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wh23g3g Joined: Sun Mar 11th, 2018
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I've got a Premium Sound AM/FM Cassette/CD RDS radio I pulled from a 1998 Ford Explorer that I want to install in my 1998 Ford Ranger. I want to know if it should have a separate amplifier. If you look under the many Ford parts catalogs online it does show a separate amplifier part# F4UZ-18B849-A but underneath it says its for AM/FM Cassette. I have a factory 1998 Ford Ranger workshop manual that doesn't include any mention of an amplifier under the audio section. It just shows the radios available and that it could have 2 or 4 speakers. In the factory dealer brochure it calls the top of line audio system 80-Watt Premium Sound with RDS. Again no mention of an amplifier. Does that mean the radio is rated 80-Watt? My 1999 Dodge Dakota has the Infinity Sound system with a factory Amplifier that's rated at 100-Watt and it shows it in the factory repair manual. I've tried the RDS radio I have and it sounds good I just didn't know if it should have an amplifier. There is no where to hook one up on the back but there is an empty slot that says AMP. Most all the radios I've pulled out of these years Rangers all had that AMP spot on the back of the radio. I've never actually found a Ranger that had a factory amp. The only mention is in the Audio manual that originally came with the truck but I believe it just explains all the audio options for 1998 Fords not specifically Rangers. It says if you had the Mach audio system it would have a separate amplifier and subwoofer. I believe they came in the Mustangs and Explorers but not sure. I have an aftermarket Sony cd player in my Ranger now that way outperforms the Premium Sound radio but I like the simplicity of the Premium Sound radio the Sony is so complicated to setup again if you ever have to disconnect the battery. Anyone actually have a 1998 Ford Ranger with the Premium Sound and actually has a factory amplifier?
____________________ 1998 Ford Ranger XLT 2.5 4R44E Automatic 4.10 non-limited slip, 1993 Ford Ranger XLT 2.3 M5 Manual, 3.45 non-limited slip |
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