Radio

[rsims193141]

A 1991 xjs, after changing the battery the radio won't come on the fuse on the driver's side fuse box is fine, the next thing to check is the inline fuse behind the radio, so how do i take the radio out, it's the original radio

[JimMann]

I think you probably need to input the radio code to get it back operational after a battery change.

Jim M

[rsims193141]

Sorry my fault, the radio won't even come on, there's no power

[JimMann]

It's a long time since my XJ-S, but typically the radios of this period have 2 holes at each end of the radio facia, one at the top and one at the bottom. You need a radio pulling tool, which is like a large staple, the width of the legs matches the hole spacings in the radio facia. Insert the 2 x tools and engage in the lugs inside the facia and then gently pull it out towards you. The loom behind should ease out with the body of the radio.
If you don't have the proper radio pulling tool, you may be able to withdraw it forward simply by pulling on the facia rim, but it could be stiff to get it started moving. Generally the radio body is held in by nothing more than a spring.

Jim M

[ptjs1]

rsims193141,

I THINK, that on a 1990/91 Clarion unit, you would remove the 2 knobs, then remove the nuts with long-nosed pliers. Then pull forward the heater control below. Then I think you might find that there are 4 rivets which need to be carefully drilled out. I think you can get away without having to replace those rivets on reinstallation.

Apols if that's not accurate!

Good luck

Paul

[PaulGover]

It might be affected by the original purchaser's choice. My '91 has a CD changer in the boot, which I suspect was optional, and its head unit has one of the DIN standard mountings that AFAIR needs poking prongs down two holes on each side to release the clips, whereas my 81 XJ6 had the default radio at the time, held onto its mounting plate by nuts around the volume and tuning knob shafts, the plate retained by "Pop" rivets.

In both cases I changed the radio for something more modern that can play mp3 and other audio files from a CD-ROM, and get a decent amount of music. Probably now I'd get something that took an SD card or USB port. You can (or at least could, not tried recently) get adapters that provide the expected retainers for modern radios that slot into the old aperture and that retain in position by bending lugs into convenient holes from Halfords and other usual suspects.

FWIW, if you go the latter route, beware of the connectors. All modern head units use DIN connectors with standard positions for switched power, unswitched power, and possibly lighting, and of course all the speaker connections. You can get converters to between these connectors and the earlier ones used in Jaguars and others from the usual sources. But I found the Jaguar's wiring was non-standard, so I had to reorganize the wires in the radio connector in the Jaguar's loom. Whether that was something specific to the changer in the boot, or someone had been tinkering - possibly even to do with the aftermarket immobilizer (which requires a LOT of connections into the main loom) is moot.

[rsims193141]

Thank you everyone,it turns out it was remove the heater control and drill out the 4 rivets, also turns out someone else has already done that and one of the rivets was now a self tapper. The power cable into the back of the radio looks newer than the other cables, and there's no inline fuse, i think someone has replaced the power cable at some point and left out the fuse, now i have to find out if the radio is still ok,or has it blown the radio, that doesn't sound plausible to me, surely another fuse under the driver's side fuse box would have blown first, but that is fine?

[JimMann]

Check, there are sometimes a fuse within the radio body!

Jim M

[poprivet]

My '88 has an inline fuse under the ski-slope. Yours may be different though as many changes occurred over the years and models.