Radio Install in Kubota RTV1100

[Fallon]

Thanks timswi..........I will feel around the headliner this weekend and see if I am up to the task, I found the radio harness on the web that I could order and will go from "9 pin Kubota to loose wires" , and I would have to figure out from my old radio which wire goes where. Like you say its not for sound quality , just diversion over the roar of the 3 cylinders !

Dollars to doughnuts you can find the manual and/or wiring diagram for your old radio if you plug the make & model into Google.

 

[timswi]

Dollars to doughnuts you can find the manual and/or wiring diagram for your old radio if you plug the make & model into Google.

Many times there are tags on the radio wires too.

 

[wawajake]

Thanks Timswi and Fallon........... although my RTV came with antennae , I checked for speakers in the headliner above the seats last night (even managed to squeeze my hand behind headliner for maybe 6 inches), but did not find speakers......this is a low budget "nice to have but not needed" idea of installing a radio and if speakers aren't there then hate to spend money to do it all. Maybe I will see if I can figure a way to send a signal to speakers (using wiring colour code I saw on this TBN thread, and see if I can hear them behind the headliner .....before I go much further.

 

[timswi]

Kubota's site says that the speakers and antenna are installed for an optional radio for your model. Maybe they moved the speaker location with the new model.

 

[wawajake]

Wow Timswi...........I used that website link (American instead of my Canadian Kubota link) and by using the "build your Kubota" feature I see where it states "prewired speakers and Antennae's" is "standard " in the subsection summary for what comes standard.............you have given me hope !!! thanks

 

[timswi]

Well, I just hope they dont have different OEM specs north of the border..Hard to believe they would but never know..Hope it works out for you.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I'm following this with interest since I bought a 2009 RTV 1100 last November. Although it has a radio in the dash, and the radio lights up like it is working, I haven't yet managed to get any (radio) sound in the cab. If there are speakers hidden in the cab liner, it is likely I have a wiring/connection issue.

 

[timswi]

I'm following this with interest since I bought a 2009 RTV 1100 last November. Although it has a radio in the dash, and the radio lights up like it is working, I haven't yet managed to get any (radio) sound in the cab. If there are speakers hidden in the cab liner, it is likely I have a wiring/connection issue.

When I bought mine there was no adaptor--Had to "hack" into the harness. That may be where your problems lie. Kubota in their infanite wisdom made the radio harness very short and a nightmare to wire---Pull the radio and check the wires.

FYI--Bought mine new in 2009--So the previous owner was probably faced with the same thing as me.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

I am working on a drop in radio for $89. will be done in 2-3 weeks.

 

[robertsa]

The factory speakers likely sound like poo. If you get that feeling, you can easily replace them for $40-50. There were frequencies the speakers my tractor came with that wouldn't even come through, leading some songs had background singers but couldn't hear the lead, maybe the guitar didn't come through, etcetera. Just throwing it out there.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I am working on a drop in radio for $89. will be done in 2-3 weeks.

Will it have BT. All I care about is FM and being able to stream from my phone. Also, do you know what size the speakers are for an x1100? Pretty easy to drop the headliner?

Brett

 

[wawajake]

Well as a followup to this , I had success, I ordered that wiring harness that was mentioned earlier in this thread ($19.99 ) US funds , unfortunately the freight to Canada here was $38.00 USD ....and then when I factor the exchange it was almost $80 cdn ....more than I thought was going to happen......but that's okay, it came in yesterday...... I temporarily taped the right colours to the right colours on my Dual radio from a RV I had, and sure enough it worked..........the speakers seem to be in the front part of the headliner (that is where I hear the sound from ) ....so this weekend I will do a proper solder and shrink wrap of each joint and figure a way to hold the radio up there in the slot . My RV (Dual brand) radio did not have a installation frame come with it , so I might have to do some wood trim and other creative means to hold it up there ! So I can confirm that even the Canadian supplied 2016 Kubota RTV X1100 C come prewired with speakers and antennae already in place, you just need a radio and wiring harness from Kubota plug to bare wire.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Well as a followup to this , I had success, I ordered that wiring harness that was mentioned earlier in this thread ($19.99 ) US funds , unfortunately the freight to Canada here was $38.00 USD ....and then when I factor the exchange it was almost $80 cdn ....more than I thought was going to happen......but that's okay, it came in yesterday...... I temporarily taped the right colours to the right colours on my Dual radio from a RV I had, and sure enough it worked..........the speakers seem to be in the front part of the headliner (that is where I hear the sound from ) ....so this weekend I will do a proper solder and shrink wrap of each joint and figure a way to hold the radio up there in the slot . My RV (Dual brand) radio did not have a installation frame come with it , so I might have to do some wood trim and other creative means to hold it up there ! So I can confirm that even the Canadian supplied 2016 Kubota RTV X1100 C come prewired with speakers and antennae already in place, you just need a radio and wiring harness from Kubota plug to bare wire.

How much was it going to be to have the dealer do it? Mine charged me $200 I think for a radio with BT capabilities

Brett

 

[wawajake]

Close to $400 CDN .................I had a free radio ,so this way it only cost me $80 CDN

 

[sandygar]

Has anyone removed the headliner? Any suggestions?

 

[rd_macgregor]

Last fall I had a bunch of maintenance done on my RTV1100, including replacement of the speakers (fortunately, the radio was fine). I think the speaker replacement was about $200...I just knew I'd make an expensive mess if I tried ripping into the headliner to get at them for replacement (this belief is from experience; most of my projects turn out that way), so figured it was cheaper to have the dealer do it.