I want to put a after market cd player in, what is a way to go about that with out hurting my stock settings.

 

Welcome to the site! What do you mean by "stock settings"? If you're referring to steering wheel controls, then make certain to get a recognized name that will have the GM adapter available.

 

are you doing it yourself or you taking it to a shop to be done. cause i install audio/video systems for vehicles and for the monte you have to have the special wiring harness that has the chime in it and that usually runs you about 85 to 100 depending on who you get it from. but other than that you should have no problem

 

well i want to do it my self i have now problem with all that, but thats what i was woundering about, if i need to have some special harness too keep my alarm and chime that is controled throught the stock radio.

 

if you do take out your stock radio i am pretty sure that you will lose some functions that can only be changed through your radio but i am not sure what the functions are

 

has anyone put a aftermarket cd player in their car? and if so how did they install it?

 

yes there is a special wiring harness that is necessary to keep stock settings such as chimes and the such

 

and this special harnes, is that the one were the stock cd player is ran with the aftermarket.

 

this harness is for if you are going from stock to aftermarket

 

I put an extension harness on both my '01 & '04 factory radios, amd remote mounted them in the trunk, to access the monitors, security, & FOB settings. You can still reset the tire and oil life monitors per owners manual, but you can not access security, lights on delays, chirps, etc without the factory radio.
Steering wheel module and Onstar module were also necessary.

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