MGRV8 CD Changer installation

I’ve been thinking about adding a CD changer for a while. When I saw the correct changer come up on ebay for a reasonable price I bought it …… but it came without a magazine. Magazines were being sold for more than I paid for the changer but I found a CD changer being sold as spares with a magazine which I got fairly cheaply. There is a (YouTube) trick to remove the magazine without powering up the unit ….. it even came with a full set of previous owners CDs which weren’t really to my taste.

Next was the cable which are remanufactured and being sold on ebay ….. about £60 delivered. Make sure you specify its for an RV8 to make sure you get one with a plug that is compatible. It’s quite straightforward to install it from the head unit to the CD location in the boot. Lift the central console and the panel in front of the battery cover then over the rear wheel arch through a gap in the corner into the boot.

I was initially going to fit the cd changer to the boot floor beside the rear wheel arch but I found the original type mounting bracket for sale at Brown and Gammons about £35 delivered ….. so used that.

The mounting holes are already in the boot floor just need to knock out the little plugs to expose the threads. Even the boot carpet already has push out cutouts to put screws through.

I know most RV8 owners would most likely take out the original radios and play music via Bluetooth. I prefer originality and the convenience of pre loaded music at the press of a button.

Just for the record the part nos for UK spec cars which I guess would work the same on Jap imports are:-

Head unit Philips 22DC741 as used in the early MGFs

Cable AMR4831

CD changer AMR3154 also used in the Discovery 1 a Philips 22DC 082

Bracket ZKC6414 Brown and Gammons