Sony M600 in Honda S2000

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Problem:

Honda S2000 - Great sports car, radio in a odd location in front of the short shifter. What to do...hmmmm

Answer:

Let AUTOTOYS.COM handle it. Install a joystick remote control next to the shifter in the area where your hand will rest between shifts.

Products used:

SONY M600 DUAL FACE MOTORIZED RADIO (see radio department/shop now)

SEE OUR CAR RADIO DEPARTMENT

SONY RMX 4s WIRED REMOTE (see wired remote section/misc remote controls - search under RMX)

AUTOTOYS HONDA TYPE II plug in harness (See dash kit department)
HARNESS HERE

Total time for installation? Under 30 minutes.

Notes: The M600 is a great radio. It provides a motorized display which will flip down with another display showing track time, etc and full controls of the radio. When the radio is in the close position the BLACK face radio (you won't even know it is a radio) shines through with weird and cycling spectrum displays. Very nice.

UPDATE: Current SONY models are SONY M630, M730, etc -- SEE OUR RADIO DEPARTMENT!!

The trim around the factory simple snaps out, at that point, remove the screws to gain access to the ractory radio. Unplug the blue power harness from the factory radio. Below, you see our PLUG IN HARNESS all ready to go! Stop hacking up your cars! Buy our special harness in our DASH KIT department! It is available now

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Mount the factory brackets into the holes which are marked for TOYOTA (or T) on the side of the radio. Use the screws that come with your new radio. This will ISO din mount your radio. Before you shoot your screws in, if you are installing a M600 and want to keep the trim piece, also shoot in the screws and hold in the TRIM PIECE HOLDER mounts. (see instruction manual)

SEE PHOTO!!

This is the holder for the RMX4S wired remote control. We trimmed it away with a pair of scissors. We then cut a small hole in the carpet to run the wire (which plugs into the back of the Sony M600 radio)

Drill a hole for the wired remote, crank down the screw

Plug antenna into back of your new radio, plug our custom Honda harness into the radio, slide radio into dash board, secure radio into factory mounts. Replace vent trim piece. Power it up. YOU ARE DONE! IT IS THAT EASY!

Isnt that a great looking piece of audio equipment?

What are you waiting for?

The Cassette version is also available as the XRC M550

The CD version is CDX M600

Minidisc changer compatible, MDX 65 or CD changer, CDX 737 10 disc

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Factory panel snaps up and hides radio.

This is a picture of the wired remote mounted. It controls almost if not all of the major functions of the radio. After a while, you won't even need to look at the radio to control it. Mute and other important keys also built in.

This is a shot with the radio up and the spectrum shining through the black display. Nice!

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