Speaker upgrade and Bluetooth Adapter

[Thumper & Buttercup]

We'll we were installing camera's for our backup monitor and we had the headliner down running
cables and we decided to upgrade our speakers. I have a android phone and I wanted a bluetooth
adapter for me to stream my Amazon music, this adapter even had the ability to take phone calls
with a small mic and the speakers for sound.

The whole system works great, phone calls are clear. I ordered a small 1' cable and I put a small
piece of microtowel in the pocket to hold up the adapter far enough that the Mic would clear.

The speakers made a hug differance in the radio sound, the system sounds as good as my Alpine system
in our Ram 2500.

I forgot to add you need to charge the unit, there was posts of noise charging during use, I had a old
Motorola mini usb adapter and just plug it into the cig lighter beside the post the night before I mow.

Here are the links for the speakers and the bluetooth adapter.

Amazon.com: Rockford Fosgate R14X2 Prime Full Range Coaxial Speaker - 4" - Set of 2: Car Electronics

Amazon.com: TaoTronics Bluetooth Receiver/Car Kit, Portable Wireless Audio Adapter 3.5mm Aux Stereo Output (Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, Built-in Microphone) for Home Audio Music Streaming Sound System: Cell Phones & Accessories


Here is a shot of the adapter, it's really small.

 

[1010]

that's nice, I don't have a radio at all, I've been using a wireless Bose speaker.

 

[inane2]

Good evening Thumper,

I've been following your threads and am very interested in the mods you made. I have a T4.75 I bought new back in 2012 and it's been a great tractor. Could you share more info about your cameras and the mount you installed?

Also, could you go over the headliner removal process? A couple years ago, the grille fell off the right speaker. It looks like it was glued to the headliner. I haven't glued it back yet but with it down, I got a good look at the stock speakers and I would like to replace them as well.

 

[Thumper & Buttercup]

Good evening Thumper,

I've been following your threads and am very interested in the mods you made. I have a T4.75 I bought new back in 2012 and it's been a great tractor. Could you share more info about your cameras and the mount you installed?

Also, could you go over the headliner removal process? A couple years ago, the grille fell off the right speaker. It looks like it was glued to the headliner. I haven't glued it back yet but with it down, I got a good look at the stock speakers and I would like to replace them as well.

The Speaker Covers have a metal frame mounted to them that has three fingers that slip over the headliner holding the cover in place. We
pulled the left and right covers (fuse cover on the left and switch cover on the right), then we pulled the pillar covers.

With the Pillar covers off you can pull the speaker covers and use their holes to pull down the headliner from the rear, we just pulled it down
enough to work around. With out taking all the front roof window trim you can pull down the headliner partially and get far enough to run
cables down the pillars.

This is the camera that my dealer sold me, this came with two cameras and and the ability to add a third.


My Parts manager looked the tractor over with us and suggested the Antenna mount for use to mount the camera's.
They come in two's and we used the both, we did cut off the excess and drilled them to mount the camera and then
shot them with undercoating.


We took off the upper left lights and the black plastic cover to allow us a spot to drill a hole for the cable, after
mounting it we silicone it from the inside, excess camera cable we rolled up and put beside the fuse box on the left.


The lower camera we ran out the rubber plug on the lower right side of the window, the excess cable for that one
we rolled up on the right side under the switch cover area.



As for the monitor we ordered the monitor arm from New Holland and then used ram balls and mounts to mount
the monitor and my phone, I notched the pocket cover under the radio to run the cable out.


Something we did also was purchased a windshield wiper switch from New Holland and I ran jumpers from the rear
wiper to the right pillar and added jumpers for the lighting option so I can turn the rear wiper on and off without
reaching behind me to do it.

When I first installed the monitor with one camera I had the camera triggered hot, with it like that I could not get to
the menu items to make adjustments to the monitor, so I wired the camera triggers to switches next to the 4 wheel
switch.

 

[eth555]

This is great! I was wondering about doing a speaker upgrade myself, Thank you much for the info and the links!

Did the speakers fit right into the original location or did you have to cut the headliner or do any mods to get them installed? Any pictures of the installed speakers? TIA

 

[Thumper & Buttercup]

This is great! I was wondering about doing a speaker upgrade myself, Thank you much for the info and the links!

Did the speakers fit right into the original location or did you have to cut the headliner or do any mods to get them installed? Any pictures of the installed speakers? TIA

The speakers fit perfectly, you will need to cut the connectors and solder a piece of the wiring that come with the speakers, the connectors are smaller on the new speakers, there are spacers on the lower 2 screws of each speaker, you will need to reuse them, I think they keep the speaker
cover from hitting the speaker. No mods to the tractor except the connectors.

We were moving pretty quick on the install, so no photos of during work.

I forgot to add we used this for all our power needs on the monitor and camera's.
We used the 5A Radio fuse, you pull it and then plug this in, it gives the radio
it's own fuse and the other fuse is for all you add. We used a 5A fuse.

Amazon.com: Acarte 12V Car Add-a-circuit Fuse TAP Adapter Mini ATM APM Blade Fuse Holder 15A 5 Pack: Automotive

 

[rngrrymd]

Pretty neat mods and great info, Thumper. For those guys reading this thread the 2018 Case Farmall/NH Powerstar models fixed the rear wiper switch issue. The 2018 models have 2 switches on the pillar for the front and rear wipers fully functional now. Both push the switch on to run the wiper and push and hold for the windshield washer fluid. Huge improvement over reaching behind you all the time. The new 2018 radio also can either bluetooth from your phone or you can put a SD card in and below the SD card slot is a usb slot as well for a thumb drive.

 

[jhudd]

We'll we were installing camera's for our backup monitor and we had the headliner down running
cables and we decided to upgrade our speakers. I have a android phone and I wanted a bluetooth
adapter for me to stream my Amazon music, this adapter even had the ability to take phone calls
with a small mic and the speakers for sound.

The whole system works great, phone calls are clear. I ordered a small 1' cable and I put a small
piece of microtowel in the pocket to hold up the adapter far enough that the Mic would clear.

The speakers made a hug differance in the radio sound, the system sounds as good as my Alpine system
in our Ram 2500.

I forgot to add you need to charge the unit, there was posts of noise charging during use, I had a old
Motorola mini usb adapter and just plug it into the cig lighter beside the post the night before I mow.

Here are the links for the speakers and the bluetooth adapter.

Amazon.com: Rockford Fosgate R14X2 Prime Full Range Coaxial Speaker - 4" - Set of 2: Car Electronics

Amazon.com: TaoTronics Bluetooth Receiver/Car Kit, Portable Wireless Audio Adapter 3.5mm Aux Stereo Output (Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, Built-in Microphone) for Home Audio Music Streaming Sound System: Cell Phones & Accessories


Here is a shot of the adapter, it's really small.

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Has anyone tried to replace the stereo in the picture of the stereo in original post?