Hi, recently bought the above car, very happy little lad ha except for the radio, it doesn't have one......just a blanking plate. Pulled the blankin plate off expecting to find many wires, nothing, all the wires have homes (heater control hazards ect) apart from 2 wires with round connections im assuming clock fitments.
Ive routed around in there for many minutes under the dash steering wheel column etc. No harness.
Now do I assume that from 1985 in Germany music was banned?!? Or has someone removed the harness for some reason? I doubt the factory decided no radio option.
Im very puzzled. Any help would be grand 👍
Are there speakers in the car? I think the factory radio plugs were round, though
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wow, that is weird. if I remember when I get home, I can take a pic of the factory radio connection in my parts car.
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Ok, i know the round white and black are speaker wires. I think the white wires with black shronk wrap ends are part of the radio, like maybe grounds, maybe not. My kids messed up the wiring around the hvac so don't know which are which now but i think the square plug is the power and lights.
You will need to get a multimeter or at a minimum, a test light, to verify power/grounds
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you can get an adapter from online, like amazon, but most people do their own because the radio/speaker grounds are not like a normal radio. if you hook up like normal, your speakers will only barely work. you have to not hook the radio speaker ground wires up to get normal sound, just leave them covered. if you run your own wires, you can set the system up like normal.
we did both of my kids cars that way. they both have aftermarket radios and amps with subs.
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