The motorhome has an outside entertainment center consisting of a car radio/CD player, speakers, AC/DC power outlet and TV hookup. While we were in the USA the CD player quit functioning. I should have replaced the radio while we were in the States as they are much cheaper down there. I hesitated because I had never played with car radios before and was not sure what was involved or what tools I might need.
A couple of days ago I picked up a cheap Alpine brand radio at The Future Shop in Courtenay and talked to my friend Brian who knows pretty much everything to do with vehicles. I did not want to invest too much as this compartment has gotten wet a couple of times in driving rain to that side of the motorhome. That may be what killed the original unit.
With my renewed confidence I pulled the old radio out and cut the wiring harness connecting it to the RV. I spliced all the wires which was easy because there is evidently a standard for wire colours. Every radio made uses the same colours for speaker leads, etc. The new radio works perfectly as well as having a more powerful amplifier. It sounds great and we can once again have background music for our Mexican “Happy Hours”. I am now an expert in one more thing!
The hardest part of the job was working around the constant rain showers that have plagued us since we got home!
We're pretty excited
9 hours ago
Glad you got the music fixed. Now, when and where???
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