Radio amplifier in Camry'97 XLE

[Roman]

Hello,
Who knows, where is located camry's original amplifier?
P.S. maybe someone knows radio's pin-out?

[Nick]

in gen 3's its under the passenger seat, that would be a good guess to start looking

don't know about gen 4's though


welcome to the board by the way... you might want to post a me/mines/mods

[crazymzungu]

I looked under the passenget seat in my '97 LE & there isn't an amp. There are however, 2 pipes that are cut off & may have previously had wires running through them. I know the previous owner had installed an after-market stereo & amp, so he may have removed the factory amp. Before I bought the car, the factory stereo had been reinstalled. Is it posssible that the factory stereo would still be working if there is no amp?

[Phi]

Welcome to TN.

I think the factory amp is located behind the glovebox on 97-99 Camrys.

Here's a diagram of Toyota's color codes for the radio;

[Roman]

Thnx a lot! A've already found and removed it, I've made direct wiring. I've installed Clarion DXZ 638RMP MP3 receiver - great stuff!

[BenG]

Originally posted by Oldman
in gen 3's its under the passenger seat, that would be a good guess to start looking

don't know about gen 4's though


welcome to the board by the way... you might want to post a me/mines/mods

There's an amp under the passenger seat in the Gen3??? Where is it? I tried looking, but there's nothing there but the heater duct and some old gum wrappers! Did it only come on certain model Gen3?

[Nick]

only if you had the xle or the upgraded stereo (cd, cassette), oh and they got tweeters in the doors too

my v6 le dosen't have one

[BenG]

that's what I figured... oh well...not like i'm getting a new deck or amp anyways...ghetto stock tape player all the way!

[Nick]

hahahha, that sucks, well mine pretty much melted so i had to use one of those little fm broadcasters for a couple weeks, then one of my buddies sold me a cd player 100$ and he helped me with the install (score!)

[BenG]

Lucky you...I'm planning on getting a job at futureshop to get an employee discount! hahaha

[DarkMastyr]

So wait let me get this straight. There isn't an amplifier in my '94 LE? Yeah I found a guide that showed me pictures of an amplifier under the passenger's seat (http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereor...yCamryAmpR.htm) but I could not find it for the life of me. In that case, are my speakers just hooked up directly to my HU???

[Nick]

you got no seperate amp, but there is a built in one in you head unit

so yes, your speakers connect directly to the HU

[DarkMastyr]

Would running the speakers through an aftermarket amp improve the sound quality at all?

[Nick]

i have no clue, you could ask in the audio section

btw, thanks for using the search button!

[DarkMastyr]

It's all good. And thank you for the timely response!