My CD is sparodically rejecting disks with an error. Someone told me to get in there and clean out the dust. To start with, I need to remove faceplate(s) and then pull out the CD player. How do I do that without messing up the trim?
My CD is sparodically rejecting disks with an error. Someone told me to get in there and clean out the dust. To start with, I need to remove faceplate(s) and then pull out the CD player. How do I do that without messing up the trim?
Just to let you know, the radio removal instructions for the 2003 Avalon worked for the 2004. I have to say though, it was a bear removing the vents above the radio without damaging anything.
Now that I've decided the CD player has bit the dust, I saw that the heater cables became disconnected from the dials under the radio. The whole thing came out as a unit. When I pulled it out the cables dropped off. The cables are too short to reconnect while the unit is out of the dash. When in the dash it is impossible to see/feel where to make the connections. It looks like I now have to take the center console side panels off and crawl up under the dash.
Is it possible that there are directions out there to do this?
I have made car audio my living for the last 18 years and had to replace my radio as well. Not sure how or why the cables came off, but something must not have come out in the proper order the first time. I think you are going to be on you own on this one. I might trying to reconnect the cables with the radio removed and the heater controls in place. You may have enough room to get your hand in there and work.
Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, the radio, cd player and heating controls are all banded together with a bracket. They all come out and go in together. I cannot even put the unit part way in because I will not be able to get at the bracket screws. I tried to get it done by sticking my hands through a space left by the top of the console removed. it was close, but no cigar. It looks like I am required to disassemble the side sections of the console in order to get at the cable connections with the radio in place.
Now that I've decided the CD player has bit the dust, I saw that the heater cables became disconnected from the dials under the radio. The whole thing came out as a unit. When I pulled it out the cables dropped off. The cables are too short to reconnect while the unit is out of the dash. When in the dash it is impossible to see/feel where to make the connections. It looks like I now have to take the center console side panels off and crawl up under the dash.
Is it possible that there are directions out there to do this?
Hi DickF, I'm wondering how you ended up reattaching the heater cables to the moving piece on the control unit. Unfortunately, i took my radio out today and ended up having the same problem. the heat was cranked up all the way and there was nothing i could do except for take it all apart when i got to where i was going. so right now that i'm there, i'm just hoping that you could help me figure this out. thank you.
It used to be easier!
Once I removed the radio, I could reach the (fallen) heater cables and use them to control the heat. If you push them all the way into its sheath, you can shut off the heat. Or adjust them accordingly.
My radio/CD player is now out for repairs with the dealer. I asked the dealer for parts diagrams of the center console. This, along with the diagram mentioned in a previous post here, shows what comes next when I get the radio back.
I will have to take apart more of the console in order to get good access to the cable connections. The cable end has to go into a hole in a lever-type thingy. The ferrule on the end of the sheath has to snap into a circular thingy. Both can be felt by feeling around underneath the heater control panel and turning the heater temp knobs back and forth.
Hope this helps. I will post my success/failure when I get my radio back.
Dick
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Now that I've decided the CD player has bit the dust, I saw that the heater cables became disconnected from the dials under the radio. The whole thing came out as a unit. When I pulled it out the cables dropped off. The cables are too short to reconnect while the unit is out of the dash. When in the dash it is impossible to see/feel where to make the connections. It looks like I now have to take the center console side panels off and crawl up under the dash. 
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