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Go to Circuit City and get a harness kit!

You will need the harness kit that is available at Best Buy and other locations. However, my 2001 VW Cabrio did not have a switched +12V source (source that turns on or off with the ignition key). Without a switched +12V source the radio will remain on when the key is removed from the ignition if you have not manually turned the radio off and your battery will be drained. A switched +12V source is available from the rear defroster switch (black and yellow wire). Connect a wire from this switched +12V source to the red wire of the harness kit. You must also cut or remove the red wire from the socket of the wire harness kit because it will be connected to a non-switched +12V source of your car.

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Replacing the factory radio in a 1996 or newer Taurus/Sable is complicated by the fact the dash does not use a standard radio mounting.

All is not lost, as converters are readily available for the majority of these cars.

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