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General CD Receiver for 1997 Fiat Uno SX 5 Door

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Hello,

I would like to purchase a CD Receiver for my vehicle. It is a 1997 Fiat Uno SX 5-Door.
Do you know which CD Receivers can be installed on it ?? Thanks for your help :)
 
Hello and welcome.

I noticed your USA flag - where are you in the world? The Uno was never sold in the USA, which made me wonder if your post was from a spam bot :eek:

All car radios are created quite equal these days, so you just have to choose the one that best suits your needs. E.g. with Bluetooth handsfree, iPod control, etc.

I'm not personally familiar with the standard radio wiring in a 1997 Uno. If it is like the earlier cars, it will have a red/green permanently-live wire. This connects to the yellow wire of most car radios. You then need to find a 'switched live' - that is, a wire that becomes live when the ignition is on. Last week I found a plug hanging around in the steering column of a 1991 Uno 70SX that had blue and black wires. The blue wire was switched live, so I used it (connected it to the red wire of the stereo). Another possible source is the cigarette lighter - check that works only when the ignition is on (I think it does).

-Alex
 
If the radio has ISO (standard) connectors, then your don't need to chop the wires.

There should be one connector that does the speakers (8 wires from the radio (right and left, front and back, positive and negative wires for each thereof) and 3 (red, yellow and blue) for the power functions.

Like Alex says though, any radio should fit.


Alex - on mine, the cigarette socket is always live, even without keys in ignition. :)
 
Hi Alex,

Thank you for your reply :)
I am currently living in NC, USA and am traveling to Turkiye in July and the car is in Turkiye.
I do not know anything about cars but I will check the cables you mentioned. Since you said that any CD receiver might fit on it, I will just pick something cute :))))
Thanks again :)

Husniye

alexGS said:
Hello and welcome.

I noticed your USA flag - where are you in the world? The Uno was never sold in the USA, which made me wonder if your post was from a spam bot :eek:

All car radios are created quite equal these days, so you just have to choose the one that best suits your needs. E.g. with Bluetooth handsfree, iPod control, etc.

I'm not personally familiar with the standard radio wiring in a 1997 Uno. If it is like the earlier cars, it will have a red/green permanently-live wire. This connects to the yellow wire of most car radios. You then need to find a 'switched live' - that is, a wire that becomes live when the ignition is on. Last week I found a plug hanging around in the steering column of a 1991 Uno 70SX that had blue and black wires. The blue wire was switched live, so I used it (connected it to the red wire of the stereo). Another possible source is the cigarette lighter - check that works only when the ignition is on (I think it does).

-Alex
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Hi Ucof,

Thanks a lot for the information :)

Husniye

Ucof said:
If the radio has ISO (standard) connectors, then your don't need to chop the wires.

There should be one connector that does the speakers (8 wires from the radio (right and left, front and back, positive and negative wires for each thereof) and 3 (red, yellow and blue) for the power functions.

Like Alex says though, any radio should fit.


Alex - on mine, the cigarette socket is always live, even without keys in ignition. :)
Click to expand...
 
HUSNIYEWEB said:
I am currently living in NC, USA and am traveling to Turkiye in July and the car is in Turkiye.
I do not know anything about cars but I will check the cables you mentioned. Since you said that any CD receiver might fit on it, I will just pick something cute :))))
Click to expand...

Ah - that makes sense then! Thanks for the explanation. Nice to see we have possibly our first-ever member from the USA :wave:

After the helpful information from UCof about the cigarette lighter being permanently-live, you may need to add a wire from the ignition switch in order to get a switched-live supply. It would be a good time to get out the multimeter so that you can check which wires to use (voltage only when the key is turned on) - and be careful not to cut/tamper with the biggest wires, since that could make the car unreliable... you probably want to go for one of the small orange wires.

I also like the idea of tapping into the supply to the heater fan switch, since that's already fused. Can be a bit fiddly to get access to it, though.

The rest of the radio installation is fairly straightforward, especially if the car already has speakers and an aerial fitted. Make sure to get the metal cage that comes with the new radio and spend some time fitting it tightly - you'd be amazed what a noise it will make if it rattles around. Foam tape or self-adhesive felt can be useful.

-Alex
 
Thanks so much Alex. Will see how it goes in July :)))
Your flag states that you are from New Zealand !! You are far far away :)))
I just checked it on the map and it looks like that you have a lot of national parks there... How is the life in New Zealand ?

alexGS said:
Ah - that makes sense then! Thanks for the explanation. Nice to see we have possibly our first-ever member from the USA :wave:

After the helpful information from UCof about the cigarette lighter being permanently-live, you may need to add a wire from the ignition switch in order to get a switched-live supply. It would be a good time to get out the multimeter so that you can check which wires to use (voltage only when the key is turned on) - and be careful not to cut/tamper with the biggest wires, since that could make the car unreliable... you probably want to go for one of the small orange wires.

I also like the idea of tapping into the supply to the heater fan switch, since that's already fused. Can be a bit fiddly to get access to it, though.

The rest of the radio installation is fairly straightforward, especially if the car already has speakers and an aerial fitted. Make sure to get the metal cage that comes with the new radio and spend some time fitting it tightly - you'd be amazed what a noise it will make if it rattles around. Foam tape or self-adhesive felt can be useful.

-Alex
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HUSNIYEWEB said:
Your flag states that you are from New Zealand !! You are far far away :)))
I just checked it on the map and it looks like that you have a lot of national parks there... How is the life in New Zealand ?
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Yes, I live in Hamilton, New Zealand :)
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand
It's a 'city', with sprawling suburbs, in the middle of a large fairly-flat region known for dairy farming. At this time of the year, it is cold and damp and foggy. Winter is nearly here.

"It sits at a major road and rail nexus in the centre of the Waikato basin" made me laugh - particularly the 'rail' part - it's not possible to catch a train to Auckland. Fancy that - a developed country with a railway but no passenger train service between the largest city and the fourth-largest city 130km away. We are a funny place.

-Alex
 
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