HALFRAUDS FITTIN RADIOS?
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IANVRS said:
Thanks guys,think i'll have a try myself. do you need ISO connectors? and do you need to disconnect the Battery? sorry if i may sound thick!
unsure about iso connector. I'm sure someone has on here though so you should get another reply - would recommend disconnecting battery though - just incase you blow a fuse or your nice shiney head unit!
The ISO connector is the multi-pinned scart type plug that I mentioned previously. The easiest thing is to pop your old unit out and have a look.
In my car, a Sony unit was previously installed and the ISO plug was already fitted. The whole job took me less than half an hour, and it shouldn’t have taken that long. The original unit would probably have been a Pioneer, and I’m pretty sure that Pioneer use ISO connectors as standard.
The only extra you might need is an aerial adaptor. So maybe you should fit it in the halfrauds car park, that way you’re close to any bits you might need!
The only tools you should need are a smallish screwdriver and what ever extraction tool you need to pop the unit out of the dash. I used the screwdriver to push in the little metal hook doobages on the new cage that holds the unit in the dash.
I didn’t disconnect the battery and it wasn’t a problem, indeed I don’t see that it would make much difference. But that is your decision.
Hope that helps.
In my car, a Sony unit was previously installed and the ISO plug was already fitted. The whole job took me less than half an hour, and it shouldn’t have taken that long. The original unit would probably have been a Pioneer, and I’m pretty sure that Pioneer use ISO connectors as standard.
The only extra you might need is an aerial adaptor. So maybe you should fit it in the halfrauds car park, that way you’re close to any bits you might need!
The only tools you should need are a smallish screwdriver and what ever extraction tool you need to pop the unit out of the dash. I used the screwdriver to push in the little metal hook doobages on the new cage that holds the unit in the dash.
I didn’t disconnect the battery and it wasn’t a problem, indeed I don’t see that it would make much difference. But that is your decision.
Hope that helps.
ISO is a good way to go, insofar as for most cars you can get an adapter which converts the car's loom to ISO, and then get another adapter that converts the stereo's connector to ISO ... then, bingo, you plug the two adapters into each other and the whole thing lights up and works ... in theory. I have no idea what the T350s stereo loom looks like. If it is ISO, then great ... should be easy enough to find an adapter for the JVC head unit (if JVC don't use ISO as standard). If TVR haven't provided ISO connectors, then it'll be more of a fist around tracing wires and I wouldn't let a muppet loose on that.
For reference the car stereo ISO standard uses two seperate plugs, so the adapters often have a single plug on one end nand then divides into the two ISO plugs. From memory one ISO plug carries power, motorised aerial, dashboard illumination and (I think) front speakers. The second plug just has speaker connections ... and I think just for rear speakers. Anyway, two plugs for certain.
I replaced the Toyota branded stereo in the g/f's car last week with a Sony head unit. I bought two adapters on e-bay for a few quid each ... one to convert the Toyota loom to ISO, and the other to take Sony's standard (16 pin?) connector to ISO. Dead easy, but with one minor feck up that I only mention for minor comedy value ... the Toyota has built-in amplifiers for its rear speakers, and these need a signal to activate them. It is a common problem that you have to have "traffic alert" active when listening to a CD to get these amplifiers to switch on because they are actually wired up to the signal that the head unit thinks is just for keeping the radio's mortorised aerial raised. But in my case there also appears to be a wiring problem in the "standard" ISO adapters because I need to have the headlights on too to get the rear amps to work. It'll be dead easy to sort out, but it takes a while to dismantle the fdashboard to get at the stereo, so for the time being we only have rear speakers at night.
For reference the car stereo ISO standard uses two seperate plugs, so the adapters often have a single plug on one end nand then divides into the two ISO plugs. From memory one ISO plug carries power, motorised aerial, dashboard illumination and (I think) front speakers. The second plug just has speaker connections ... and I think just for rear speakers. Anyway, two plugs for certain.
I replaced the Toyota branded stereo in the g/f's car last week with a Sony head unit. I bought two adapters on e-bay for a few quid each ... one to convert the Toyota loom to ISO, and the other to take Sony's standard (16 pin?) connector to ISO. Dead easy, but with one minor feck up that I only mention for minor comedy value ... the Toyota has built-in amplifiers for its rear speakers, and these need a signal to activate them. It is a common problem that you have to have "traffic alert" active when listening to a CD to get these amplifiers to switch on because they are actually wired up to the signal that the head unit thinks is just for keeping the radio's mortorised aerial raised. But in my case there also appears to be a wiring problem in the "standard" ISO adapters because I need to have the headlights on too to get the rear amps to work. It'll be dead easy to sort out, but it takes a while to dismantle the fdashboard to get at the stereo, so for the time being we only have rear speakers at night.
methodwares said:
targarama said:
I'm pretty sure the T350 loom is std ISO - I replaced my headunit with one that takes USB and SD cards and it simply plugged straight in with ISO connectors already there.
been looking for a head unit that takes SD, which one did you use?
In my brother's car we put a Blaupunkt DAB54. Really nice headunit.
For the TVR I decided I didn't need 100% perfect sound quality (waste of time trying IMO). I bought an 80 pound headunit from an Internet supplier. It works very well indeed and sounds great (for a TVR stereo). I think Maplins sell a similar unit.
IMHO I wouldn't go near Halfrauds. They damaged the dash on both my wifes' Citroen, and my Audi Quattro, wouldn't accept it either. They also knackered the electrics on the quattro, and took months sorting the issue.
The standard of their "highly trained!!!!!!!!" fitters, and their customer service were exceptionally sh*te.
I wouldn't even buy an air freshener off them!
The standard of their "highly trained!!!!!!!!" fitters, and their customer service were exceptionally sh*te.
I wouldn't even buy an air freshener off them!
ratbane said:
IMHO I wouldn't go near Halfrauds. They damaged the dash on both my wifes' Citroen, and my Audi Quattro, wouldn't accept it either. They also knackered the electrics on the quattro, and took months sorting the issue.
The standard of their "highly trained!!!!!!!!" fitters, and their customer service were exceptionally sh*te.
I wouldn't even buy an air freshener off them!
The standard of their "highly trained!!!!!!!!" fitters, and their customer service were exceptionally sh*te.
I wouldn't even buy an air freshener off them!
Why go back after they damaged the first car?
As with all these places, they vary and it's the people that work there that reflect the level of service.
There is a guy at the Chelmsford branch who knows his onions. When I had my S, no one would touch it... none of the car stereo places were remotely interested "we don't do TVRs" was the response.
This guy, sat there for about an hour working out which wires did what (it didn't have an ISO connector, but some dodgy Austin Metro blocks!) with a multimeter. Fitted the Pioneer I'd bought elsewhere(!) without issue, did a cracking job and cost £30.
There is a guy at the Chelmsford branch who knows his onions. When I had my S, no one would touch it... none of the car stereo places were remotely interested "we don't do TVRs" was the response.
This guy, sat there for about an hour working out which wires did what (it didn't have an ISO connector, but some dodgy Austin Metro blocks!) with a multimeter. Fitted the Pioneer I'd bought elsewhere(!) without issue, did a cracking job and cost £30.
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