Single CD radio to 6 disc radio - is it plug and play?

[gcrider]

'08 Vibe. Radio display out. I'm just going to go used on eBay - too much hassle to fix. If the owner of the car (GF) coughs up the $$ for a used OEM 6 disc changer, is it plug and play, or is there more to it?

[bluneon]

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the display can be fixed.

[M1MECHANIC]

If you get a radio OEM from another Vibe or Matrix just plug and play they have no security codes like a OEM standard Pontiac will have. You can't put a standard Pontiac radio in a Vibe, the radio won't accept it because the Vibe is missing the security harness that it will be looking for to get the code from. You can find an OEM Vibe 6-cd radio on line for around $70-$140. I just got one for $60. My radio went out in my Nav-radio/6cd shuttle and i just bought a 6-cd radio and got a GPS that i could update for life for free. The system that came in it would only update to 2005 and cost $400 for the disk. Got the radio and GPS for less than the update disk. I have a 03 Vibe GT.

[1daysale]

I swapped a single click for a 6 disk OHM and when I turn off the car I hear a hum through the speakers for about 15 seconds. What am I doing wrong?

[M1MECHANIC]

I would check to make sure all the plugs are seated in the back of the radio, almost sounds like a grounding problem or could be the radio. If you still have the old one plug back in and see if you still get the noise. If not then recheck plug seating with new one still getting noise then its a radio issue.

[kostby]

@1daysale - You're not doing anything wrong. That's the way the '03 audio system works. The under-passenger-seat amplifier waits about 15 seconds for a signal after the 6-CD changer radio turns off to shut down, generating 'white noise' all the while. Search for 'white noise' to find old message threads about this.