Clarion CRX 74 connector

[George Mercer]

Hi, I have got hold of a Clarion CRX 74 radio but it doesn't have a connector harness to the car wiring. It looks like the type that would be used if you had a removable radio. Does anyone happen to have an old harness for this? Failing that, does anyone know of a company would could rework the radio to change the connector to something more common? Thanks.

[Ian Linden]

Hi George,
I did an EBay search for "harness Clarion", and got a lot of possibilities. Here's one, as an example.

Hopefully, by comparing what you have to the photos, you'll be able to identify what you need.

[Martin Williams]

Yes, that does rather look like a connection for a slide mount radio and a quick google for the CRX74 has some images with "slide out chassis" marked on the surround to radio. Unfortunately I've not been able to find any further details of the Clarion slide mount for you. *Edit* Is there an appropriate connection diagram on the https://www.tehnomagazin.com/Auto-radio-car-connector/CLARION-Car-Radio-Wiring-Connector.htm webpage labelled as CLARION CRH71 PE-9411A? *End edit*
Back in the late '80s I fitted two different Blaupunkt slide mounts. If I remember correctly for one of them you removed the existing connector block from the radio and fitted a special slide mount one that mated with the fixed chassis. The other added extra length to the radio body with the adaptor so you could just remove the adaptor to get to the original connections.