ok guys i just bought a 97 ex coupe .. and it came w/ a factory honda 6 disc cd changer .. the head unit in the car is just a radio, no tape deck, or cd slot

the problem is , whenever i play a cd, most of the time only my left front speakers will work, the right ones will work, but they would be very low, now when the radio is playing, everything is perfect, but its only cds, and sometimes on cds the volume will even go really low throughout the car.. any idea what is wrong or how i can fix this

a guy at a shop told me the radio was going and to buy a new headunit, but i felt like he was just trying to sell me something .. so if you guys could help me out that would be great

 

You need to look into a new radio, The one you have is on its way out. The shop guy is correct with his advice.

 

ok .. i would like to keep it stock .. i have a radio from my 95 civic .. u think id be able to use that w/ the cd player? .. or u think i should try and get a new stock radio

 

you can use that radio from your other car if you are on a budget. But I would opt for a aftermarket, Way better sound, mp3 and wma, data. On most models. remote control. The list goes on.

 

yea i know .. i just dont know b/c im goin away to college at the end of august .. and my 95 radio has a tape deck so i can listen to my ipod

 

most newer decks have plugs where you can listen to your ipod, with much much much much much better sound quality than that tape deck. and trust me, if you're going off to college with your car, you want that new deck. plus you should have ample funds from graduation money

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pjr710 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea i know .. i just dont know b/c im goin away to college at the end of august .. and my 95 radio has a tape deck so i can listen to my ipod</TD></TR></TABLE> If the 95 Huy has the same plug on the back for the changer to plug in it will work, however, getting the 95 HU to mount into the 97 will be difficult and not look stock at all, and if your 97 has key-less entry removing the HU will disable the key-less entry and dome light, unless you add an aftermarket key-less entry or an alarm and the jumper for the dome light, of coarse that goes for replacing the HU with anything else but what is in there now. 94

 

some aftermarket wiring harness kits for the 96-98 come with a security bypass... at least mine came with something like that, and i didn't lose my dome light or keyless...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Znypar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">some aftermarket wiring harness kits for the 96-98 come with a security bypass... at least mine came with something like that, and i didn't lose my dome light or keyless...</TD></TR></TABLE> For the dome light yes, [just a jumper] however I do not see how the key-less, ["security bypass"] can be bypassed as the RF section is in the HU, with that said, you can get a "T" harness that allows you to install an aftermarket HU and keep key-less, stock HU is left behind the dash. 94

 

i guess the other way to look at that is, seems like a good excuse to get an alarm system

 

yea .. i dunno it worked fine today ..i guess ill keep it ..

edit: and when i said i was going to college ..i meant that i wouldnt be taking my car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Znypar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i guess the other way to look at that is, seems like a good excuse to get an alarm system </TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto that 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pjr710 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea .. i dunno it worked fine today ..i guess ill keep it ..

edit: and when i said i was going to college ..i meant that i wouldnt be taking my car</TD></TR></TABLE>

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