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alpine cda 7837 to kenwood kdc mp238


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ted sexington 
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I have a 1999 Dodge Durango with 4 speakers and I was wondering if I install the Kenwood KDC-MP238 to replace my Alpine CDA-7837 would I have to mess with the wires? Or is it just plug and play?
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Not plug and play but pretty much the next best thing! 

1. All you have to do is remove the radio,( should be 2 10mm bolts if i remember right) unplug the harness from the car,(don't forget to unplug the antenna from the radio) 

2. seperate the alpine harness from the vehicle harness!

3. connect the kenwood harness to the vehicle harness.(the wires are color coded)

4. remove the metal cage from the kit that the alpine slid into and lock the kenwood cage in it's place! 

5. slide the kenwood in the cage...reconnect the harness to the vehicle...then to the radio(as well as antenna).

6. put the kit back in the car..put the bolts back in...put the dash together and pow!  done! 

The only wire that does not go to the harness is the ground(black) wire, but there should be a factory ground to hook into....no prob!  you should be able to do this without taking apart the dash though i explained it as if you did have to take the dash apart!

...half of the truth can be worse than a lie. <----Roger Russell said that..
ted sexington 
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THANKS A LOT!!!! big help
joch1314 
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no problem!!
...half of the truth can be worse than a lie. <----Roger Russell said that..
ted sexington 
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I  connected everything and it worked but when I turned it on the Left and Right Front speakers don't work. Can you help me!

P.S. There is a amplifier hooked up also but no subwoofer is hooked up

ted sexington 
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Can anybody help me!!!!!!!
joch1314 
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what is the amplifier for if it's not for a sub.  I'm thinking that the amp is powering your front speakers if you're not getting any sound out of them.   did you have to disconnect a set of RCA's when you removed the alpine deck, and was there a wire that connected to the blue/white wire on the alpine deck as well? 

Could be that you did not connect the amp and now of course your fronts won't work!

...half of the truth can be worse than a lie. <----Roger Russell said that..
ted sexington 
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I think the previous owner used it for a subwoofer and yes there were rca cables connected to the alpine and a blue/white wire was also connected.

What should i do?

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BTW, i forgot to mention the amp is connected

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when you say it's connected, you mean that you did hook up the RCA's, hooked the blue/white wire to the same wire that the alpine blue/white was connected too, and you still get no sound.!?

...half of the truth can be worse than a lie. <----Roger Russell said that..
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