non standard stereo wiring, BMW

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Topic: non standard stereo wiring, BMW

Posted By: f16_steve
Subject: non standard stereo wiring, BMW
Date Posted: October 10, 2006 at 1:53 PM

Hi there, I bought a second hand BMW about 6 months ago and 2 weeks ago bought a new car audio system. I removed the old audio system fine. The previous owner upgraded the CD player in the car before and what seems to have happened, insted of just converting the bmw iso lead to a kenwood connection. She seems to have rewired the whold car for a kenwood system. What I am looking to find is a cable that will allow my standard new audio system to plug into my kenwood wired car. The car should have come with a BMW radio connetion but it has been changed completely. Thanks if anyone can shed some light on my situation.

Steve

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Posted By: BulletTooth
Date Posted: October 10, 2006 at 4:26 PM

If you have a kenwood plug left in the dash then just cut it and connect your new plug from the radio you are trying to install. Most stereos use standard color coding so it should be a fairly simple job.

Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: October 10, 2006 at 6:12 PM

If you do this, do not cut the whole plug off at once or you'll blow a fuse or two.

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Posted By: Flakman
Date Posted: October 10, 2006 at 6:51 PM

geepherder wrote:

If you do this, do not cut the whole plug off at once or you'll blow a fuse or two.

I remember when I was younger (or young I guess) stripping phone wires with my teeth while it was still connected. Nothing like -48V to the teeth. Good thing nobody was calling at the time...that would have been -90V. posted_image

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Posted By: vbel
Date Posted: October 11, 2006 at 12:15 AM

It's really not that hard to wire your hu without any connectors. Strip, twist, isolate, you're done.