Skip to content

DIY Car radio replacement

Advertising
Advertising
?
Creation quality: 5.0/5 (1 vote)
Evaluation of members on the printability, utility, level of detail, etc.

  • 16.6k views
  • 10 likes
  • 130 downloads
  • 1 collection

License
3D design format
STL Folder details Close
  • front.stl
  • pot_extender.stl

Learn more about the formats

Publication date 2017-11-02 at 16:13
Design number 16384

3D printer file info

3D model description

Where I live there is always a chance that your car radio will get stolen and it happened to me already for a view times.
Unfortunately its not cheap to restore the damage on your car after that.
For this car radio manufacturers have made a removable front on there car radio's with the idea that the radio has no value without them.
This would then prevent that the radio will be stolen.
But unfortunately after a while the contacts between the radio and removable front get bad.
Then, every time you want to use your radio,you find yourself struggling to get it working the way it suppose to.
This is a problem I found with all car radios I had in the past.
Then the features that takes over you radio trough the radio ether.
At one moment you are listening to a song from a USB stick, the other moment you music is being stopped because a “important announcement” is being made on the radio.
I do not like that very much.
Also I do not even listen to radio. I only listen to mp3 from USB.
So I decided to replace my car radio for something that is not desirable for theft and that would keep working over time.
Something that would keep working on speed bumps :-).
I have a smartphone as a MP3 player. And I have an old amplifier.
With a cheap 6 euro blue-tooth module the phone can even auto connect to my amplifier.
The only thing I needed was something to hold these things together and swap this with my car radio.
The idea is that it looks like a panel that covers a hole in the dashboard.
There are buttons on it to switch the amplifier, blue-tooth and a LM317 for 5v power.
Also there is a button to switch analogue or blue-tooth input to the amplifier.
The LM317 feeds the phone and the blue-tooth module. Also included a clip to hold my phone.
If somebody would to steal it still, for these parts I lost nothing in money,
because I had these parts laying around doing nothing anyways :-).
The little hole between the first 2 red button makes it possible for me to adjust the volume pot of the amplifier, if necessary.
The USB port is only for charging the phone.

Advertising


Issue with this design? Report a problem.

Would you like to support Cults?

You like Cults and you want to help us continue the adventure independently? Please note that we are a small team of 3 people, therefore it is very simple to support us to maintain the activity and create future developments. Here are 4 solutions accessible to all:

  • ADVERTISING: Disable your banner blocker (AdBlock, …) and click on our banner ads.

  • AFFILIATION: Make your purchases online by clicking on our affiliate links here Amazon.

  • DONATE: If you want, you can make a donation via Ko-Fi 💜.

  • WORD OF MOUTH: Invite your friends to come, discover the platform and the magnificent 3D files shared by the community!


Sharing and downloading on Cults3D guarantees that designs remain in makers community hands! And not in the hands of the 3D printing or software giants who own the competing platforms and exploit the designs for their own commercial interests.

Cults3D is an independent, self-financed site that is not accountable to any investor or brand. Almost all of the site's revenues are paid back to the platform's makers. The content published on the site serves only the interests of its authors and not those of 3D printer brands who also wish to control the 3D modeling market.

100% secure payment by credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc.
View all payment options.