Hey Guys,
So I bought a unknown condition slider radio for cheap, and I am trying to determine if it is functional before trying to install it in place of the fart can radio that’s currently in my 89ix. My hope is to add the Bluetooth Retrofit Kit that jay sterling is selling here on R3V if the radio is fully operational.
The wiring harness I’m using is one I bought here on R3V and is from and unknown E30.
So what I have done so far is hook it up directly to the car battery. I have the code, and it fires up, all the buttons are working, slider function works, and the cassette player is fully functional.
Where I am having trouble is getting any sound. I have a speaker, and I am wiring it up to (what I believe are) the speaker wires, but I am not getting any sound at all. I’ve tried two different sets of speaker wires, the blue/brown and blue/black and the yellow/red and solid yellow that you see stripped on the ends in the pic. I am expecting at least static on the FM frequency (no radio stations because no antenna). I have an old cassette (Led Zep 2), and when I play that I get no sound either.
Am I missing anything as far as what I am doing? I feel like I may be hooking up the speaker incorrectly. Or is the radio junk? Since everything else is working on it, I tend to believe I am doing something wrong.
Thanks!
So I bought a unknown condition slider radio for cheap, and I am trying to determine if it is functional before trying to install it in place of the fart can radio that’s currently in my 89ix. My hope is to add the Bluetooth Retrofit Kit that jay sterling is selling here on R3V if the radio is fully operational.
The wiring harness I’m using is one I bought here on R3V and is from and unknown E30.
So what I have done so far is hook it up directly to the car battery. I have the code, and it fires up, all the buttons are working, slider function works, and the cassette player is fully functional.
Where I am having trouble is getting any sound. I have a speaker, and I am wiring it up to (what I believe are) the speaker wires, but I am not getting any sound at all. I’ve tried two different sets of speaker wires, the blue/brown and blue/black and the yellow/red and solid yellow that you see stripped on the ends in the pic. I am expecting at least static on the FM frequency (no radio stations because no antenna). I have an old cassette (Led Zep 2), and when I play that I get no sound either.
Am I missing anything as far as what I am doing? I feel like I may be hooking up the speaker incorrectly. Or is the radio junk? Since everything else is working on it, I tend to believe I am doing something wrong.
Thanks!
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