04-30-2013, 12:10 PM
Forest,
Of course your situation may be different...
For my radio, the first step was to remove a little plastic bezel that is snapped onto front of radio. (I broke it getting it off, but it should have just snapped off). The second step was sliding in unlock tabs beside radio to release the catches. The radio just slid out after that. Find your radio manual on internet and see what the manual says about yours.
The large panel on windshield side of dash was attached with plastic christmas trees and it just popped out. That gave me access to the wiring. Almost all of the new radio wiring was mirror of old radio.
Depending on your coach, you may find that there is a crack in black plexiglas on the left side of the radio. My radio was only held by the black plexiglas panel. It had very little support so I glued in a metal backing strip and then added two decorative screws through the front to screw my metal backing into more substantial support. New mount is super solid. I did not take pictures...sorry.
The USB port in the armrest was a very cheap part that I got from Crutchfield. It is a long cable that plugged into back of radio. The nice folks at Newell had previously recovered the armrest and added a black plexiglass panel where the old remote stalk was mounted.
I am still getting used to how much these radios have advanced in a few years. My last radio was the top of the line Pioneer in 2008. Lots of $$$$ New radio was a fraction of that and is far more capable.
Of course your situation may be different...
For my radio, the first step was to remove a little plastic bezel that is snapped onto front of radio. (I broke it getting it off, but it should have just snapped off). The second step was sliding in unlock tabs beside radio to release the catches. The radio just slid out after that. Find your radio manual on internet and see what the manual says about yours.
The large panel on windshield side of dash was attached with plastic christmas trees and it just popped out. That gave me access to the wiring. Almost all of the new radio wiring was mirror of old radio.
Depending on your coach, you may find that there is a crack in black plexiglas on the left side of the radio. My radio was only held by the black plexiglas panel. It had very little support so I glued in a metal backing strip and then added two decorative screws through the front to screw my metal backing into more substantial support. New mount is super solid. I did not take pictures...sorry.
The USB port in the armrest was a very cheap part that I got from Crutchfield. It is a long cable that plugged into back of radio. The nice folks at Newell had previously recovered the armrest and added a black plexiglass panel where the old remote stalk was mounted.
I am still getting used to how much these radios have advanced in a few years. My last radio was the top of the line Pioneer in 2008. Lots of $$$$ New radio was a fraction of that and is far more capable.
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama