Learn how to remove the radio

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Newbie motorists often have questions related to the removal and installation of the audio system. How to remove the radio without damaging the fasteners, we will tell in our article. Let's do this using the example of Nissan Note and Audi A6 audio systems.

At first about the simple. Let's start with tips on how to remove the radio in Nissan Note. The tools you will need are Phillips and flathead screwdrivers.

The audio system is attached to the center console from the inside, so to get to it, we need to remove the console itself. It is attached with four screws. Two are on top, directly under the rubber mat, and two are under the decorative plate. It can be removed with a flathead screwdriver by prying the plate in the middle and releasing the latches.

After you have removed the screws, you need to get rid of the latches holding the center console. This can be done without much physical effort, but simply by lifting the entire center console up. However, this must be done very carefully, since the console is held on by many latches, you need to get rid of all of them.

When the center console is free, it is necessary to turn off the electronics leadingto

radio tape recorder. Each plug has its own individual latch, and to make it more convenient to disconnect them, it is enough to tilt the already disconnected console towards you a little. It remains only to unscrew the radio itself from the dismantled console. To do this, you only need a Phillips screwdriver, with which you will carry out this operation. Here is a simple answer to the question of how to remove the radio.

Radios, built-in by default in the Audi A6, may have different types of mounts. In order to understand how to remove the radio in this car, you need to pay attention to the presence of two to four holes on its front side. If they are, then the mount is a retractable quick-release. In order to remove it, you need a special key, which is either attached when buying a car, or purchased in specialized stores.

In order to remove the audio system successfully and not damage the fasteners, you must do the following:

- first unscrew decorative washers and control knobs;

- then press the fixing springs on the axes of the control knobs with a small screwdriver;

- next, remove the front panel;

- insert the latch tabs into the grooves on the back of the panel, and the tabs should look towards the front panel and be located strictly on top;

- unscrew the screws located near the control axes and remove the mounting brackets;

- get the radio from the panel;

- detach from the backaudio system all the plugs connecting it to the speakers, antenna, battery.

To ensure that the radio is consistent with the antenna, you can turn the antenna tuning screw when the audio system is on medium waves and at a weak station, turning the screw to achieve the maximum signal.

As for equipment such as Chinese radios, they are dismantled in the same way. Often they are quite high quality, they can also be installed in your car. A very useful solution would be a radio with GPS, which you can install and remove in the same way.