man....this info is gold!!!!

well done mate.

i think its quite a clean finish too.

anyone in VIC done it who can do mine as neat as Moph?

markwright - there is no elegant way to do this, as while the audio signal is a normal analogue signal from the stacker to the head unit, the stacker control is all digitally encoded. So you must have the original stacker plugged in and a CD playing for the head unit to accept audio signals via the audio in. Were you to find an MP3 compatible stacker that used the same digital coding from stacker to head unit then that would be okay, but the likelihood of this is low given its a 10 year old car.

The only way would be to retain the existing stacker and just cut in the audio feed from a new MP3 stacker, and control the new stacker using a separate remote. That way you press play on the head unit, the original stacker fires up (unmuting the head unit in CD mode), and you then press Play on the MP3 stacker remote and cut in the new audio signal. Not real elegant.

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YBHVE4, I'm not real handy with mods (my Suzuki Sierra has been off the road six months now with an engine rebuild......) but this is easy as. Just be careful and patient and you should be done in two hours tops.

ah yeh i understand.
i suppose i could buy one of those portable dvdplayers? plug that into the aux input and iv got the lot there?
haha unless theres a mad scientist out there that can install a new lens and reprogram the factory stacker

might have to just go the whole aftermarket deal

I was going to get the plug in FM transmitters, etc when i heard sometimes you get static and I saw these instructions I have swayed this way.

IM going to give it a go.....fingers crossed all goes well.

For an EF series 2 ghia, does it use the same stacker as the series 1??

I made up a patch for the din plug, I un-plugged the din plug... turned my head unit on and my CD was still playing... even with no din plug connected!

When I disconnected the DIN plug, the rear speakers went off... so I'm assuming the DIN plug runs the amp?

I'm just wondering am I supposed to use the DIN plug or am I meant to use a different plug??


EDIT: found I had to follow the EL guide, the round din plug is only for connecting the amp for the rear speakers.

Is the au1 with the stacker in the boot got the same pinout

AU1 is marginally different to the EL - mainly extra leads for the Amp outputs.

After trying to find a pinout listing for a while I finally gave up and stripped down my Head Unit - lo and behold FMS saw fit to label the pinouts on the circuit board

Assuming others have hit this same problem I have documented the info below:




Appologies for the rough and ready photos (cheap camera) and the rudimentry "Socket Diagrams" (drawn in Exel - well, what else do you expect from an ex Ford Service Manager turned Accountant?)

Note this is for the Premium Sound as fitted to a Oct 99 AU1 Fairmont Ghia and may differ from other AU1 head units....

Cheers

James

hmmmmmmmmm,not forgotten,thanks guys

Hi Guys,

This may be a long shot, but I am hoping someone can help me.

I am having trouble following the instructions provided in the Tech documents regarding the install of the aux input.

I look at the picture showing the "to stacker" and "to dsp" and the wire colours are confusing me as those colours do not exist.

Can anyone give me a hand?

Thanks

Hay mate i have the prem sounds system but my stacker is rooted, cycles through the the disc but doesn't read any of them and say there's no disc. just wondering if i would be able to do this without the stacker having to be invovled?

Hi I am new here but I am wondering the same,

I do not have the CD magazine for my stacker but it works.

I'd like to do this mod or I'm gonna have to go for a head unit change and I'd like to keep all the EQ presets on the DSP.

Incidentally - anyone know where I can buy a cheap ford magazine for the stacker?

thanks!

Hi I am new here but I am wondering the same,

I do not have the CD magazine for my stacker but it works.

I'd like to do this mod or I'm gonna have to go for a head unit change and I'd like to keep all the EQ presets on the DSP.

Incidentally - anyone know where I can buy a cheap ford magazine for the stacker?

thanks!