I'm thinking of taking the cd/cassette/radio out of my 97 SE and putting in a changer-ready Kenwood cassette deck. How the heck do you take all that junk apart?! I know I'm going to need some kind of block or spacer to take up the extra space the orginal head unit, but somebody tell me how to do this. I refuse to pay big bucks for something that could take five minutes when you know the secrets. If anyone wants to by a cd/cassette/radio for a 97 SE, let me know. And if somebody wants to by a changer-ready Kenwood cassette deck (KRC-207S), let me know too. It puts out 35 watts into each of four channels, it has left and right RCA outputs, the little wiring harness terminal, and, of course, the terminal for any of the add-on Kenwood changers. Nothing's wrong with either of them. I got my maxima and my 87 sentra is just sitting up and I took my radio out and I think it's a waste to have the two radios.

 

You will need an aftermarket dash install kit, an antenna adapter and possibly a wiring harness adapter to make the job easy.

Go to www.installdoctor.com and there are instructions there on how to remove your factory deck.....

 

Okay thanks for the site. I will have looked at it right after completing this reply. But have you done this installation yourself? How long did it take you? Was it very frustrating?

 

i just installed my new (kenwood eXcelon cd player) using the adapter for the bose system, and antenna converter... i have a space to fill under the CD player, and am also wondering if anyone has ideas about what to put in there?? ripping everything out was the hardest part... pull WAY harder than you think you need to when taking it all apart, thats my only advice.

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You can get a dash installation kit that will convert that open space into a 1/2" DIN sized storage pocket. Cost would eb around $20 from your local car audio retailer. I'd look into a Metra www.metraonline.com and see what they have.

I know that you can get a pocket from www.bestkits.com model number BKTN2150 and BKUPK750 that will fit your car. These should be available from www.autotoys.com, www.ampmanaudio.com or from your local Stinger car audio accesspry dealer by special order.

To: Minimalmaxima

I've not installed a system in a 4th generation Maxima myself.... however it's not any different than what I've done in my car adding a deck and EQ with aftermarket kits. Took me about 1 hour the first time I did it....

 

Okay I'm really looking for the details about what to pull on how hard to pull and all that junk. How do you get the radio out? Do you take the the console and stuff up? Details details please!!

 

The instructions on how to do that are posted here....

http://www.installdoctor.com/Install...PDF/647021.pdf

It's not the Bose radio particularily but it's essentially the same as far as removing the radio from the dash/console.