Managed to install the c/d player without much difficulty. Just hard wired the original plug to the new one without cutting any of the wires off the original in-car plug. Sounds very nice. Used the original ears off the old radio. Had to widen the holes in the mounting ears a bit but it looks perfect. I was a little surprised to see 'Made in Korea" on the original Jaguar radio! This XJS cost $82,000 (US) new, so what was this cheap radio doing in there?
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From my understanding pretty much any single DIN radio will fit the XJS with little to no modification. Damn, I need to find a proper Alpine without the video game display.

$82k new? Damn, I thought XJS prices topped out in the low $60s. No wonder sales dropped off.

 

For sure it's a whole lot easier upgrading the XJS stereo compared to my '00 XJR or '06 XJ Super V8 Portfolio. You need a degree in digital networking to work on those.

I have a nice Pioneer system with bluetooth music streaming in my XJS. Also changed all of the speakers to Infinity Reference......... sounds pretty good, for a convertible