Hi there,

I have a question on the Ford OEM Car audio.

My Fusion (2005) has the standard Ford 4500 RDS EON radio/CD with steeringwheel controls (volume up/down, next/previous track, next/previous preset radiostation) This is the 2DIN radio, looks like it consists of 3 parts

I have found some 2nd-hand Ford 6000 radio's on the internet, and I was wondering if I could place such a radio in my Fusion.

The advantage is that they have an AUX port (see photo 1) and a CD-changer connector

and I can connect the Yatour USB/SD/AUX connector on it, so I can play MP3's from a memorystick, SD-card or my smartphone.

(see photo 2) This Yatour device connects to the CD-changer connector.

Can I use the cabling of my current radio, and will it be possible to make the steering wheel controls work also ?

Does anybody of you have any experience on this ?

I have seen some youtube-movies about replacing the radio on a Ford Fusion, and I'm pretty skillfull in electronics/computers and I have built in some radio's in other cars... :P

thanks in advance for your reply.....

It is possible to do, there are different ones that are all called 600cd, the Mondeo one fits differently from the Focus one, etc

it is line-in only, so you can attach an mp3 player, smart phone etc, but you will not be able to change tracks from the headunit/ steering wheel (only from the player/device itself) it cannot accept a USB stick directly

Remember the 6000CD goes way back to about 2000, thats 14 years ago, things have moved on, it does not even play mp3-cds

perhaps a more modern head unit like a dvd player with a 7" touch screen, sat nav, camera input (for reversing camera) aux in, USB and sd reader, etc etc - the price has come right down down for these -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-Fiesta-Fusion-Kuga-Dash-DVD-Player-GPS-Head-Unit-with-Rear-Camera-/251522717413?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item3a8fec16e5

Thanks for the reply FOCA.

I will look at the link you supplied. However, I don't need a DVD player in my car, as this will not be good for keeping the eyes on the road :)

My wife has a Tablet that she mounts to the sunvisor for long distance rides :)

I have searched the internet and come accross this Pioneer Radio.

http://www.pioneer.eu/nl/products/25/121/61/FH-X700BT/page.html > See photo.

I don't know if it will work with the steering controls of my Fusion, but there is also a wireless remote control available that can be mounted on my steering wheel.

http://www.pioneer.eu/nl/products/25/38/301/CD-SR100/page.html

Maybe Pioneer has an adapter for the original steering wheel cable ? don't know

I'm saving money for this one, maybe a nice gift under the Xmas-tree this year :P