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I recently bought a 2003 Honda Accord LX which comes with the standard
single disc CD player in the dash. I recently noticed that I could
purchase the 6-Disc in Dash CD changer radio (found in the EX model)
and I was wondering if it would be possible to just switch the radios
out in my accord with the factory harnesses. Seems like you could, but
just wondering if anyone else has had any experience. If the harness
couldn't be just unpluged and pluged in to the new radio, is there a
way to figure out which wire on the harness is for which feature of
the radio and splice the wires together? Thanks for any tips... -jp

gtg543g@mail.gatech.edu (Samuel) wrote in message news:<5f6a4f1c.0308270305.10bc614f@posting.google. com>...
> I recently bought a 2003 Honda Accord LX which comes with the standard
> single disc CD player in the dash. I recently noticed that I could
> purchase the 6-Disc in Dash CD changer radio (found in the EX model)
> and I was wondering if it would be possible to just switch the radios
> out in my accord with the factory harnesses. Seems like you could, but
> just wondering if anyone else has had any experience. If the harness
> couldn't be just unpluged and pluged in to the new radio, is there a
> way to figure out which wire on the harness is for which feature of
> the radio and splice the wires together? Thanks for any tips... -jp

the display and the head unit are 2 seperate pieces, price them and
see, yes you can just plug it in though.

chip@chipanddebby.com (Chip Stein) wrote in message news:<5ddcea74.0308271457.577a06b5@posting.google. com>...
> gtg543g@mail.gatech.edu (Samuel) wrote in message news:<5f6a4f1c.0308270305.10bc614f@posting.google. com>...
> > I recently bought a 2003 Honda Accord LX which comes with the standard
> > single disc CD player in the dash. I recently noticed that I could
> > purchase the 6-Disc in Dash CD changer radio (found in the EX model)
> > and I was wondering if it would be possible to just switch the radios
> > out in my accord with the factory harnesses. Seems like you could, but
> > just wondering if anyone else has had any experience. If the harness
> > couldn't be just unpluged and pluged in to the new radio, is there a
> > way to figure out which wire on the harness is for which feature of
> > the radio and splice the wires together? Thanks for any tips... -jp
>
> the display and the head unit are 2 seperate pieces, price them and
> see, yes you can just plug it in though.

FYI... This can be done--the trick is you must get the standard 6-Disc
Changer found only in the standard Ex models with MANUAL air control.
The harness will then plug right in to both the radio and display.