2005 Tundra - two radio questions

A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking the
radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty quickly, so she
wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.

1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp outputs?

2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point - I
haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for access. Advice
appreciated.

no preamp outputs

she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the head unit
is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers

Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the bass. and
set the bass control back to =neutral

"Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking the
> radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty quickly, so[/color]
she[color=blue]
> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
>
> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp outputs?
>
> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point - I
> haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for access.[/color]
Advice[color=blue]
> appreciated.
>
>[/color]

A subwoofer ain't gonna happen. Do you know how the radio is removed?

"I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
news:3jad6vFp8bpsU1@individual.net...[color=blue]
> no preamp outputs
>
> she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the head
> unit
> is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers
>
> Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the bass. and
> set the bass control back to =neutral
>
> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BoPze.450$cg.414@news02.roc.ny...[color=green]
>> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking the
>> radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty quickly, so[/color]
> she[color=green]
>> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
>>
>> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp
>> outputs?
>>
>> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point - I
>> haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for access.[/color]
> Advice[color=green]
>> appreciated.
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:27:13 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
<ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point - I
>haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for access. Advice
>appreciated.[/color]

Pull the knobs off of the HVAC controls. Careful, sometimes the steel
spring likes to pop out of the knobs... don't lose it! There is one
screw under each knob.
Push the AC vents so they blow "up". There are two more screws in the
top of the ducts... don't drop the screws down the vents :)

Push the vents so they blow "down", grasp the panel firmly by the
vertical strips between the vents and the radio.

Pull.



--- Rich
[url]http://richlockyer.tripod.com/[/url]

"Rich Lockyer" <rlockyer@linkline.DONTSPAMME.com> wrote in message
news:pna1d1tt26j4ech06v5r1apj7qdcpaevsa@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:27:13 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point - I
>>haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for access.
>>Advice
>>appreciated.[/color]
>
> Pull the knobs off of the HVAC controls. Careful, sometimes the steel
> spring likes to pop out of the knobs... don't lose it! There is one
> screw under each knob.
> Push the AC vents so they blow "up". There are two more screws in the
> top of the ducts... don't drop the screws down the vents :)
>
> Push the vents so they blow "down", grasp the panel firmly by the
> vertical strips between the vents and the radio.
>
> Pull.[/color]


Thanks, Rich. You saved me years of research. That leaves more time for
fishing. :-)

Why not? I have a BaseLink in my truck and it rocks. It's easy to find
any loose nuts or bolts.

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:12:15 -0700, Doug Kanter wrote:
[color=blue]
> A subwoofer ain't gonna happen. Do you know how the radio is removed?
>
> "I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
> news:3jad6vFp8bpsU1@individual.net...[color=green]
>> no preamp outputs
>>
>> she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the head
>> unit
>> is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers
>>
>> Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the bass.
>> and set the bass control back to =neutral
>>
>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:BoPze.450$cg.414@news02.roc.ny...[color=darkred]
>>> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking
>>> the radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty
>>> quickly, so[/color]
>> she[color=darkred]
>>> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
>>>
>>> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp
>>> outputs?
>>>
>>> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point
>>> - I haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for
>>> access.[/color]
>> Advice[color=darkred]
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Because the goal here is high quality audio, not puke.


"Eddie" <no@spamatall.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.07.10.20.59.00.34778.27980@spamatall.com...[color=blue]
> Why not? I have a BaseLink in my truck and it rocks. It's easy to find
> any loose nuts or bolts.
>
> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:12:15 -0700, Doug Kanter wrote:
>[color=green]
>> A subwoofer ain't gonna happen. Do you know how the radio is removed?
>>
>> "I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
>> news:3jad6vFp8bpsU1@individual.net...[color=darkred]
>>> no preamp outputs
>>>
>>> she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the head
>>> unit
>>> is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers
>>>
>>> Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the bass.
>>> and set the bass control back to =neutral
>>>
>>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:BoPze.450$cg.414@news02.roc.ny...
>>>> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking
>>>> the radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty
>>>> quickly, so
>>> she
>>>> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp
>>>> outputs?
>>>>
>>>> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point
>>>> - I haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for
>>>> access.
>>> Advice
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>[/color][/color][/color]

a bazooka tube would add the last ovtave of bass that the stock system is
missing, with a 6" woofer and about 50 watts of power its not going to hip
hop the neighbors 18 yr old kid one iota.
but it will make music people actually can listen to sound rich and full
its all how you adjust it


"Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:qbkAe.1212$j21.1181@news01.roc.ny...[color=blue]
> Because the goal here is high quality audio, not puke.
>
>
> "Eddie" <no@spamatall.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.07.10.20.59.00.34778.27980@spamatall.com...[color=green]
> > Why not? I have a BaseLink in my truck and it rocks. It's easy to find
> > any loose nuts or bolts.
> >
> > On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:12:15 -0700, Doug Kanter wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> A subwoofer ain't gonna happen. Do you know how the radio is removed?
> >>
> >> "I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
> >> news:3jad6vFp8bpsU1@individual.net...
> >>> no preamp outputs
> >>>
> >>> she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the[/color][/color][/color]
head[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> unit
> >>> is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers
> >>>
> >>> Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the bass.
> >>> and set the bass control back to =neutral
> >>>
> >>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:BoPze.450$cg.414@news02.roc.ny...
> >>>> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking
> >>>> the radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty
> >>>> quickly, so
> >>> she
> >>>> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp
> >>>> outputs?
> >>>>
> >>>> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this point
> >>>> - I haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for
> >>>> access.
> >>> Advice
> >>>> appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>[/color][/color]
>
>[/color]

Probably, but I think we need to address the problem with the door speakers
first. I mean, if you have a transistor radio at home and you want better
sound, you don't run out & buy a subwoofer first. You get a real stereo with
decent speakers, and THEN add a subwoofer if necessary. I used to run 6.5"
round Philips speakers one of my cars, with a 50w per channel Fosgate amp,
and they sounded so good that they didn't even need a subwoofer (which
would've been stolen anyway).

"I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
news:3jfgb0Fpsc50U1@individual.net...[color=blue]
>a bazooka tube would add the last ovtave of bass that the stock system is
> missing, with a 6" woofer and about 50 watts of power its not going to hip
> hop the neighbors 18 yr old kid one iota.
> but it will make music people actually can listen to sound rich and full
> its all how you adjust it
>
>
> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:qbkAe.1212$j21.1181@news01.roc.ny...[color=green]
>> Because the goal here is high quality audio, not puke.
>>
>>
>> "Eddie" <no@spamatall.com> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2005.07.10.20.59.00.34778.27980@spamatall.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Why not? I have a BaseLink in my truck and it rocks. It's easy to find
>> > any loose nuts or bolts.
>> >
>> > On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:12:15 -0700, Doug Kanter wrote:
>> >
>> >> A subwoofer ain't gonna happen. Do you know how the radio is removed?
>> >>
>> >> "I'm Right" <ImRight@urWrong.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:3jad6vFp8bpsU1@individual.net...
>> >>> no preamp outputs
>> >>>
>> >>> she has the bass cranked and the volume up so the amplifier in the[/color][/color]
> head[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >>> unit
>> >>> is clipping and sending square waved signals to the speakers
>> >>>
>> >>> Add a selfpowered sub like a bazooka tube and let IT provide the
>> >>> bass.
>> >>> and set the bass control back to =neutral
>> >>>
>> >>> "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:BoPze.450$cg.414@news02.roc.ny...
>> >>>> A friend just got her 2005 Tundra yesterday. The way she's cranking
>> >>>> the radio makes it clear she's going to fry the speakers pretty
>> >>>> quickly, so
>> >>> she
>> >>>> wants to beef up the system. We're marinating some ideas.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 1) Maybe add an amplifier first. Does the basic radio have preamp
>> >>>> outputs?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 2) How is the radio removed? Admittedly, I'm being lazy at this
>> >>>> point
>> >>>> - I haven't spent any time fondling the dashboard yet to look for
>> >>>> access.
>> >>> Advice
>> >>>> appreciated.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]