How to Replace the Honda Accord 2000 Car Radio With a Bluetooth Capable System

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Check if the car has a standard or a double-wide radio.

   The double height radio has a square front (image on the left).
   
   If it is a double DIN you will need an adapter kit.
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   Step 2: Purchase a CD player with bluetooth capability and a bluetooth adapter for the specific radio.

   In addition, purchase a wiring harness adapter which connects the Honda radio plug to the new radio (Walmart, Target carry these in the US). ,, The new radio harness already comes stripped.
   
   Slip on an inch length heat shrink tubing onto each wire of the new radio harness., In this case, the Honda harness had two extra wires (orange and orange with stripe) that had no equivalent on the new radio.
   
   These orange wires were for dimming the radio lights., The blue plug is the one that will connect with the wiring in the car and the black plug (to the right) will plug into the back of the new radio., Electrical tape is not good enough.
   
   Optional:
   Cut the preamp plugs and cover the cut ends with heat-shrink tubing.
   
   In the installation shown below, the plugs were retained., The panel is held by three screws, two at the bottom of the panel and one hidden behind the digital clock., The two wiring harness plugs that go into the clock module are disconnected.
   
   The plugs have a small tab that you squeeze to separate from the connector., Remove the screw behind the clock., Gently pry out the panel.
   
   The panel is held by two clips on the top and two on the bottom.
   
   It does not take much pressure to pull this out., Unscrew the two screws on the left and two on the right and gently pull the radio and the bottom tray out as one piece., The radio itself is removed from the whole assembly by unscrewing the two screws on the left and right side that attach the radio to the whole radio chassis.,, Make sure that you remove the two screws attached to the top of the radio
   - these were to lock the CD drive during shipping., Also attach the antenna cable and the bluetooth cable.,,, Tap gently to make sure that the panel has clipped in properly.
   
   Attach the three screws that were removed in the beginning, two at the bottom of the panel and the one behind the clock to fasten the panel.
   
   Attach the two cables to the clock module and slide the clock module back in., Enjoy your new radio and hands-free mobile usage.
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   Step 3: Cut the wires in the Honda harness (not the wires in the car) by 6 inches (18cm) so that there won't be too much of a mess when you pack the radio in the car.

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   Step 4: Strip the wire ends on the cut Honda harness.

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   Step 5: Join wires of the same color code together after checking that the color code for the new radio and the Honda wiring harness are the same (check the wiring table on the Honda wiring harness packet).

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   Step 6: Twist together and solder the corresponding ends of the wires.

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   Step 7: Slide the heat-shrink tubing onto the soldered joint and shrink the heat-shrink tubing with a soldering iron.

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   Step 8: Gain access to the old radio

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   Step 9: by the central panel in the car having to be removed.

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    Step 10: Remove the clock by gently prying it out with a thin screwdriver.

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    Step 11: Remove the clock and put it aside.

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    Step 12: Remove the two bottom screws.

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    Step 13: You do not need to unplug the wires attached to the back of the panel as they are long enough to let the panel be pulled out to the right.

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    Step 14: Unplug the antenna and the wiring connector from the back of the radio.

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    Step 15: Slide the new radio in where the old radio was

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    Step 16: align the holes in the radio with the old radio bracket and screw in the four replacement screws (short rounded heads) that came in with the radio.

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    Step 17: Plug the wiring harness into the Honda plug that you had removed from the back of the Honda radio.

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    Step 18: Attach the other end of the wiring harness to the back of the new radio.

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    Step 19: Slide the whole chassis in while making sure that the bluetooth microphone comes out from the bottom.

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    Step 20: Screw the radio chassis back in with the original screws.

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    Step 21: Place the panel back in to place.

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    Step 22: Attach the bluetooth to the bottom of the radio with the provided velcro/sticky tape.

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