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Old 06-21-2018, 11:55 AM
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Double Din Installation

Hi, I am looking for a harness kit for an aftermarket Pioneer Double Din. I have researched up and down. Can anyone help
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that radio won't work on this car or you'll have to re-wire and switch amp

first find out if you have a D2B or MOST digital amp
then, if D2B, you'll have to replace the amp with a more recent w215 bose 2004+ amp doing MOST
once done you need a MOST decoder box
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available on ALIEXPRESS
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you also have to switch a module or two to the setting MOST in XENTRY DAS when swapping amp
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Harness kit at Crutchfield.

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that radio won't work on this car or you'll have to re-wire and switch amp
Or,
you can buy any 5-channel amp and replace the Bose amp in the trunk (driver side). All the speaker leads are there and it's easy to wire the amp in. Best to run a new power wire direct from the battery, however, and I highly recommend a new subwoofer (in a box) rather than try to use the existing one (it works but it's puny). The hard part is running one or two RCA input cables from the new head unit through the car, into the trunk, and connecting to the new amp. It's easy once you see that there is entry to the trunk where the rear shocks mount under the rear window; it's just a matter of hiding the cables to there.

You're essentially changing out the system from MB-whatever-datalink to a conventional one. Your steering wheel buttons won't work (although you can buy a module that does this). New head units have Bluetooth etc and your phone will work just fine for once :-)
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I have a Pioneer DD APP radio in mine and the car is an 03 and there was no amp change. Still running factory Bose speakers and amps. Dont know where they got the harness from or if they spliced it but it works.
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Can easily be done. Here is what you need. Not recommending this site because you can probably get cheaper elsewhere. http://installer.com/cars/by_car.php?carid=7440
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I wrote a article about this bit ago:
https://mbworld.org/forums/cl-class-...et-stereo.html
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Originally Posted by BlownV8
Can easily be done. Here is what you need. Not recommending this site because you can probably get cheaper elsewhere. http://installer.com/cars/by_car.php?carid=7440
lol yes !

http://installer.com/item/display_it...?it=mostaux-mb

same at aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...=mercedes+MOST
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this is what I have
no convertors needed for all commands
only for the amp if you have MOST

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Quad...3ccf4c4dTvRNUO

robust, well finished, haven't had a problem since a year
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Originally Posted by adaboy01
Hi, I am looking for a harness kit for an aftermarket Pioneer Double Din. I have researched up and down. Can anyone help
I used a vw Metra wiring harness. Not exact fit but switch a couple of pins up and it works

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