NxlKing2304

Did I understand from your post #23 that you believe your radio is made by Panasonic? Might explain all the differences as my radio is labeled "Delphi".

The idea of exchanging buttons or faceplates between the different years is unlikely to be successful as the screw locations of the PCB and the connector(s) are located differently between the years.

 

That is true, but the buttons are still in the same position, should be regardless of where the screws are. Mine says PANASONIC. that definately says a lot. Who id DELPHI? Never heard of them.

 

Delphi is the result of GM spinning off the old Delco supply division. I thought all the new radios were made by Panasonic too.

The other thing to keep in mind is that these instructions are for modifying the base LS radio. Sno showed us the innards of a base LT radio with the multi-function display. I'm not going to take apart my stereo to see if it's the same as Sno's Delphi radio, but it may very well be the same setup with the light pipes.

 

Well, I bought a 2006 Radio which has the 6 disc and mp3 and its a panasonic, with same interior board as my old one. Weird. I hate GM for crap like this!!!

 

Oh! Okay, well, it may very well be the same setup for all the Panasonic-sourced radios then.

Sounds like they rebid the contract for supplying the radios and Delphi came out as the cheaper bid for '09. They had to cut costs somewhere, so reducing the number of LEDs and switching buttons was probably cheaper in the long run.

Every auto manufacturer does this at some point. That's probably why GM stopped letting Delco/Delphi put their logo on the radios long ago.

 

A couple clarifications:

My radio is the low end single CD base unit for the 2009 LS, not the LT. It does have the MX receiver capability.

It is possible Panasonic may still be producing the up level radios. You know the ones with the CD changers and the remote amplifier.

 

I dont remember if it was on this thread or another but somebody said you could easily get the same effect of changing the LEDs by simply taking a sharpie pen(other than black) and color the lights? Is that possible or even recomended?

 

You could definately do that, but definately do not get the same brightness and crispness of doing it this way. I had done that with the sharpie, and the color was steaky and inconsistant.

If you do decide to tackle this project, you'll see what I ean when your done. I would offer to do this, but I'm not an approved vendor with the site.

 

so what other colors have people done? im thinking purple for mine with red on radio.... and purple and white on the DIC and stuff? any suggestionsor any pics of everyones?

 

I may be changing my DIC to White letters with Red Needles, I will post this If i do this. Not uite sure yet. it is a little bt of work for my busy lifestyle.