Frequency band expander install for imported Japanese radio in a V36.
Allow 45min. for first timers.
1. Tools:
Phillips head screw driver
Small flat screwdriver for undoing cable plugs.
2. Parts: Frequency or
band expander (this one is
from synergy) $50
delivered in a few days
This is the old style and
won’t work on the V36,
more suited to the 300zx
etc. I Found out after I
had already removed the
radio. Wrong connectors
Step 1. park the car somewhere shady, open the windows and doors. Now disconnect the battery negative terminal.
Step 2. Gently push down on the plastic sheath
on the shift boot.
Step 3. Unclip the shift know clip, carefully as this
can spring off and disappear as it is a kind of
spring clip.
Step 4. Roll down the shift boot,
there is a small looped piece of
wire inside the boot which holds
it on. Notice it will have a pointy
side, it is not round. Later when
you get the shift shroud off
remove this wire and squeeze it
closed a bit. This will tighten it
for re-installation later on. See
the second pic also.
underside later
Step 5. Slide the shift knob
off, try not to touch the
white part as it has grease on
it.
Step 6. Put you’re your
fingers into the boot as
shown and pull back and
slightly up, not hard, two
fingers should be enough.
Lift the shroud up a bit. You
will notice it fowls on the
shift lever.
Reach under the shroud and
pres the white square under
where the shift lock is. Now
you can move the shifter
back to N and lift off the
shroud. See third and fourth
pic also for step 6.
Carefully unclip the two electrical connectors and place the shroud somewhere safe.
Step 7. Now you are left with this.
Next remove these two screws at the bottom outside corners of the radio facia.
Then lift out as shown.
Undo harnesses
Now undo the three wire connectors.
The flat screw driver can help push
Down the clips to allow them to be
removed.
Step 8. Remove the next two
screws under the airon/TV screen facia
Lift out the display surround from
the bottom first.
Now you can see this
Step 9. remove these two screws
under the screen, they held the screen and the radio housing.
And the two screws under the
radio unit.
Step 10. Pull the radio unit
forward, the plug your looking
for is on the right hand side of
the back of the unit. In this
picture you can see it after I have
disconnected it. This one is a bit
tricky as the unit is still held in
with a heap of other wire
connectors, so just be patient with
it, don’t want to break anything
in there.
Now simply connect the band
Expander to this connector, and
The other end to the radio unit.
Tuck the expander module in
behind the radio, I put mine in
the space beside the radio unit
and the relays on the drivers side.
Now just put it all back together
in the reverse order.
Sorry about the poor cut and paste method of displaying the above. I did in word but the file was 74Mb and I have word 2000 so can't compress the files
So still trying to find out how to improve the clarity of the stations though.