This is my "scanner", a Harris M7300 700/800 MHz P25 Phase 1/2 mobile radio.
I just completed the physical install phase in my 2017 Toyota Camry. All that remains is
to connect up the power cabling.
This is how I do it. I really hate a messy installation or just bolting a radio to the lower surface
of the dashboard. I modify parts and make the control head fit into it like it was designed to
be an option when you buy the car, or as close as I can get it. Clean and neat is the order of the day.
The radio unit is mounted on the back of a rear seat. Note the missing volume knob, that's deliberate
to make unwanted volume knob adjustments just a little harder to perform.
This is very close to my ideal of a 100 percent reversible installation. If I pull this out, and replace
the coin tray I cut out for the control head, the only evidence that a radio was ever installed will
be a few tiny screw holes in the plastic back of the rear seat.
As for antennas, I hide/disguise the antenna, too. I'll show that later after I've done my test fitting and
seen where it works best. But...NO HOLES DRILLED TO INSTALL AN ANTENNA. I don't do that.
I just completed the physical install phase in my 2017 Toyota Camry. All that remains is
to connect up the power cabling.
This is how I do it. I really hate a messy installation or just bolting a radio to the lower surface
of the dashboard. I modify parts and make the control head fit into it like it was designed to
be an option when you buy the car, or as close as I can get it. Clean and neat is the order of the day.
The radio unit is mounted on the back of a rear seat. Note the missing volume knob, that's deliberate
to make unwanted volume knob adjustments just a little harder to perform.
This is very close to my ideal of a 100 percent reversible installation. If I pull this out, and replace
the coin tray I cut out for the control head, the only evidence that a radio was ever installed will
be a few tiny screw holes in the plastic back of the rear seat.
As for antennas, I hide/disguise the antenna, too. I'll show that later after I've done my test fitting and
seen where it works best. But...NO HOLES DRILLED TO INSTALL AN ANTENNA. I don't do that.
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