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Old Aug 12th, 2019, 22:07   #11
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Thanks Forrest that is a very kind offer and much appreciated.

I remembered last night that just after I bough the car I thought I might want a CD player so bought one of those CD stackers that sits in the boot. Thing was I had to buy the whole kit from a scrap 940 which included the CD stacker, cabling and radio.

Searching through the parts boxes in the garage tonight I found the radio which is exactly the same as mine (CR 906). For some reason I thought the CD ones were different. May have a straight swap.

So, I am able to see what the clips look like and hopefully can work out how to spring them loose. However, I am puzzled about the plastic surround to the radio though. Do you have to remove that before trying to remove the radio?

As ever, thanks to everyone for helpful comments.

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If I remember from when I fitted mine the surround screws onto the radio and you slide the whole lot in ( or out when removing )

So when you release the side clips the whole thing should come out with the surround

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The CR-905 radio in my oldest 940 failed in a similar manner about ten years ago. In those days replacements were readily available on eBay as the cars were at that age where people acquiring them were looking to “upgrade” rather than retain the authentic stock appearance. I paid 99p for a working head unit as I recall.

It’s quite easy to swap the radio over but you will need to use special tools or two suitable sized flat blade screwdrivers to release the spring clips through the small slots on either side. If it’s original fitment there is probably also a spring clip stuck to the top of the radio. It will pull out against that one but will come out much easier if you slide a flat dinner knife in to release it. I can probably find a photo of the clips to help if you’re struggling to extract yours.
Came out just as Forrest describes (Thanks!). The clips on top of the radio are more like springey pieces of metal to help hold the radio firmly in place so simple to gently ease out having released the two clips on the side.

The plastic surround is screwed to the radio by 4 screws (2 each side) so easy to swap over.

The great news is that my second-hand CR906 bought a few years ago in a job lot worked perfectly including the cassette so I have music again. Shame in a way as I have been quite getting used to the hum of the red block to ease my journey to work.

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