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Troops........I'm heading to Wal-Mart on Sunday to pick up a decent FM
radio to take the place of the stock one. I've been digging through the
archives, but haven't come across the discussion on replacing the radio.
Can someone refresh my memory a bit? If I remember correctly, the type of
radio I want had a model type that was a letter of the alphabet? This gave
me the proper length tuning shafts I believe. I have a late 1977 Coca Cola,
so if I'm lucky, I have the two wire speaker setup. I'll just take a
hatchet to the dash to get the old one out. Anyone remember anything about
swapping out the radio? Thanks!.........Jim Davis, on the Oregon Coast
where the ocean was as flat as a pool table all day.
 
You may have a hard time finding one the right size for the cutout on the
panel. I will try to remember how it comes out.
1. the ground strap is a solid bracket which is attached to the firewall
and to the side right side of the radio. If you can reach in from underneath
and loosen the screw which attaches it to the side of the radio , the bracket
has a slot on top. Just lift the rear of the radio up to clear the slot.

2. There are three wiring harnesses on the back of the radio plus the
antennae connection. One harness is the power lead and two are for speaker
connections.

3. I do not remember if the radio will slide out the front of the dash or
not. I don't think it does. I believe you have to remove the metal panel all
the gauges are attached to to get it out from behind.

4. I do remember the radio being a royal pain to remove.

5. I doubt that you will find a radio which has the proper harness
connection. The wires on the harness are easy to figure out. Just cut off the
old connectors and re-attach to the wiring on the new connectors.
If you need I can send you a ident. guide for the wires on the harness.

Good luck.

Darren Paget
76 Experimental

> Troops........I'm heading to Wal-Mart on Sunday to pick up a decent FM
> radio to take the place of the stock one. I've been digging through the
> archives, but haven't come across the discussion on replacing the radio.
> Can someone refresh my memory a bit? If I remember correctly, the type of
> radio I want had a model type that was a letter of the alphabet? This gave
> me the proper length tuning shafts I believe. I have a late 1977 Coca Cola,
> so if I'm lucky, I have the two wire speaker setup. I'll just take a
> hatchet to the dash to get the old one out. Anyone remember anything about
> swapping out the radio? Thanks!.........Jim Davis, on the Oregon Coast
> where the ocean was as flat as a pool table all day.
 
Jim:

I've mentioned on several occassions that I replaced my original radio with
a Kenwood KRC-3006 unit. Nice thing about it is that all the controls to
operate the Kenwood CD Player are built into the unit. nothing new to
fiddle with.

The CD Player I installed holds 10 discs.

Paul Bartz

From: Jim Davis
Sent: 6/11/99 9:59 PM
Subject: GMC: FM Radio

Troops........I'm heading to Wal-Mart on Sunday to pick up a decent FM
radio to take the place of the stock one. I've been digging through the
archives, but haven't come across the discussion on replacing the radio.

Can someone refresh my memory a bit? If I remember correctly, the type
of
radio I want had a model type that was a letter of the alphabet? This
gave
me the proper length tuning shafts I believe. I have a late 1977 Coca
Cola,
so if I'm lucky, I have the two wire speaker setup. I'll just take a
hatchet to the dash to get the old one out. Anyone remember anything
about
swapping out the radio? Thanks!.........Jim Davis, on the Oregon Coast
where the ocean was as flat as a pool table all day.
 
Jim,

When I put my new radio in the ground wire got connected to a gray wire
which brought dash lights to the old radio. Be careful! It took Emery
and I four hours to track it down. Good Luck

Walter
78 Royale
 
For anyone interested in wiring a radio to the coach battery, the coach
battery voltage is available behind the dash at the "emergency start" switch.
Also, if one of your batteries goes dead, you should be able to tie both
batteries together w/this switch regardless of which battery has died. The
engine battery will be the one to die if the radio or other device wired to
the engine battery is left on w/the engine off. If anyone wants the schematic
to do this, please ask.

> When we installed the Kenwood 3006, we ran a 12 vlt wire directly from the
> coach batteries. This way we never have to worry having a dead battery to
> start the coach.
>
> Ed Lubo
 
Edgar.
I am installing a radio and Cd player. The schematic would be appreciated.

Frank

> For anyone interested in wiring a radio to the coach battery, the coach
>battery voltage is available behind the dash at the "emergency start" switch.
>Also, if one of your batteries goes dead, you should be able to tie both
>batteries together w/this switch regardless of which battery has died. The
>engine battery will be the one to die if the radio or other device wired to
>the engine battery is left on w/the engine off. If anyone wants the schematic
>to do this, please ask.
>

>
>> When we installed the Kenwood 3006, we ran a 12 vlt wire directly from the
>> coach batteries. This way we never have to worry having a dead battery to
>> start the coach.
>>
>> Ed Lubo
>
 
See my website http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/greenside/321 and click on BATTERY
SELECTOR SW.

> Edgar.
> I am installing a radio and Cd player. The schematic would be appreciated.
>
> Frank
>
> > For anyone interested in wiring a radio to the coach battery, the coach
> >battery voltage is available behind the dash at the "emergency start" switch.
> >Also, if one of your batteries goes dead, you should be able to tie both
> >batteries together w/this switch regardless of which battery has died. The
> >engine battery will be the one to die if the radio or other device wired to
> >the engine battery is left on w/the engine off. If anyone wants the schematic
> >to do this, please ask.
> >

> >
> >> When we installed the Kenwood 3006, we ran a 12 vlt wire directly from the
> >> coach batteries. This way we never have to worry having a dead battery to
> >> start the coach.
> >>
> >> Ed Lubo
> >
 
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