Car stereo inline fuses. Are they necessary?

[Kyrk]

Hello, I want to replace my car stereo with a new one. My old one had some inline fuses as shown in the attached picture (inline fuses in the blue wire 0.5A, in the yellow 1A and a filter fuse box for the power 7A). I recon these where there to protect the stereo itself and not the wiring since they are located after the wiring harness. Do I need to worry about the when installing a new unit (such as a philips ce235bt), newer stereos have fuses on them, some have one fuse and others have two in the rear of the unit, would these suffice for this application?

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[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

The fuses you have pictured can be removed if your new stereo has a fuse built in.

 

[Kyrk]

The fuses you have pictured can be removed if your new stereo has a fuse built in.

Well, it look like it does have one, is it ok that its only one and of a much higher value than the ones placed on the blue and yellow wire?

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

Should be good to go without those fuses. Read the manual that comes with the new stereo. If it doesn’t say to add additional fuses, don’t.