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BACK TO DIY 2000 TECH SUMMARY

Introduction:
This is an autotoys.com installation. One of several
hundred by the staff of autotoys.com
This article is a sample of knowledge gained by working on real
cars for over 25 years.
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INSTALLATION BY AUTOTOYS.COM

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You need 2 sets of our FORDKEYS2 (european removal tools)
to remove this radio.
Our tool is the ONLY one available that can safely remove
your radio without damaging the locking clips. Those clips
will snap your radio back into place, get the RIGHT TOOL.
Not all European Radio Removal tools will fit this radio
correct.
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This picture shows the back of the radio and where to plug
in our custom digital converter.
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This shows where the steering wheel controls and the original
data wire plugs back in through our digital converter.
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Another shot, closeup
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This shows the pin layout for this radio
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This shot shows our digital converter plugged into the
back of the radio.
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The original changer plug does not have a good ground.
You will need to GROUND our digital converter. We show you
how and it can be done safely in about 5 seconds.
You will need a MALE SPADE (TOOLS > CONNECTORS) and a
RED T-TAP (TOOLS>CONNECTORS)
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This shows our t-tap on the correct wire and also how to
ground the converter.
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This shows you exactly how to remove the center console
and also to run the wires on top of the transmission tunnel
to the desired IPOD location
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We used an AWESOME set of STINGER BULLET CABLES (Search
under STINGER or BULLET) in our storefront. It is directional,
twisted pair and it looks JUST GREAT, especially with the
I-Pod. The 12 foot length is just about right. We also sell
a mess of other RCA cables (less expensive and also more
expensive). See our TOOLS > RCA department for our entire
selection. We have this cable in stock -
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This shows how you can EASILY run the cable to the back
of the factory radio. A little trick!
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Another trick
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This shows the factory radio playing the AUX interface.
It will show track99 - DIRECT SOUND!
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This is the factory cd player. Just hit CD twice to switch
between the 2
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This picture shows you EXACTLY and HOW EASILY you can the
RCA cable through the factory carpet
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This is a pan shot of the Ipod in the desired customer
location with our set of RCA signal cable.
THATS IT!
total time for us, roughly around 15 minutes.
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