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Retrosound Model 1 re-installed

after checking all the connections, the Retrosound Model 1 is now back in the E-Type and I also replaced the cigarette lighter while I was at it. The cigarette lighter had rusted internally and was no longer working – and on longer drives the battery in the GPS was not cutting it. Replacing the cigarette lighter was fairly easy, although the replacement had a shorter collar which I needed to extend with a piece of pipe from the hardware store.

It is good to have a working radio in the car. While on the test drive, the glass cover […]

September 30th, 2014 | Tags: , , | Category: Audio, Jaguar | One comment

Troubleshooting the Retrosound Model One

The Retrosound Model One I have in my Jaguar had stopped working – symptoms were that the display was lit up in every possible place (i.e. like a digital watch showing 88:88). This had happened before, and the cause turned out to be one of the 12v lines was not connected. The Model 1 uses two 12v and a ground – one that is always live and one that comes on with the ignition. In the Citroen, I have wired up a dash switch so I can listen to the radio without the ignition on as it does not have […]

September 23rd, 2014 | Tags: , | Category: Audio, Jaguar | Leave a comment

Troubleshooting the Retrosound Model 2 in a Citroen DS

The Retrosound Model 2 is finally working in the Citroen DS, and working well!

The issue if you recall was that the unit would reboot any time I turned up the volume, used the bluetooth, etc. I had wired up the radio to the accessory point behind the dashboard, however on closer examination of the DS manuals, this is rated 10A and the Retrosound requires 15A.

To get decent power to the radio, I ran a wire directly from the battery to the Retrosound. There was a rubber grommet in the firewall that I was able to get the wire […]

September 24th, 2013 | Tags: , | Category: Audio, Citroen | 3 comments

Rebooting Retrosound

While I had completed the Retrosound Model 2 install in the Citroen DS a while ago, the radio was rebooting, at times when it appeared that it was trying to draw a lot of power. (e.g. higher volumes).

I had connected it to the accessory point behind the dash, however I don’t think it was getting enough current.

Therefore, I have now removed the radio, instrument cluster etc etc to re-wire the 12v line. I had already re-done the ground just in case and put a relay between the switch I was using and the ignition on power.

A separate […]

August 24th, 2013 | Tags: , | Category: Audio, Citroen | Leave a comment

Citroen DS radio upgrade almost complete

The Radio upgrade on the Citroen DS is almost complete. It’s taken over a month (albeit only a few hours a week). Today I properly installed the speakers. The DS front speaker is a 3″x7″ size which is not very common. Der Franzose carry a drop in replacement, but it is an original paper style speaker and I wanted to go with something more modern. Retrosound offer a low profile 3.5″ speaker, so I went with two of them and used a custom bracket to mount them under the factory grill. For the rears, I went with the retrosound 6.5″ […]

June 1st, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Audio, Citroen | 3 comments

Citroen DS radio/instrument cluster update

This evening I was able to make good progress on the DS. First, I was able to fix a few of the issues with the instrument cluster, where the illumination wasn’t working for the gauges and the light for the heated rear window wasn’t working. (The heated rear window doesn’t work, but at least the light does!)

I also spent a bit more time on the radio. Instead of messing with the ignition switch, which has already been replaced with an aftermarket unit on my car, I wired the radio to the accessory point behind the dash. The accessory point […]

May 30th, 2013 | Tags: , , , | Category: Audio, Citroen | Leave a comment

Installing the Retrosound Model 2 in a Citroen DS

I’ve been working on getting the Retrosound Model 2 radio installed in the Citroen DS. As this website points out, the DS does not provide a lot of options to install a decent radio. The little ‘cubby’ in the dashboard is too small for most radios, and the original ones are expensive and not particularly good. I’ve been a fan of the Retrosound units since I installed the Model 1 in my Jaguar, and was interested in some of the new features that the model 2 had to offer such as the bluetooth handsfree and the bluetooth audio.

I didn’t […]

May 27th, 2013 | Tags: , | Category: Audio, Citroen | 3 comments

Retrosound Model One install

The one thing about my E-Type Jaguar that stuck out like a sore thumb after I bought it in 2010 was the 80’s cassette deck that has been installed in place of the original radio.

This looked like an easy thing to update. I first looked at Ebay to see if I could get an original radio but even broken radios were going for quite silly money (not as silly as what people want for Citroen DS radios as I would find later). I then looked at some of the radios that are advertised as modern radios that have a […]

May 17th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Audio, Jaguar | One comment
 
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