SuperSuite radio installation

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SuprDuprMn

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Sandpoint, ID
Tractor
2007 New Holland TC45
I have a TC45 with the SuperSuite cab and have been trying to figure out how to install the radio. They don't have this setup like a car... which is dissappointing.. Has anyone installed one of these? If so... how? =)

Thanks,
Matt
 
   / SuperSuite radio installation #2  
I'm not sure about your particular model but mine was easy. I wish now that I had bought a better stereo though. The reception on this auto zone special sucks. I knew better too.
Anyway, I had to cut and splice wires together adn go fishing for the antenna cable but I found it toward the back of the cab. I had to pull one of the ac vents out to get my hands on it and work it towards the front where the radio hole was. That factory antenna sucks too. I need to find one with the same threads that is a lot bigger. On AM I can go East to west and pick up my favorite stations but when I get to the turn row and head East I lose it. That is so irritating.

I found that the wire colors as supplied in my new TD 95D matched up great with the colors on the new radio though. It was easy getting the right wires hooked together. I don't know how much different mine is from yours though.
 
   / SuperSuite radio installation #3  
Your best option would be to go back to your dealer and purchase the kit.

It will contain everything you need to make the installation simple.(bracket, pigtail and instructions) The antenna cable and speakers are already installed

It will cost more than a walmart special, but the radio will be a name brand and I believe you can get them with/without CD.
 
   / SuperSuite radio installation #4  
SuprDuprMn said:
I have a TC45 with the SuperSuite cab and have been trying to figure out how to install the radio. They don't have this setup like a car... which is dissappointing.. Has anyone installed one of these?

..wish I had this problem :D

hehe, Paul

PS - sorry I was of no assistance. But will your dealer give you some advice for the asking??
 
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Connections were relatively simple. My main issue is actually attaching the radio. The dealer is telling me that they get them installed by a local car audio guy, but I don't live near my dealer, so taking the tractor down to them is kind of a pain... and not worth the gas money.

I will keep tracking it down to see what I can find. Maybe I will give the audio installer a call to see if they have a kit they use.

Thanks!
Matt
 
   / SuperSuite radio installation #6  
If you have the wiring figured out your almost there. The hardest part is dealing with the bracket the holds the radio (hangs from cab ceiling behind the headliner) because it very thin and bends if you look at it the wrong way. My brother helped me with this because he's very good at installing stereo systems in cars, but even he said this was kind of a pain because of the bracket. Your radio, if you bought it new, should have come with a metal sleeve around it. Pull the metal sleeve off of the radio and slide it into the bracket that hangs from the top of the cab. We pulled down the head liner so we could support the factory bracket with one hand while we slid the metal sleeve into it. The metal sleeve should have some tabs on the side of it that need to be bent up. Those tabs will keep the sleeve from sliding out of the bracket and there should also be some the lock the radio into the sleeve. Once the sleeve is in place put the headliner back in place, but leave it loose for now. Pull the wires out through the metal sleeve and hook up you radio. Carefully slide the radio and wires into the sleeve. We left the headliner loose because while I carefully put the radio in from the front my brother stuck a long screw driver in from the back side(between the headliner and cab roof) and pushed against the factory cab bracket so it wouldn't bend while the radion was going in. You'll have to keep the right door open so you can reach above the headliner and support the bracket. We had to trim the top of the headliner a little so the radio would slide in freely. I'm not going lie, there were a lot of four letter words flying while we were fighting with that radio! Hope the info is what you were looking for.
 
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Thank you! This should do it!
 

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