jennchick1

Thanks! And yeah I ended up having both blue/white and red wire plugged into ignition power rather than 12v. I was able to plug into an unused ignition slot in the fuse board under the driver side dash which was convenient since that’s where the radio cables spit out. You just need to solder or crimp a male paddle connector and it’ll fit right into the fuse slot. You might be able to get away with only using the red wire but I didn’t test it out. I used the pin connectors from DigiKey! They fit perfectly! Just needed to be crimped on. I would recommend routing the rca cable to the left side of the radio rather than the right. That way you don’t need to wrap around to radio to get over to the driver side dash.

Okay I have successfully done this mod using your suggested parts and it worked out great! I used a 2 RCA (f) to 1 RCA (m) converter to also add a wired AUX line in case a someone else wants to plug in without BT. Very straight forward install. Only comment is to plug the red 12v wire into an ignition switch rather than constant power (as suggested in instructions). Also, I was able to remove the PR71 transistor by desoldering and pulling without having to take out the tape deck and volume knobs. I’m glad I was able to avoid additional deconstruction. Thanks for the help y’all!

I’m looking to do the same mod to my ‘96 XJ radio. I was going to splice off of the cigarette lighter power and replace the lighter with a hard wired USB charger. I’m a complete newb when it comes to electrical, does this sound like a safe approach? The Bluetooth unit I got has an inline fuse preinstalled fwiw… TIA!