Do you just make this stuff up in your head?

Marine simply means the faceplate is water resistant. The radios themselves are the same. And marine anything will cost a little more always...BUT...its mostly markup. And as far as comparing the prices...you have a crappy matrix-ed display that still really only has 1 line of limited characters. His has the fancier display with multiple lines. ON TOP OF THAT...Xplod is a LINEof products sony puts out...there's not one radio called the xplod. You could pay 79.99 for an xplod, or 249.99. Or in your case, pay 200 for the same unit that only costs 119 non-marine.

But good thing youve got a water proof faceplate in your blazer.

 

Alright, no need to turn this into a pissing match about who paid more for what features.

Sure are a lot more feathers being ruffled lately. Good luck getting any positive responses with that attitude...

 

No bad attitude present here.The comment above by Wolfpackwas made based on a misunderstanding. What he got when he read it and what I meant when I wrote itare two different meanings.[/align][/align]Anyway, back to the topic at hand.[/align]I'm in the process of hooking it all up. I went and bought the wiring converter and I have it all soldered and heatshrinked together with the stereo harness and I'm searching for some harness wrap to clean it up a little bit.[/align]

 

Ok, I have the unit wired in and I have no sound. Am I missing something? Display and illumination are working. Everything seems to work with the head unit, but no sound at all.

 

I dont know if blazers have a factory amp in them but if they do you have to make sure your blue wire is connected to the factory amp power wire. Ive ran in to that problem before on a dakota. They said it didnt have a factory amp in it but when we hooked it up the stereo worked but no sound. So we hooked up the blue wire and it worked. I would start there.

 

Brent, you do not have a stock BOSE system do you?

 

Speaking of installing. How hard is it to get the stock radio out? I know crutchfield gives you everything you need but im wondering because it doesn't look like i can fit the din tools in to pull it out because it has a theft lock system. Can anyone shed some light on that? Wiring i know shouldnt be that hard ( i think/hope anyway )

 

You just have to take the dash bezel off. Theres screws under the steering wheel and one at the top of the gauge cluster. Once those are all out, you can get two more screws under the steering wheel (or is it 1?), and it kinda pulls off...

 

I got it working. And MAN,IT SOUNDS AWESOME!!!!Yes, KyleI do have the BOSE system and that was the problem.Thank you midnightride_69, your reply was spot-on, but luckily I didn't need it. My dad came home right after I posted it andhe messed around with it for a minute and said it was the same way in my mom's oldCherokee he put a CD deck in some 12 years ago.I had to jump the signal wire from the din to the green wire that is next to the grey wire on the white side of the stock harness.[/align]Pics will follow tomorrow.[/align][/align]Jackson1717, getting the stock unit out is a breeze. (this is for the 98-01 model, 02-05 might be similar, I'm not sure) You'll need a 7mm socket or nut driver. You need to take the four screws out of the lower dash cover between the steering wheel and the pedals, pull on it to detach the pressure clips. Then you will see two screws holding the upper bezel on. Take those screws out, and also the one in the top center of the gauge bezel.Put the key into the ignition, switch it ON, press the brake and put the shift lever in "1"(For column shift). Adjust the steering wheel to the lowest tilt level. Pull on the bezel to detach pressure clips. You will now have to detach the wiring harness from the4wd switch(if equipped) and the rear hatch release/rear wiper control. Then you can move it to the side to get to the radio. There are two screws on either side of the radio holding it in. They moth require a 7mm socket. Pull it out and pull off the aerial plug and the wiring harness and the radio is out.[/align]

 

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