1997 gt Conv. Lim Ed. Radio problem Options

[njccmd2002]

I have a 1997 celica, that has the stock radio. Sometimes the front speakers dont work sometimes thy do. Is this an amp problem or a radio problem. Is the posibility that i need to replace the amp. Its a very rare form that is no being sold on ebay. I want to also exchange the radio to a 6 disc OEM toyota. What year reange can i look for, and what can i do to check the amp. Is this a normal problem. I wish to keep my car Stock, dont want aftermarket. Thanks in advance,

[tomazws]

You have a stock AMP? I guess your car has the premium JBL sound system?

[Manny]

I have a 1997 celica, that has the stock radio. Sometimes the front speakers dont work sometimes thy do. Is this an amp problem or a radio problem. Is the posibility that i need to replace the amp. Its a very rare form that is no being sold on ebay. I want to also exchange the radio to a 6 disc OEM toyota. What year reange can i look for, and what can i do to check the amp. Is this a normal problem. I wish to keep my car Stock, dont want aftermarket. Thanks in advance,

Could be a short in the harness, could be a problem with the amp or the stereo.
Its hard to tell... Take our thedash and play the radio. Try shaking or wiggling around the stereo to see if it makes a difference... Other than that... you would have to try several things to troubleshoot, and since the problem is not constant, it will be a little difficult to pin point.

I actually have a stock OEM toyota 6 disc changer that I just took out of my 99 Convertible GT.
I have the premium sound system with amp and 8 speakers, so it should just plug right in to your harness.

Make me a reasonable offer and its yours.

[njccmd2002]

I have the stock amp, its not the jbl, but it is the 6 speaker version.

Pretty much the amp looks like this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-Toyota...sspagenameZWD1V

(cut and pase into browser if you cant click).

I was thinking to cut the wires and hook up an amp to the stereo i have in the mean time i get my 6 disc in, cause i dunt know if the amp is wrong. It acts up, sometimes the left front speaker works, sometimes the rignt, sometimes both, sometimes never. The back speakers always work. I have cheked for shorts but i cant see none. I m temepted to open the amp. anyways. Any suggestions on what years will fit on my car, thanks.

[Manny]

I have the stock amp, its not the jbl, but it is the 6 speaker version.

Pretty much the amp looks like this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-Toyota...sspagenameZWD1V

(cut and pase into browser if you cant click).

I was thinking to cut the wires and hook up an amp to the stereo i have in the mean time i get my 6 disc in, cause i dunt know if the amp is wrong. It acts up, sometimes the left front speaker works, sometimes the rignt, sometimes both, sometimes never. The back speakers always work. I have cheked for shorts but i cant see none. I m temepted to open the amp. anyways. Any suggestions on what years will fit on my car, thanks.

Not quite sure what you mean by 'What years".

If you are talking about stereos, its a double din opening and most will fit. The harness should work with any in our generation Celi. You dont need to cut the wiring on the amp, just remove the harness from under the stock amp and plug that directly into the head unit. It will bypass the amp and just power all 6 speakers off the stereo.

This will not truely be a 6 speaker setup though, since it will split the 2 front channels into 4 speakers, but will help you narrow down if its the amp or the stereo.

[hurley97]

same sort of thing used to happen to me only not as bad. my passenger front speaker used to work only sometimes, it would come on occasionally and scare the crap out of me because the music would get twice as loud. back ones always worked, drivers side one always worked.

I figured it was a bad wire in the speaker itself, replaced it and have had no problems since

[njccmd2002]

funny thing is, the tweeters never stop working. Sometimes one comes up and then the two. Thanks for the tip. Ill check on it. LOL i bought an factory amp from ebay, just to find it was not working, im inclining to go custom radio.

Poll> MP3 in dash CD

1. Alpine
2. Pioneer
3. Eclipse
4. Nakamichi.

Which one will you pick and why. And lets say money is not a prob.

thanks.

[Manny]

funny thing is, the tweeters never stop working. Sometimes one comes up and then the two. Thanks for the tip. Ill check on it. LOL i bought an factory amp from ebay, just to find it was not working, im inclining to go custom radio.

Poll> MP3 in dash CD

1. Alpine
2. Pioneer
3. Eclipse
4. Nakamichi.

Which one will you pick and why. And lets say money is not a prob.

thanks.

I am partial to pieoneer.... My head unit is pretty old, but has more audio fine tuning features than any I have had before. I think I will keep this until it stops working, and its been in 3 cars so far.

its a deh9400-mp

A lot of people dig sony, I personally have had problems with sony... but everyone has their opinions of what they like. If it sounds good, and I can tune the audio the way I like, then Im down with it.

[applejax]

Nak. Great SQ, no BS.

[hurley97]

I'm partial to Alpine because I have one and I love it. If I ever have to replace it I'm going for another Alpine.

mine is a CDA-9847. I got it on a clearance sale at Best Buy for like $150 a while back so its probably not too readily available anymore.
Its simple and I think it looks great, the display is not much to look at but I don't really care about that too much.




they have a newer one with what looks to have a much better display that I'm thinking about getting when it goes on clearance (lol I'm cheap). its the DVA-9965



they also have double DINs that I would love to have if I didn't just put my SAFC under the radio. but if you go double DIN you should probably go with Eclipse, I hear good things about them

[LewFX]

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