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HI. Fords are nice and easy to change the radios over. buy the release clips from a car radio dealer or halfords. about £5. they pop into the 2 holes on each side of the radio.
slide the radio out of the dash. then fit "autoleads" adaptor wiring approx £12 this converts the ford wiring loom to that of the after market radios. Most fords use a double din size radio, yet 60% of after market radios are single din size, so you can also buy an adaptor plate that just pops in place again about £12.
radios prices ...skys the limit....
on my v40 year 2000, i have fitted a sony cd/mp3 radio with rear mounted usb socket, the wire for the usb being rear mounted then drops down the rear of my dash board into the ash tray where the usb stick lives (8gb holds 57 cds hahahaha) this means i don't have the danger of knocking the usb stick that quite a few radios have sticking out the front of the radio...In the 2 years i've had the radio i.ve only ever played about 2 normal cds. the front of the radio pivots forwards to access the cd slot. so looking at the front you can;t see a slot for the cds.
in my wifes 2004 volvo we have a similar unit but with blue tooth functions. our volvos also where double size radios that now have singe size and adaptor plates fitted...
cost on line for the radios from a london dealer cost approx £150. halfords even in there sales......cost 40-60 pounds more...(bicester halfords prices also taking postage costs into the totals)
oh all the speakers still work...on our cars that means 6 speakers. due to my mid life crissis (age 41) i've also fitted a 8" sub base woofer with built in amp (pioneer), again this connects to the after market radio......80s rock tracks....def lepard and ac/dc after a hard day at work....no family in the car.....big grin......
(i don't have a sports car so get my grins in another manner)
oh my sony radios also have a "aux" 3.5mm jack socket on the front so you can also connect it to a mp3 player....so the options on mine are mp3 cd. normal cd, radio, usb, and mp3 via the aux socket....hahaha.....nuts hu....some have leads that connect to ipods that also provide power for the ipod thus preventing the batteries going flat on a long drive....
if you have a look at a proper online seller they will list in the technical details the files the player can handle. ie wma / mp3 etc etc...
have fun....
Paul.
Edited by Paul G1pdc on 05/05/2011 at 10:04
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