Fitting SR-701 radio

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:35 pm

Hi,
IÂ´m about to install a volvo SR-701 radio, amplifier HA-4120 and the tape player TP-701. I bought them from a volvo 960 earlier this year.
Now there is a small problem..
When I took out the old grundig radio from my 480 I discovered there is no volvo connector left..just wires(a real mess

).
Any suggestions? Is volvo selling the connector?
The mess started to bother me

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:22 pm

900's wiring is different anyway...maybe go to a scrapyard and get the connector from a 900 series, so you can plug into the radio, then join the wires up to that.

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:01 am

So thatÂ´s why the connector(from the sr-701) looked different from any other 480 connector IÂ´ve seen..

Thanks for the tip chris1roll!! IÂ´m off to the scrapyard

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:59 pm

Okey, I havenÂ´t been to the scrapyard but I belive IÂ´ve made some progress:

I read in an old volvo brouchure(from -91) that there is an adapter(volvo nr:1384859) available for the sr-701 if it doesnÂ´t fit straight.
This one:

As I have a spare parts car 480ES -87, I took the connector from it and now IÂ´m so far:

So far it looks okey(I hope), but now I should join the wires to this:

Yeah....

and IÂ´ve havenÂ´t got a clue what goes where as the colours of the wires donÂ´t match..
Would it help if I made a list of all the radio-wires(colours) that comes from the car and what wires comes from the radio? Oh, and then there is the amplifier HA-4120..

but thatÂ´s not the biggest problem at the moment.
Someone would surely say "get a decent sony" etc..but IÂ´ve collected some quite nice volvo original accesories:

and the radio would match them perfectly.

Any help appreciated as IÂ´m a "little" lost at the moment..

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:04 pm

That connector in the second/third pic looks very much like a 240 series radio connector.

Think you might end up with a trail of adaptors 6 feet long at this rate! At some point, because of the wires in your 480 already being cut, you are going to have to bite the bullet and cut some wires mate....

Does the radio not have a wiring diagram on it?

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:05 pm

Anyone got a 240 haynes manual to hand? mines out the workshop.

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:10 pm

D'oh re-read your post - I see that part of your adapter came form an 87 ES....maybe they used 240 connectors parts to start with? In that case if your parts car still has battery power, I would recmmend some time with a circuit tester to find which wires do what.

e.g. what gives 12v constant,
What gives 12v switched.
What goes to earth.

Write all this down, then use the wiring diagram from dragons site to see which colours in your current car do what. You then should be able to match them up.

Chiris

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:39 pm

Okey I will use the circuit tester and download the wiring diagram from dragons site, thanks for the info Chiris

Damn, this so thought "easy radio-swap"(back to original) turned out to be "a bit" more complicated than I thought

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:36 pm

for the cars wiring:
a good way to find what speaker wires go to what speaker is to connect an AA battery to the two wires, whatever speaker the wires go to will give a gentle "pop" and you know whats what!
one yellow wire and one white per speaker.
earth (ground) is the thick brown one.
just need to test to see which wires are switched live and which is constant

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:38 pm

IÂ´ve collected some quite nice volvo original accesories:

what is the thing under the cassette holder, looks like a cassette player?

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:47 pm

for the cars wiring:
a good way to find what speaker wires go to what speaker is to connect an AA battery to the two wires, whatever speaker the wires go to will give a gentle "pop" and you know whats what!
one yellow wire and one white per speaker.

Thanks Murf, I will definately try that out! If I can locate all the speakers(back, front, discants) and earth, thereÂ´s not too many unidentified

what is the thing under the cassette holder, looks like a cassette player?

Yeah, a cassette player, TP-701. ItÂ´s a part of the SR-701 radio, as the radio itself has an equalizer instead of a cassette-deck.
There is pictures of both in the accesories page. The casetteholder also has a temperature gauge, so when my dead infocenter starts to co-operate I will know the temeprature outside and inside the car

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 2:59 pm

Hello Chiris & Murf!
IÂ´m happy to tell that there is sound in the car

I borrowed a circuit tester from a friend and the AA battery thing(to locate the speakers) worked great!

Some problems are still to be solved, as radio memory, connection to the cassette deck and the amplifier, as the rear speakers need it..but all this will be done when I have time..now IÂ´m just happy there is music in the car again

Cheers

Neo

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:54 pm

Well done, its always a good feeling when something works!!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:58 pm

Well done, its always a good feeling when something works!

Got the viagra prescription then? Excellent.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:12 pm

Got the viagra prescription then? Excellent.

aye, dont want to let you down again, i know how frustrated you were the last time!