Discovery 2 fitting aftermarket radio satnav xomax

[@markditchfield1499]

Great video. Helped me out. I’d just like to say. My amp was blue and red wire so there may be differences.

[@SiCrewe]

The wire marked "ant" is a power-feed for an electric aerial (antenna). It just pumps out 12v when the stereo is switched on so it'll also work to provide power to the amplifier. Only dodgy thing is, the amplifier might need 10 amps or more at high volume and the antenna feed might not be able to supply that. Personally, I'd find a different 12v source instead. Ideally, it might be a good time to bin the LR amp' and just hook the speakers straight into the stereo. The Harmon Kardon speakers, in particular, fitted to Disco's (ironically, because they were supposed to be high quality) don't age well and are probably ready for the bin by now anyway.

[@oxanalangley9131]

What's your recommendation on replacement speakers? I saw a Pioneer marine stereo with 4x 6.5 inch speaker set. Or will I need component speakers? Just want the Rover to be water ready as I do stream crossing and do fill this baby up during mud season. And speakers have been waterlogged. But mine are factory accept the boot which are 2 marine speaker upgrades by Pyle. And work well.

[@SiCrewe]

@@oxanalangley9131 Honestly, I don't know much about the cost of marine speakers. No doubt they'll do the job but if they're seriously expensive it might work out better to just buy some regular, modern, speakers, see how long they last and then decide whether it's worth spending the extra on marine speakers. I got rid of the OEM stereo (and amp) in my D2 and replaced it with a 2xDIN head unit so I could use it as a satnav. The new stereo just has 4x speaker outputs (and a sub) so I couldn't use the tweeters in the A pillars or front doors. I bought Sony speakers, not because I'm a big fan or anything, but they just happened to be the correct size at the right price. They seem like they'll be fairly robust; the cones are plastic, the surrounds are a treated fabric, the driver assembly seems to be enclosed in a rubber cover (dunno if it's actually waterproof mind you) and the frames are galvanised. I'm having an ongoing battle with the driver's window winder so I've had the door-card in and out aboout 5 times in the last couple of years and the speaker still looks like new. Despite now having only 4 speakers (didn't bother with a sub) instead of the 10(?) originally fitted, it sounds just as good to me.

[@oxanalangley9131]

@@SiCrewe thx. Yeah I'm not looking for amazing upgrade just something that handles the wet environment hence the marine head unit and speakers.. the set was 119. Did u need to rewire direct to the speakers since only using the stereo amp. I think I may do that in the Spring so the 4 speaker only and bypass the amp. I won't remove it. Just incase I sell depends on the fuel cost. I'd want to keep factory as much as possible.

[@SiCrewe]

@@oxanalangley9131 Getting rid of the LR amp' was necessary. New stereo has "pre-amp out" connectors but, even so, the volume through the amp'' was much too loud. If we imagine the stereo volume control goes from 0 to 10 I'd only turn it up as far as 1 and the sound would be pretty loud. I pulled the passenger seat out and spent a day figuring out which output wires went to which speakers and which wires came from the head unit to the amp. Then I just unbolted the amp', cut all the connectors off and joined the wires from the input side directly to the speaker wires. There's a bunch of wires left over so I just put head-shrink over the ends and taped 'em up. There's also a whole extra connector behind the dash which is no longer used. The LR head unit has one connector which is fairly standard and will just plug into an aftermarket head unit to provide all the speaker-outs. If I recall correctly, there's ONE wire which was in the 2nd connector which I had to pull out of the connector and fit it into the first connector so it would work with the new head-unit.. It was, perhaps, the wire that provides power to the Disco's FM antennas or, maybe, the wire for the steering wheel controls. If you google "discovery 2 stereo wiring connectors" you'll see a heap of diagrams of the wiring. There's three (IIRC) different ones. Find the one that matches your OEM head-unit and then figure out which wires relate to your new head-unit. It's pretty easy to figure out and the "main" connector in the Disco' wiring is a standard DIN one, which'll plug straight into most aftermarket head-unit. There's just one wire which you might need to take out of the secondary connector and move to the main connector.

[@leerosser2962]

brilliant u saved my head from exploding lol.top man thank u.

[@XaYt0b33]

I’m American so I just wanted to point out it’s funny to see the ashtray and clock on the other side lol

[@wardysworx]

Not many diesels across the pond either as far as I know. V8s for you. Thanks for watching

[@JimBiddle.]

How did it hold up, we are 3 years down the line now and I'd like to know before I buy one of these? Thanks.

[@wardysworx]

I failed pretty quick

[@Freddy-b9m]

Great video, is the remote control on the steering wheel working as well? I like to install a new system on my 2004 Disco and get rid of the cd changer as well, i like this Xomax. Thanks and all the goodies for 2022.

[@Freddy-b9m]

@@wardysworx Thank you, i fixed it.

[@moufidayoub2663]

@@Freddy-b9m hello how did u do for remote control on the steering wheel thx

[@garviere]

Why didn’t you tell us what brand and model you are fitting?

[@RicardoPlasenciaJr]

It is the red and blue wire for a 2003 se

[@garviere]

Also you didn’t finish the video! What happened?!

[@flight101]

A other sudden death ending.....

[@joshward7673]

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