Head Unit being Iffy

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:57 am

Do all headunits fit all vehicles? I'm not talking about anything fancy like a touch screen... just a simple headunit so I can plug in my ipod. Any Suggestions on a head unit? I don't need one too nice.

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JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:02 am

they're fairly standard, vehicles on the other hand are not

so regardless of the radio for the most part, you'll need a wiring harness adapter, an antenna adapter and a trim ring, go to best buy or something similar, they stock everything you'd need for a clean install

if you find a radio online that you like and order that, just tell them the make/model/serial of the radio and they can hook you up with the right junk

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:42 pm

thanks!

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:59 pm

a double-DIN hu will not fit a KJ without massive customization.

STINGN · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:24 pm

JL Rockies wrote:

a double-DIN hu will not fit a KJ without massive customization.

x2

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:56 pm

Nobody buy's double DIN when they are looking at simple.. or standard.

Zack A · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:50 pm

Hey if you get the radio by tomorrow we can throw it in when I drive down to help out with your lights.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:41 pm

I'll probably hold off on it for a month or so cant decide between the hood louvers or radio hahaha. Maybe i'll get lucky and see something not to pricy while we are out and I'll grab it haha. fingers crossed

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:50 pm

Ok so me and zack bought a headunit today. Wiring hourness, and atenna adaptor. Problem is it was being difficult and didnt want to work? Any thoughts on why? Zack said maybe it was the year of my JEEP :mrgreen:

its an 03 sport. Any help is appreciated.

Zack A · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:26 pm

Here is a little more to the background of the story. Stock HU, works. Take out stock unit and with the Kenwood wiring harness and new HU wiring harness all the new unit does it come on but no sound. Take everything back apart and put stock HU back in and it works correct.

i know with my mustang I use to have it required a remote amp turn on to be hooked up. I did not have this problem in my jeep and I've put 2-3 different HU's in.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:35 pm

ok so i did find an old thread on here from 07 addressing the premium sound system problem. basically it says i just have to connect those two extra blue cables on the factory harness. Correct me if I'm wrong

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:57 pm

ahhhmm

I dunno

soldered my kenwoods harness to the radio harness adapter as described in the book, didn't hook up the whatever color it was that is used for the "illumination fade"

plugged it in along with the antenna adapter and had no problems?

all my junk came from Best buy so whatever company they use for the harness adapters is what i used

it sounds like you have everything right except maybe the outputs are wired wrong?

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:12 pm

there is a dark blue and white cable that is labeled p. cont. so i'm guessing this is power. zack thought this may have been the problem but we were running alittle short on time.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:52 pm

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this is what I think is my problem too... Any suggestions?

Zack A · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:44 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

ahhhmm

I dunno

soldered my kenwoods harness to the radio harness adapter as described in the book, didn't hook up the whatever color it was that is used for the "illumination fade"

plugged it in along with the antenna adapter and had no problems?

all my junk came from Best buy so whatever company they use for the harness adapters is what i used

it sounds like you have everything right except maybe the outputs are wired wrong?

the new wiring harness and the radio wiring harness colors all matched up.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:14 am

Got it working!

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:26 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

Nobody buy's double DIN when they are looking at simple.. or standard.

double DIN doesn't mean "advanced" and double DIN is "standard" in many cars.... just sayin'.

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