Astra tape deck

Bartonprince

hi,

i have a 92 astra hatchback. and it has the standard astra tapedeck radio thing in it. can anyone tell me how i remove it to put in a cd player?

colm_mcm

There should be four holes on the face of the radio. stick a clothes hanger in them and work the unit out, alternatively an Opel dealer can supply you with a removal tool

You will also need a specific Opel to ISO wiring adaptor, as Opels have the permanent feed where the ignition would normally be. and vice versa.

If you buy a specific Opel one you won't have to swap the wires

Bartonprince

colm_mcm wrote:

There should be four holes on the face of the radio. stick a clothes hanger in them and work the unit out, alternatively an Opel dealer can supply you with a removal tool

You will also need a specific Opel to ISO wiring adaptor, as Opels have the permanent feed where the ignition would normally be. and vice versa.

If you buy a specific Opel one you won't have to swap the wires

Do you know if this is expensive? (the adapter?). My friend is selling me a blaupunkt face off one.

colm_mcm

think it's around €15, you can get them in most motor factors. As far as i remember they're made by Audioleads

Bartonprince

colm_mcm wrote:

There should be four holes on the face of the radio. stick a clothes hanger in them and work the unit out, alternatively an Opel dealer can supply you with a removal tool

You will also need a specific Opel to ISO wiring adaptor, as Opels have the permanent feed where the ignition would normally be. and vice versa.

If you buy a specific Opel one you won't have to swap the wires

I called Deevys and he said he's 99.9% sure that i won't need that lead. He said it should be stabdard reconnect?

colm_mcm

On the Opel wiring loom in the car the ignition live and the permanent live are the opposite way around, on most aftermarket stereo's on the ISO loom, you can usually unplug the red and yellow wires and switch them around,

If you don't swap these wires your radio will lose the time and presets evert time you turn off the ignition.

4-age

there are four holes in the tape deck inside these holes are four small allen screws take this out put foour small screwdrivers in the holes push them away from the radio and then slide the radio out.you dont need to get a new harness jus swap the red and yellow wires on your radio loom any probs pm me.

Bartonprince

colm_mcm wrote:

On the Opel wiring loom in the car the ignition live and the permanent live are the opposite way around, on most aftermarket stereo's on the ISO loom, you can usually unplug the red and yellow wires and switch them around,

If you don't swap these wires your radio will lose the time and presets evert time you turn off the ignition.

Oh ok, i think i'll need a guide as i'm not very car literate...
Is there any out there bud?

colm_mcm

Just ask a mechanic for 5 minutes of his time

colm_mcm

4-age wrote:

there are four holes in the tape deck inside these holes are four small allen screws take this out put foour small screwdrivers in the holes push them away from the radio and then slide the radio out.you dont need to get a new harness jus swap the red and yellow wires on your radio loom any probs pm me.

are there allen screws on the older ones

4-age

where do you live i could do it for you

4-age

all the ones i have ever come across had the allen screws.the ones that dont usually have had an aftermarket radio in them

Lucifer

yes there should be allen key screws in the holes. you will need a 2mm allen key to remove them. then cut the corners off a metal coat hanger so you will have 2 bits shaped similar to this < > insert these into the holes and you should be able to get the radio out. alternativly you could get a set of radio keys in any car audio shop.

colm_mcm

is there anything required to make the dash top display still display time and date, a wire that has to be connected/cut. seem to remember this being an issue

4-age

nope shouldnt be a problem there on a diferent plug as far as the ones iv done.