David Richelieu
Tahoma
I had an '89 LSC Mark VII with the JBL Sound System and went through a nightmare trying to hook up a Sony 6-CD Juke Box to the spectacular sounding JBL amps and speakers. The first place I went to gave up, saying they had no idea what the 20 different prongs were for in the main plug into the radio from the amplifier (under the rear window shelf). Two other places also gave up, saying the same thing.
I took it to the high-end stereo place (McIntosh, Klipsch, Yamaha etc.)
and they worked on it for hours testing connections by trial and error and burning out about seven fuses in the process. The problem was neither Ford nor JBL was willing to give people the schematics for the system (even the local JBL outlet couldn't get them) JBL said if something was broken with teh system they would replace the entire amplifier, speakers or whatever.
Anyway, reading the owner's manual we discovered that if we wanted to install a mobile phone that used the car's speakers to contact Ford and they would send us the needed information. And what do you think they faxed us?
Drawings on how the phone collar fit between the plug and the input on the back of the radio. And on the same sheet were the SCHEMATICS showing the routing and coding of the wiring connections in the plug.
Hooking it up after that was simple. And the system sounded spectacular
and was extremely well-balanced. IT was probably the best factory stereo
around. It had separate bass speakers for the left and right sides and the
low-end sound was split into two channels, just as it is on CDs (I listen mostly to Classical music).
Anyway, you might try getting the mobile phone instructions from Ford and see if your installers can follow that. Otherwise, all new everything might be an option. It wasn't an option for me after the extra billions I paid for the JBL system (only a 1 cd dash player was available). I really liked the sound and was determined to make it work with the Sony CD- changer. Hope that helps.
