Refurbished OEM CD Player.

[YukonGTmaster]

I bought a refurbished OEM CD/Radio unit for my 97 Yukon GT off Ebay. The unit looks nicely refurbished, the CD player works. It’s just the backlighting that is the problem. The bulbs shined a lot “Whiter” through the faceplate, and the top row is now working intermittently. At least I can listen to that Pearl Jam Ten CD on the way home from work!!!

 

[Tonyrodz]

I bought a refurbished OEM CD/Radio unit for my 97 Yukon GT off Ebay. The unit looks nicely refurbished, the CD player works. It’s just the backlighting that is the problem. The bulbs shined a lot “Whiter” through the faceplate, and the top row is now working intermittently. At least I can listen to that Pearl Jam Ten CD on the way home from work!!!

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Trying to keep it all stock?

 

[YukonGTmaster]

Trying to keep it all stock?

Yes. I’m keeping it all stock, and fixing it up. I find the more you keep it stock, the less that goes wrong with it...... Lol!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Yes. I’m keeping it all stock, and fixing it up. I find the more you keep it stock, the less that goes wrong with it...... Lol!

And the more money it'll be worth--your GT anyway.

 

[willxfs]

Good looking rig you got there. I bought a similar refurbished radio for my 1998 2door sport. Except, the radio came with a wire and small head phone type jack to hook to my phone. Works ok. Blue tooth works so much better though. I bought a cheap bluetooth radio for my pickup. So nice and convenient...

 

[OR VietVet]

I have removed my aftermarket Kenwood radio, sold that *************, and installed a stock radio/cd player and all I did was give the guy at ebay my VIN and he set the radio up and was plug and play. Did you contact the seller about the problems and if so, what did they say?

 

[Tbruz]

The seller should stand behind his "refurbishment". If not and you want to; its easy enough to rebulb it yourself, I recently rebulbed that exact radio. see my comment in the audio and electronics section of this forum; takes about thirty minutes IF you can solder.
Tbruz

 

[YukonGTmaster]

The seller should stand behind his "refurbishment". If not and you want to; its easy enough to rebulb it yourself, I recently rebulbed that exact radio. see my comment in the audio and electronics section of this forum; takes about thirty minutes IF you can solder.
Tbruz

I installed bulbs in my old Radio Unit. They had that OEM incandescent glow. The ones in this refurbished unit glow a hot white colour when they work. When I ordered those 2 prong replacement bulbs they took 6 months to be delivered from China after I purchased on eBay! Luckily they came in a bag of 100. I’m not sure if I will replace the bulbs in the new unit or just swap faceplates from my old unit?

 

[YukonGTmaster]

I have removed my aftermarket Kenwood radio, sold that *************, and installed a stock radio/cd player and all I did was give the guy at ebay my VIN and he set the radio up and was plug and play. Did you contact the seller about the problems and if so, what did they say?

I have not contacted the Seller yet. I am going to see what they say. I think there is a 1 year warranty. Depending on what they say I might just fix it myself. Less hassle than shipping back.

 

[Guitarded]

I've been half-heartedly looking for the stock AM/FM/cassette for my Tahoe. I still have the slave CD player, which I'm assuming still works.

If it weren't for my need for bluetooth, I'd be spending a lot more effort to take it back to stock!

 

[OR VietVet]

You can get those stock AM/FM/cassette set ups at ebay. If need be the seller, most of them, need your VIN to match the radio to your rig and then it is just plug and play. The stock one I got there at ebay works flawlessly.

 

[Tbruz]

I’m 99% sure I have the stock am/fm/cassette radio I removed from my truck.
Let me look for it.
Thanks
Tbruz

Update: I do have the stock am/fm/cassette radio in perfect working condition(all perfect knobs too) just realized its been in a box for longer than it was installed in the truck! Also have the slave cd player and two aftermarket 4 x 10 coax speakers.... $90 bucks plus shipping from 03087 for everything.
Tbruz