How to install a cd player in 93 ford taurus?

Does anyone know how to install an in dash cd player in a 1997 ford taurus Lx with digital climate control???

• Look I've been looking how to install an in dash cd player for my 1997 ford Taurus lx forever now and have had no luck what so ever. The problem I have is. My car has a Digital ...show more

• Answer:

  Well, you are out of luck unless you want to take the chance at modifying the standard mechanical dial HVAC adaptor kit to work with your digital controls. You have something that is super, super rare. If you find one in a junk yard or from a salvage dealer, you could get a custom mobile installer to cut the junk one and the aftermarket kit that is available and make one piece out of the two. The problem there is that the screen for the HVAC intrudes into the area that an aftermarket radio would install. You might be able to blend the 2 pieces so that it isn't noticable if the actual electronics don't go that high, but is it worth $500 trying to do something that might not work? Looking at pics of the digital layout, it's going to be dang near impossible. Even SCOSCHE and METRA, the makers of most aftermarket adaptor kits don't make a kit for your vehicle. And NEVER have. That's saying something. Either way it's not going to be cheap. You'd be better off adding an aftermarket CD changer with an FM modulator, or buying the necessary wiring kits if you radio will act as a controller for an aftermarket CD player. Contact Ford and find out if manual HVAC controls can be used in place of your digital controls, then you can use the adaptors available.