Recommended replacement amplifiers

[aglsteven]

You're a life saver ToolPants,

I'll have a go at taking out the ac display tonight, so that I can access the rear of the radio.

Randall,
to answer your question, Australia gets both the CDR22 and the CDR220. The difference is in the tuning frequency. The CDR 220 covers the following regions:
USA, South America, Australia and Asia.
Tuning frequency steps for USA is 200khz, for Asia it is 50khz. There is a setting in the menu for which country it operates in. An interesting point though - if you set it to Australia, it cancels the RDS signal, so it won't display the name of the Radio station. Therefore I set it back to USA, and it works fine. RDS was only introduced in Australia a couple of years ago, and we don't have any Traffic Programmes. Not really any need, as the volume of traffic here is nowhere near what it is in the US or Europe. Even Auckland, NZ has bigger traffic problems!


The CDR22/220 doesn't have the MOST connector. I believe the CDR23 was the first unit with that requirement.

[aglsteven]

I took out the climate control module, which gave me all the room I needed.

Once the cables had been pushed out the way, the radio slotted in beautifully.

I then ran the ipod cable behind the carpet and phone holder to tidy it up.

All in all, took me twenty minutes.

Thanks again Toolpants, another happy customer!
A couple pics below of the final result

[aglsteven]

So in summary:

A CDR220 will work in Australia, but set the country setting to USA to get RDS (radio station name displayed)

If replacing a CDR21/210 with a CDR22/220, you will also need to remove the metal bracket.

To get the unit to slide in smoothly, remove the climate control unit so you can reach inside and sort the cables out

Installing an Ipod cable will mean you will disable the CD changer, which is not an issue in my books.