New stereo questions

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YoungRestorer

Original Poster:

206 posts

151 months

Thursday 31st March 2016
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The tape player on my stereo keeps switching sides, making ipod entertainment tricky. My uncle has given me an old stereo system of his own, so I tried to fit it.

I managed to get the old one out without breaking anything, disconnected the old stereo, only to find that the plugs aren't compatible!

The plug on my Jaguar X300 looks like this:



The plug on my new stereo looks like this:



What can I do, short of rewiring the whole thing (I wouldn't know where to start!) or throwing away my new stereo?

Cheers!

Impasse

15,099 posts

241 months

gmaz

4,398 posts

210 months

Thursday 31st March 2016
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The lower pic looks like an ISO connector, so you should be able to get a jaguar to ISO convertor cable.

Maybe this one?

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/ct20jg01-harness-a...

or this

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/connects2-ct10jg01...

YoungRestorer

Original Poster:

206 posts

151 months

Thursday 31st March 2016
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Helpful guys, cheers! Looking like that might work, but I'll hold off ordering and see if any more people agree with your solutions

ZX10R NIN

27,594 posts

125 months

Friday 1st April 2016
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Just look on the Connects2 site you'll get the correct lead there as the above posters have said this is a simple fix.

YoungRestorer

Original Poster:

206 posts

151 months

Friday 1st April 2016
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I bought Impasse's recommendation due to next day delivery, topic closed for the meantime