car stereo
 

Does anybody know anything about car stereos I am changing a bloughpunt that came with the wifeââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s car a nissan to a JVC cd player but the connections at the back are completely different that in it self isnââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t a prob as i will just crimp new connectors on
But my prob is how do i know what the existing wires do as i have no wiring drawings for the existing stereo
I had enough this afternoon so i put the old one back for the time being but forgot you need a code which i dont have as the stereo came with the car new and we are the second or third owners.

The JVC one i have is an old one that i also do not have the code for as the friend we bought it off has a new car and has put an old cassette in the car she sold so we can have the cd player
but she had that put in by a garage after hers got nicked so when we asked her for the code she said she didnâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t know it and never knew you needed a code as the garage just put the stereo in and didnâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t tell her ?
Alternativly does anybody know where off the internet to get unlock codes

Halfords is your answer, they usually help with saying which car/model adaptor kit you require can also get fascia surrounds

I swapped a 206 stereo for a new one, and it cost £20 for the new wiring (clips between new stereo and old adapter) and the fascia

Will they also help with the unlocking even thought i have no proof off owner ship for the new stereo (By the way it is not a nicked one)

Personally if fitting a new in car CD player I would fit one of the MP3 head units... 10 hours music from a single CD, tracks named etc and no need to route cable to the back of the car for a CD Changer...

but Halfords yes, or any smaller car audio center.

(Example - to fit a kenwood (ISO harness to kenwood cable already on it) into a nissan (proprietary harness - £20 at halfords, £5 at my local car audio center)

as far as I know though the current nissans and those from 1992 onwards have ISO harnesses... (2 plugs, one has 8 pins in it, one has less)

and yes, decodes are about £15 at most places...

where abouts do you live? I may be able to recommend somewhere with better prices.

Don't think they'll help with unlocking unless you can convince them, I have found in the past that many smaller electrical repairs will unlock them or some of the more "back street" car audio specialists...

I think i will look around at the back street motor spares shops

Call any Auto Electrician they will unlock them for you, one round here charges £5. All he does is put it on a laptop and deletes the code and adds a new one.