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How to Remove MBZ Car Stereo E300 |
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1.1) Flip open ash tray
assembly, release ash tray and remove. |
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2.1) Remove one screw top left
corner of ash tray assembly cavity. |
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3.1) Remove one screw top right
corner of ash tray assembly cavity. |
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4.1) Pull back front edge of
carpet behind wood grain center console. |
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5.1) Remove one exposed screw. |
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6.1) Set parking brake, shift to
low gear.
6.2) Lift back edge of wood grain center console up. Be careful, this is
real wood. |
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7.1) Pull wood grain center
console back from front dash. |
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8.1) You need an separation
between ash tray assembly and center wood grain panel. |
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9.1) Remove ash tray assemble
from dash.
NOTE - wood grain panel on ash tray assembly is always
broken, this can be glued back on to ash tray assembly before
reinstallation. |
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10.1) Set ash tray assembly to
side with wires still connected. |
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11.1) Push tab, left and below
car stereo down to release from car stereo. |
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12.1) Push tab, right and below
car stereo down to release from car stereo. |
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13.1) Place finger into cassette
opening to grasp edge of car stereo and pull from opening.
NOTE - This step and the previous two have to be done
together to release car stereo. |
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14.1) Remove car stereo from
dash. |
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15.1) Remove antenna and all
connectors. |
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Aftermarket Installation
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| Because you have a fader control in the center console,
this is a Common Ground system. What is a Common Ground system? Back in
the days when this stereo was made, every speaker output had a positive
and negative lead. However, the negative lead was common to the battery
negative and every speaker negative. Today's car stereo has Floating
Ground. Still each speaker output from the stereo has a positive and
negative. But, the negative is not the same as the battery and each
speaker negative is separate and different from the others. This is a
rewire to each speaker. |
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16.1) Locate the original speaker
leads from the stereo. These leads go to the console fader, then to the
speakers. |
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17.1) Look back into the car
stereo opening, you will find two more speaker leads connected. |
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18.1) Disconnect these speaker
leads. Disconnected, these speaker leads remove the common ground through
the fader to the front speakers. There is no need to rewire the front
speaker. Cut and splice. Rewire the rear speakers. |
