1999 w210 radio question
 

Greetings....trying to install an aftermarket radio in the above-mentioned car. the factory radio worked but was not that great.
i had another w210 with a pioneer deck, and the wiring connector for the mercedes (plugs into the factory harness on the car side-looked professionally done)
i tried to use that but it failed to play sound out of the speakers, although appears to be working otherwise.
i have a sony deck and used the same wire tail (unprofessionally, but correctly spliced) with the same result.

my question is this: is there another step i'm missing somewhere or another connection/modification (thinking along the lines of having to bypass the fader on the w126 chassis)

thanks
G

i did some checking on the interwebs and found the harness for the Bose radio is slightly different. there needs to be a power wire for the amp which the non-bose harness* doesn't have.
*EDIT: the non-bose aftermarket harness

Is it working now?

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
02 C320 wagon

I'm pretty sure the wiring on the stock radio conforms to an ISO standard.

I'd have to see a wiring diagram but the aftermarket unit should have an output to trigger / wake up the external amp. I doubt this wire can power the amp so the amp must have an external power source.

yes, sorry i forgot to add that part....i figured out which slot needed to have the wire and installed the wire in an open slot in the connector. there is a solid blue wire and a blue/white wire.
i had it attached to the solid blue (because i thought that was what i read) but it actually needed to be spliced to the wh/blu and it worked.

Still driving the gold e320?

the sony unit did have a trigger wire but the non-bose harness (from the car plug to the radio wire harness) does not have the wire (or more importantly the pin). if you go to crutchfield the non-bose harness come with 2 extra blue wires; one for the amp trigger and one for the antenna.

yes i am. got the ac working and now the radio.....it's almost like a real car:eek: