Thread: Head unit upgrade

You'll just have to have the dealer unlock the radio in order to use the Monsoon system but there isn't a cassette option with it just the 6 disk

you cant put a monsoon in a car with a base stereo.

but you can add aux input port to the factory radio. How you can add an aux input/mp3 player without an adapter - LS1TECH i put this aux port in my regal, and another member did it to his GP. cost me 5 bucks, if you have solder iron, solder and shrink tubes already. got the wire at home depot, they sell it by the foot, 3 feet was 90 cents, the aux poet was $3 iirc. the part number listed still works. just hand the guy at the counter for the part #, you'll never find it on your own lol

you can tap the cd player, or the tape deck. or the radio. page 25 talks about it i think, up or down a page maybe. one guy did it.

my cd player was a thin ribbon, so i went and tapped the tape deck.

change the speakers too, the stock ones suck at best. and they are 9 years old now.

i just changed mine, and added a sub and amp. to the stock head unit, the difference is night and day, the radio is twice as loud with out the sub hooked up. just from the new speakers.

did you also get the harness to retain the steering wheel controls? it keeps the the door chimes and stuff working. i dont have a GP i drive a regal, but have heard of the dic not working right with a after market radio.

maybe someone will chime in on that if it affects your year or not.

i hear ya. hes lucky hes getting the new radio, leave it at that lol

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

but you can add aux input port to the factory radio. How you can add an aux input/mp3 player without an adapter - LS1TECH i put this aux port in my regal, and another member did it to his GP. cost me 5 bucks, if you have solder iron, solder and shrink tubes already. got the wire at home depot, they sell it by the foot, 3 feet was 90 cents, the aux poet was $3 iirc. the part number listed still works. just hand the guy at the counter for the part #, you'll never find it on your own lol

you can tap the cd player, or the tape deck. or the radio. page 25 talks about it i think, up or down a page maybe. one guy did it.

my cd player was a thin ribbon, so i went and tapped the tape deck.

I've done this procedure on a GM radio with a tape player before, and actually did it all on my own by figuring out which wires had the sound and wiring them to a switching jack. My question is, if you do that to a CD player, won't the sound stop (even if coming from an amp3 player) after the CD ends? A tape player mod was easy because I put a fake tape in that never ended lol

a cd never ends, they just start over. lol for the tape deck yes it will run out of tape. ive got a xm tape deck line is, so i let that roll, as it will go forever with out stopping to flip sides.

the aux port in the post. just jumps the signal so the radio never knows. as long as the tape or cd is in and on.

in that post a guy did tap the radio wires, 4 and 6 or some crap, and he said it worked. page 24 iirc.