Replace CD player with HAM radio and use stock speakers?

[jess]

Here's my scenarion: '99 LC with a broken CD player and a horrible FM/AM radio reception. I hardly listen to my radio any more.

I'm looking for a place to mount my 2 meter ham radio and am thinking that if I removed the stock CD player, I could mount the ham radio in its place.

I would need to fabricate a mount and a face plate for a clean install.

But my question is, would it easy enough to put the ham radio external speakers through the stock speaker system? I remember reading something about the stock amp causing issues with using aftermarket audio inputs.

I think that if I put a ham radio in with a wide receive on it, I could still tune in an FM radio music station if I really wanted to.

 

[dogcatch'n]

is your ham set up for one standard spkr output...?

is your amp in the glove box...?

 

[jess]

I've got a '99. Single CD player, no multidisk changer. I think the amp may be under the passenger seat???

 

[dogcatch'n]

most ham radio have a single spkr output...

i would not try to modify the existing radio/amp thats stock, it would be alot of trouble. and balance would be an issue

you could put in a new radio in and use one of the audio inputs, (such as those with the standard audio in, on the front of the panel...)

I use mine for my mp3 player...[even though I have a usb port in the back..] pioneer and others have a small ' audio in' port in the front panel....new radio/old spkrs....adapt spkr wire output from ham radio,[small soldering job, no biggie]...then just plug it in the audio input...on front of new radio and you would have all spkrs working with ham radio....that would be cool...

hooking up old spkrs to new radio does take a special adapter from crutchfield..I have gone thru this....crutchfield will also send wiring diagram of your vehical and how it should be wired...