I haven't had a chance to pull dash apart to inspect the HU install that the previous owner of my 2002 93 hatchback installed himself. On my way to work I held my hand up to the door speaker and felt some vibration and on my lunch I put my ear to the speaker. The sound was very faint as if the signal was still being sent to the speaker and by passing the glove box amp. My main question is: is this evidence that the previous owner did this HU install the old fashion way without a wiring harness? I'll be able to take the dash apart when i get home to actually have a look but i felt like this would be a good opportunity to learn a little bit more about how this system works.
On the chance that this guy did this install without a wiring harness, is it possible that when I upgrade the HU, I might be able to just pull out the pin connection from the current pioneer head unit and plug it directly into a newer and better pioneer head unit without actually re-splicing the cables? For someone who might know a little more about Pioneer HU's specifically, are these kinds of connections relatively consistent across models / time?
I tried my best to find the model currently installed but its so old that it doesn't seem to be on their "older models" list on their website. It has CD, Radio, and Auxiliary but not BT or USB.
The goal here would be to replace the HU, front two 3.5s and the 6x9s in the back, bypass the door speakers entirely, and put a single 10 inch box in the trunk.
Thoughts?
Thanks for reading
On the chance that this guy did this install without a wiring harness, is it possible that when I upgrade the HU, I might be able to just pull out the pin connection from the current pioneer head unit and plug it directly into a newer and better pioneer head unit without actually re-splicing the cables? For someone who might know a little more about Pioneer HU's specifically, are these kinds of connections relatively consistent across models / time?
I tried my best to find the model currently installed but its so old that it doesn't seem to be on their "older models" list on their website. It has CD, Radio, and Auxiliary but not BT or USB.
The goal here would be to replace the HU, front two 3.5s and the 6x9s in the back, bypass the door speakers entirely, and put a single 10 inch box in the trunk.
Thoughts?
Thanks for reading