Thread: Stereo pains

I would be surprised if the wiring on any after market stereo head unit was the same as the Landrover, even if it shares the same plug. And I'm not sure what you mean by a Landrover "amp". As far as I know, there is no amp in the original Landrover stereo system - mine certainly didn't have one - but maybe the more upmarket models did - I don't know. My D2 originally had a Landrover 6 Disc CD stacker under the seat as well as the head unit, and speakers in all 4 doors, but no amp.

I installed (well, my son did really) a new Sony head unit in my D2 yesterday, and in my case it was just a case of unplugging one head unit and plugging in the new one - but mine had Sony Explod head unit, speakers, amp and sub fitted in place of the original LR system about 3 years ago. Originally, the LR CD stacker was what failed, and as it was virtually impossible to find an after market CD stacker that was compatible with the Landrover head unit, we replaced the entire system with Sony. Yesterday's new head unit was iPod / MP3 / Bluetooth unit (the older one wasn't), so now I can play my music directly from Blackberry through the stereo using Bluetooth connection, and it doubles as a hands free kit for the phone at the same time - son bought it for me for birthday present. At the same time, we finally got the backlight working in the Landrover clock which has never worked since the day I bought the thing.

I think the amp is under the front passenger seat, otherwise I can't work out how 4 speaker outputs from the standard deck can be split into so many speakers without an amp?
Need to do some more research I think, otherwise I'll just forget the original wiring loom and start again. Run the two front doors and two rear doors from the headunit and put a 2 channel amp in to run may e a 10" sub in the back.

In a D2, (and I freely admit I have not looked at the post 2003 models closley), as far as i know, there are only six speakers. 2 front doors, 2 back doors, and 2 tweeter in the a pillars. The tweeters will be running off the front channels with capacitors in line to remove low frequencies, so they don't cause excessive drawing of power on these channels.

I believe it was only the D1's with the sub unit in the tail door that had satellite amps running the various speakers. Right pain to rewire for an aftermarket unit.

Anyhow you should be fine to rewire at the headunit plug in the D2. Once you've identified perm 12v+, switching 12v+, and earth, a AA battery with a wire off each terminal crossed on a pair of speakers wires will give an audible pop, identifiying the speaker you have found. Just be sure to be consistent with your + and - speaker wires or you will have a crossed set of speakers. This means when one cone is pushed out with a noise, the other will move in reverse, thus cancelling the sound from the first. This situation most noticably cancels the bass sounds.

cheers
Nick

One main speaker in front doors + two tweeters each side, one main speaker in each back door + one tweeter each door, two speakers I believe only for bass in the back door (tailgate).
Might just go the whole hog and replace the lot.
Cheers

A quick addition tells me Discobaker and I have the same stereo,, 11 speakers including the sub on the rear door.

So any replacement head unit will need 3 pre-outs,, $$$
and theres still no guarantee the steering wheel controls will work,,

I'm close to installing my GPS that has a micro SD card and FM transmitter,, so maybe I can keep the HK head unit,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

A quick addition tells me Discobaker and I have the same stereo,, 11 speakers including the sub on the rear door.

So any replacement head unit will need 3 pre-outs,, $$$
and theres still no guarantee the steering wheel controls will work,,

I'm close to installing my GPS that has a micro SD card and FM transmitter,, so maybe I can keep the HK head unit,,

Pedro do you have one single speaker in your tailgate or two 6.5" bass only speakers?

2 x bass

Yup, just gonna rewire the disco to suit the unit I've bought.
Thanks pedro