When it comes to stereos I don’t know what I’m doing, but I have found a site with some kits I like but don’t know what some of it means even with some research. So I would like yalls opinion on them. For my wants, I do want the USA-630 on this site.
If you can give me some insight to them that would be great.
https://www.classiccarstereos.com/mercury-radio-speaker-packages.html
I installed a Custom Autosound usa-630 in my 67 Cougar with a console. Note if you order this stereo, you must tell them it is for a console car as the shafts are longer than the standard in dash installation.
Installation was rather straight forward, however I did run an extra fuse tap for the stereo memory. When I first installed the system, I ran the speaker wires back to the rear deck, but I finally changed the setup to run the rear rca preouts to an amp mounted under the rear deck.
Pros of the 630 -
- Very clean sound with an amp driving my Kenwood Excelon 6x9 speakers
- I love the USB stick, (I don’t own nor will I ever own an Apple product). Ill have to check but when I ordered my 630, they included the iCAMKIT
- Easy to install.
Cons of the 630 -
- No dedicated RCA jack for a sub. (I bought mine 10 years ago so maybe this has changed but the description on the link you provided did not say how many RCA pre-outs)
- The face does not dim with the lights. Although I do not drive the Cat at night that often, the lights are quite bright. It’s odd especially since the stock radios had a separate wire for the radio lights that dim with the headlight dimmer.
- Only Treble and Bass control, no mid or equalizer bands.
- After owning this system for 10 years now, the volume control is wonky, when I try to turn the volume up, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t do squat.
Coach Jack