Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | The radio has a two types of brackets. Because the Deere enclosure was made to "standard", the radio slipped right in. The mounting was especially easy since the Deere enclosure is completely removable.
I just removed the previous radio (a Sony I had installed) by bending in the retaining tabs. I then inserted the new radio and bent outward the proper retaining tabs. There is also a support for the rear of the radio. The radio actually has a sleeve for these tabs so the radio can be removed with some "tools" that trip some tabs (they give you these tools but I won't need them).
The wiring harness is not plug and play at least in my case since Sony used a different connector. I transferred wire by wire to the new harness. It was actually a bit confusing since Sony used some of the same color wires but not always for the same purpose.
I connected the back light wire to the switched power wire which means that the back light is at full intensity at all times. It might be desirable to put a dimmer pot in this line to allow external dimming. They assume this will be done via the dash lights.
The volume control is a knob which I like. The previous Sony had Up/Down buttons which were hard to hit when bouncing around in the field. The radio has a BEEP ON/OFF selection. With it ON, you get a Beep each time you make a change in Volume, Station etc.
Edited by tedbear 5/3/2006 07:44
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VRFM9 - Saga continues
