Hi All

I'm trying to help my godson fit a secondhand Sony CDX-5090 radio/cd into his 2002 Fiat Punto. There is two
wiring connectors in the Fiat - one with what seems to be seven wires and one with four, and there is a
incompatible block socket in the back of the Sony plus two rca? sockets.

It seems that some form of adaptor is needed. I'd appreciate any advice about what we need to get it sorted out,
and any suggestions about where to get it.

TIA
Marc

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 10:25:27 GMT, Marc G
wrote:

It seems that some form of adaptor is needed.

By the sounds of things, you don't need anything to connect to the
car, which should have standard ISO connectors. You will however need
the original wiring harness for the Sony unit, which I'd suspect is
missing.

Jon
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InCar Express wrote:

It seems that some form of adaptor is needed.

By the sounds of things, you don't need anything to connect to the
car, which should have standard ISO connectors. You will however need
the original wiring harness for the Sony unit, which I'd suspect is
missing.

Thanks for that, Jon - now I've got some idea what we need. Not knowing how old the Sony is, can I impose
further on your help and ask whether you have any idea where I can get such a harness? would Sony still sell
them or do we need to look secondhand?

Thanks again,
Marc

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:53:38 GMT, Marc G
wrote:

Thanks for that, Jon - now I've got some idea what we need. Not knowing how old the Sony is, can I impose
further on your help and ask whether you have any idea where I can get such a harness? would Sony still sell
them or do we need to look secondhand?

We should be able to supply you with this one way or another.

Sony still offer them, but the part appears to be on back order until
the end of November, and is likely to cost somewhere in the region of
40 quid.

We may be able to do a cheaper Autoleads part if you're able to mail a
digital image of the back of the radio. I can't confirm from a listing
whether they do one (they list an XR5090, but not a CDX5090) but I can
probably get a better idea visually.

Jon
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"Marc G" wrote in message
...

There is two wiring connectors in the Fiat - one with what seems to be
seven
wires and one with four...

I'm confused by the seven - I'd expect eight, i.e. four speakers with two
wires per speaker. The block of four sounds OK, but IIRC the Punto doesn't
have an igniton switched line to the stereo so you might have to put one in
yourself, or just not worry about having the stereo turn off with the
ignition.

...and there is a incompatible block socket in the back of the Sony plus
two rca? sockets.

Like Jon says, it looks like you're missing the Sony harness.

Steve.