lyndsiedlopez
03-13-2014, 03:50 AM
Hello all, I have a couple of questions about replacing the stereo in my Previa, here's the story leading up to my question (sorry I like to explain and talk a lot so it might be kind of long).:wnk:
Almost a year ago, the rear speaker on the passenger's side stopped working. It worked intermittently, whereas I would hit a bump and it would work, then hit another and it would stop. Eventually, it just stopped altogether and I figured I would just have to replace it. A few weeks ago, I finally got around to it and I took a day to take everything apart and replace the speaker.
It still didn't work.
I figured it might be me, considering it was the first speaker replacement I had ever done, or there was a break somewhere in the wire. I took it to my school (automotive tech major here) and we used a wire tracer to find where the wire might have been broken. My teacher told us that before we start to rip anything apart, we should take the stereo out and see if the radio frequency could still be seen there (Toyota apparently routed the wires through the headliner instead of under the carpet and he doesn't want to deal with my car anymore, long story). After finally getting the stereo free, as we pulled it out, the wire tracer started beeping, notifying us that it had found a ground signal and there was no break. We pushed the stereo back in, the connector still in, and the tracer stopped beeping, it was open again. We played with it several times before my teacher came over and pulled it all the way out. After jiggling the stereo a few times, he told us that after 18 years, the solder inside the radio, where the pins that go into the connector are, eventually break after years of vibration. He told me that I could either fix the stock stereo or get a new one, but the speaker wouldn't work until it was replaced (because of the way the stereo sits in the Previa's, at a strange angle).
So, after all that, I need (more like want) a new stereo. There's a few I've been looking at and doing research on, but I first have a few questions that go with it. The one I really want is the Pioneer FH-X70BT, it's a little high in price at 145 dollars but it works with an Android phone and not just iPhone's like I've noticed on a lot of others. The real question is that its a double-din sized stereo. Will it fit in my 1996 Previa? It has a single-din stock radio in it right now, and underneath, it has that little cubby hole for like, a phone or something. I'm just concerned that if I go and buy the new radio, it won't fit or something.
If anyone can help that would be great. I don't know anyone else with a Previa so therefore I don't know who to ask. Thanks for reading my story and sorry if it was a little long. :D
PS: I'll add pictures of the stereo because I can't currently remember the correct name for the 'cubby hole' under it. LOL
Almost a year ago, the rear speaker on the passenger's side stopped working. It worked intermittently, whereas I would hit a bump and it would work, then hit another and it would stop. Eventually, it just stopped altogether and I figured I would just have to replace it. A few weeks ago, I finally got around to it and I took a day to take everything apart and replace the speaker.
It still didn't work.
I figured it might be me, considering it was the first speaker replacement I had ever done, or there was a break somewhere in the wire. I took it to my school (automotive tech major here) and we used a wire tracer to find where the wire might have been broken. My teacher told us that before we start to rip anything apart, we should take the stereo out and see if the radio frequency could still be seen there (Toyota apparently routed the wires through the headliner instead of under the carpet and he doesn't want to deal with my car anymore, long story). After finally getting the stereo free, as we pulled it out, the wire tracer started beeping, notifying us that it had found a ground signal and there was no break. We pushed the stereo back in, the connector still in, and the tracer stopped beeping, it was open again. We played with it several times before my teacher came over and pulled it all the way out. After jiggling the stereo a few times, he told us that after 18 years, the solder inside the radio, where the pins that go into the connector are, eventually break after years of vibration. He told me that I could either fix the stock stereo or get a new one, but the speaker wouldn't work until it was replaced (because of the way the stereo sits in the Previa's, at a strange angle).
So, after all that, I need (more like want) a new stereo. There's a few I've been looking at and doing research on, but I first have a few questions that go with it. The one I really want is the Pioneer FH-X70BT, it's a little high in price at 145 dollars but it works with an Android phone and not just iPhone's like I've noticed on a lot of others. The real question is that its a double-din sized stereo. Will it fit in my 1996 Previa? It has a single-din stock radio in it right now, and underneath, it has that little cubby hole for like, a phone or something. I'm just concerned that if I go and buy the new radio, it won't fit or something.
If anyone can help that would be great. I don't know anyone else with a Previa so therefore I don't know who to ask. Thanks for reading my story and sorry if it was a little long. :D
PS: I'll add pictures of the stereo because I can't currently remember the correct name for the 'cubby hole' under it. LOL