Sony head unit installation question

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

Hi all,

I have a VW golf with an old Sony head unit CDX M600 and a Kenwood amp

http://tech.yahoo.com/pr/sony-cdx-m600/1990490959

I am thinking to get a new head unit probably the CDX-GT620U or CDX-GT420U. My question is do I just need to unplug the current one and plug in the new one? Need to do any wiring?

Thank you very much!

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[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

It depends. Most headunits use different wire harnesses.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Only way to tell is to buy the one you want and switch them out. The last 2 Pioneers I got were the same harness, but I'm not sure with Sony HUs.

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

When you said harness do you mean the white plastic that holds all the wires? I'm sorry I'm new to this

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

The harness we're talking about is the plastic plug that goes into the back of the unit, NOT the one that goes into the car.

It all depends, really, I had an old JVC harness that fit an older Sony, but I swapped them anyways to make sure that the wires were not different.

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

im 99.9999 percent sure they are the same harnesses. Even if they are not,, the colors will be the same. easy either way.

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

thanks guys. in case if it is different, how much is the reasonable price to have someone or a shop to install it?

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

It is really something you can do yourself. If you have a sony HU already and they do match, it's just a matter of plugging/unplugging the harness. BB or CC will charge you like 40ish for something really simple. I'd take it to a shop as a last resort.

 

[jamezruiz 10+ year member]

better do it your self, you get experience and you save the money, I've been through that path

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

Hi guys,

I just received the new receiver sony cdx-gt620u and I just have some questions hope someone can help me out. I only have a Kenwood amp.

this is the new unit

this is the back of my old receiver sony cdx-m600

What are that 2 cables at the upper left for? One with a label that said 'Sub out mono' and the other other doesn't have a label but it connects to a cable in the car said 'Antennaworks', as seen in here:

What should I do with these 2 cables? Do I need to screw it to my new unit like what they (Circuitcity) did to my old unit?

Here is a pic of all the cables I have

My other question is 8 of the wires were cut as shown in the pic, do I need to worry about it when I plug this to my new unit?

This is the new harness

Thank you very much for your help.

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

I noticed at the bottom of the new receiver there is a map:

It said ANT at the bottom left. So should I just plug in the antenna cable from the car directly to this hole without using the adapter from the old unit?

Thanks!

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

you will need a antenna adapter

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

in the old unit, I had cables plug in to the BUS AUDIO IN holes. But in the new unit, I don't have these 2 holes. Instead I have the SUB OUT (MONO) holes....so where should I plug that 2 cables to?

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

yes, if your running a sub amp you will put the rca's into the sub out inputs

 

[civicy2k 10+ year member]

Thanks. You said I need a antenna adapter, but since there is a ANT hole in my new unit, shouldn't I plug that into that ANT hole?