i have a 97 civic exthat didnt come with a cd player. right now i have my aftermarket headunit(sony cdx fw700) with the stock radio hooked up with a t harness behind the dash. my question is, is there any possible way i could somehow wire the aftermarket headunit to be controlled by the stock one? the goal id like to achieve is to mount the aftermarket headunit in the lower slot with no faceplate and have it controlled by the stock honda radio. if this sounds really confusing let me know and ill try to clear it up.

thanks guys

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Honda_Driver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have a 97 civic exthat didnt come with a cd player. right now i have my aftermarket headunit(sony cdx fw700) with the stock radio hooked up with a t harness behind the dash. my question is, is there any possible way i could somehow wire the aftermarket headunit to be controlled by the stock one? the goal id like to achieve is to mount the aftermarket headunit in the lower slot with no faceplate and have it controlled by the stock honda radio. if this sounds really confusing let me know and ill try to clear it up.

thanks guys</TD></TR></TABLE>

is it possible...yes. is it as simple as connecting a few wires...no.

 

i have a little experience with electronics. on a scale from 1-10, what would you say the difficulty would be? and is there any type of tutorial or schematic i could find?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Honda_Driver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have a little experience with electronics. on a scale from 1-10, what would you say the difficulty would be? and is there any type of tutorial or schematic i could find?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have never even thought about trying this but i would estimate the level of difficulty to be a 10.

 

Im gonna have to say scrap that idea. get your self a cd changer. What the hell is so great about your stock deck that makes you not want to get rid of it? And if its CD you want why not just get a honda stock CD player and swap it?

 

yea thats what i was thinking...oh well my headunit dosent look bad since i painted it, this was mainly for anti theft purposes and i guess for a little cleaner look

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Honda_Driver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> my headunit dosent look bad since i painted it, </TD></TR></TABLE>

Painted it? WTF?

 

yea, it used to be silver

this is how it looks now

i think it turned out pretty good

 

looks okay but thats with poor lighting..

 

it actually looks like it came that way...the paint sticks real good and came out smooth

 

Oh man I thought you ment you rice painted it like blue or white to match all your painted interior. Haha yeah not bad though.