General help with a new headunit

[andykane]

Hey

i just got a 2000 punto sporting and i love it except for the tape player !

im not sure about that wierd little sub in the boot either but ill give it a chance before i slag it off too much

my problem is iv got a sony CDX-M630 headunit but DONT have the chunky plug thing that came with it to install it.

i got the fascia adapter for the dash and im sure i can find a coathanger or something to get the old blaupunkt thing out.

but after that i have no idea what im gonna find behind it and what ill need to put in the new sony one.

if anyone can enlighten me before i start pulling it apart it would be much appreciaited

thanks

 

[wolfracepunto]

You'll need a wiring plug which you can get from Halfords. It fits straight into the plugs you take out of the Blaupunkt unit then fits straight into the Sony unit.

 

[wolfracepunto]

You might need an aerial plug aswell for the radio.

 

[andykane]

thanks mate... ill nip down there now see if they are still open

im gettin quite skilled at finding excuses to go drive my new car

 

[wolfracepunto]

Yeah any excuse

ps welcome to FF

 

[thefishdude]

there will be a couple of small coloured blocks on the original wiring think they red and yellow possible green. anyways you dont have to plug them in just leave them lose they are only for original stereos so the car computer can check you put the code in.

as for the lil sub in the back. i like it, obviously it aint same as haveing large 12 or 14 incher in boot but it takes up no room and does make a good difference. changing your head unit will make the sound so much better. i was surprised how better mine was after just changing head unit.

 

[andykane]

hah bloody halfords sold out

any other car in the universe i woulda been ok

oh well ill run out to a different one tomorra

yea im gonna give the little sub a chance ... nice to to fit my golf clubs in the boot(just!) for a change

 

[thefishdude]

what exactly is this wiring thing you getting ??? my new stereo i got blaupunkt mp3 one just had the holes on back to plug the original wiring in that was allready in car.

do some stereoes not have that ?

 

[wolfracepunto]

With Sony headunits and other makes, you get another plug because the leads that are in the car already wont fit into the back of the new Sony headunit. Fiats are equipped to run Blaupunkt so thats why you didnt need the extra plug.

The hardest part of fitting it is gonna be fitting all the extra wire into the hole Well thats what I found anyway.

 

[thefishdude]

ahhhh cheers for explaining, glad i chose blaupunkt now. and yep not much room back there

 

[imola_fowkes]

what about a fascia will u not need a new one of them

 

[wolfracepunto]

He's already bought one Read the post :nutter: lol

 

[imola_fowkes]

:bang:

 

[Dan]

I think ur sayin that uve lost the adapter that goes into the back of the head unit! In that case ur fecked coz u'll have to order a brand new one direct from sony. All you looked for in halfords was an ISO adapter from standard to the fitting in the punto cassette player. Ur sony wont be standard m8! But i could have got the wrong end of the stick?

 

[andykane]

****e! yea your right thats what i need .... damn


:bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

 

[Dan]

U might be able to get a second hand one off ebay, but failing that you could go into halfrauds and ask if they can get hold of one from their suppliers. Hope this helps. Dan

 

[andykane]

the sony website is useless too ... a giant online maze

 

[Dan]

Bit of a bugger. its quite a nice head unit, i nearly got one before i got my charmeleon with remote...
Try and find out if it is a standard plug that goes into the back of all sonys coz u'll have more chance of finding one.

 

[wolfracepunto]

Well my sister lost the adapter for hers and got one from Halfords Sony headunit aswell.

 

[thefishdude]

this is for sale on ebay sony headunit multiplug converter has 1 day left to go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14932&item=5732867235&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

and its at £1.70 so far