1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

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Wayne Orwig

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I have a 1998 Mark VIII.
It has an in dash cassette player with CD controls for a remote CD changer. I don't have the changer and really don't want a remote changer. I was given a Ford in dash cassette WITH a single CD player, which I would like to use. It is from a 1998 Ford truck.

This radio I was given looks like it will fit, but the connections don't match as I had hoped, as it isn't a simple plug in. The speakers are labeled JBL, so I'm guessing there is a remote amplifier somewhere resulting in the unique connections.

What is the easiest way for me to put a CD player in this car? I would actually prefer something with MP3/WMA anyway. But I want it to remain 'stock' looking (no blinking blue lights) :B

Crutchfield knows nothing about the car and can't help. Is the radio a true double DIN?

Sorry if this has been covered a million times before but from a search it wasn't real obvious.

Thanks.
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

Wayne,

Lincoln offered a single in dash Mark VIII CD Player in 97/98 !

I have one for sale for $ 125.00 plus shipping !

I have sent an email to you !

Good Luck,
Sonny
cdaout1@cox.net
 
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Wayne,Lincoln offered a single in dash Mark VIII CD Player in 97/98 !I have one for sale for $ 125.00 plus shipping !I have sent an email to you !Good Luck,Sonnycdaout1@cox.net
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Will it plug directly into the JBL cabling?

Will an aftermarket adapter plug directly into the JBL cabling?
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

Wayne,

It will plug into your original wiring harness ! It is Original Equipment for a 97/98 Mark VIII ! I have tried it in one of my cars that came with the Cassette/CD Controller ! I keep one in the trunk so that I can change to a single CD Player when I want to ! I say when I want to , but it is when my wife wants to do so ! She likes to change to any CD when we are on a trip ! The Cassette/CD Controller will not work on a CD Player Harness , but the CD Player will work on the CD Controller Harness !

Good Luck,
Sonny
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

Let me try another approach to my question.

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the radio?
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

Does this mean nobody has replaced the radio with an aftermarket?
This car is not on the conversion chart at Best Buy.
 
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This car is not on the conversion chart at Best Buy.
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That is because the JBL system does not conform to the EIA protocol.

Try a local dealer/installer for high end aftermarket audio equipment. They most likely will be able to help.
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

I recently replaced my stock radio with a Sony Xplod. I purchased the radio, wiring harness interface, and mounting kit (Scoche branded, hope i spelled that right) at Walmart. Aside from the time it took to wire everything outside the car, the install took about 30 minutes. It will plug & play with your JBL system, but will not control the trunk changer. I removed the nonfunctional changer anyway. The stock radio has a double-din sized face in a d-d dash opening, but the chassis is single-din. As such, any d-d or s-d unit should fit.
 
RE: 1998 Cassette to CD player with JBL

You have to buy 2 separate harnesses-ones a reverse and ones a regular.Reverse alows you to put say a ford radio into any car and the regular alows aftermarket to your lincoln,so basically you have 2 sets of harnesses each with bare wires on one end-match up the colors and connect and then it will become one long harness with 1 end pugging into the ford radio and the other to your stock lincoln harness.When I used to intall radios we would use the reverse harnesses to re-install factory radios where the owner had hacked off the plug ends and direct wired thier aftermaket radio in-hope this helps
 
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You do have a true double din. [/div]

I got a double din. Doesn't fit.

There is an electric control box of some type wrapped in foam too close to the top, so I had to relocate it. The dash opening (behind the wood grain) isn't tall enough, so I had to trim that open. I need to add a filler to the left and right side in the front woodgrain bezel yet, but it looks OK as is. And I had to fabricate some brackets.

I found that Scosche makes a pigtail that is compatable with the factory JBL, plus you need to wire in a level converter to use the factory amp/wiring.

I now have a cassette/cd/mp3/wma/xm radio with aux inputs that isn't too gawdy with flashing lights.

Now the wife can stop complaining. :D
 
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