. Its Made by metra or bestkits. I soldered them together based on the above diagrams and voila. Time to make this mod only 30 mins. Now a sion head unit is probably a little larger than the hole in the celica, thats why I did not go for it. Newer factory radios use a digital amp, and not our analog amp, so if the unit is not amplified it might not work with the factory celica amp.

Here are some pics if anybody is interested....



Started





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This post has been edited by njccmd2002: May 6, 2007 - 8:46 AM

[Lovo]

thats not too bad, i prefer the 3M little crimp heads for a better connection and it looks a lot more neat than electric tape

and its also reversible

i need to see if it fits or not... but if it does i'm diving into it.

that or an alpine head unit

who knows...

[njccmd2002]

Yes i know , i was trying to make it cheap, but will actually go for it as soon as i get the cd fixed. Im also planning on the change o illumination...... hope i dont mess it up......

This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Apr 8, 2007 - 9:38 PM

[Lovo]

in order to do the illumin. wires you'll need a few things...

electrical tape, and advil or equivalent.

maybe a wire stripper... but w/e you do, it'll be a headache.

good luck =)

you can't mess it up, it'll just cause problems. wierd ass problems

[njccmd2002]

This is the harness I bought, in case anyone interested....

[njccmd2002]

for a more professional look...

[Lovo]

very nice most definately, but it would be nicer if you showed us some pics of the radio in the car