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SC-816 radio questions

Post by Herb Goltz »

Hi All:

My 2000 V70 has an SC-816 radio. I have been using a cassette adapter so that I can play mp3s from an old ipod in the car. I think the belt in the cassette player has broken-- the auto-reverse now flips about once a second, whether with the adapter or with a cassette.

I am interested in the aux input mod that has been described here. Will this work with a broken cassette player belt? If not, does anyone have a spare SC-816 in good working order?
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Post by abscate »

I think I have one in my 1999 part out thread, Herb. I know I have the radio code, too.

Is aurora in the GTA ??
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Yes, Aurora is about a half hour drive from Toronto, if the traffic gods cooperate (which doesn't happen often!)...

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If that doesn't work out, I'm sure I have an SC-816 in the garage with code too.

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Post by scot850 »

Hi Herb,

Sorry for the delay getting to the radio(s) but had to get the 4 wheels back on the wagon to get to the shelf!

As it turns out I have x2 SC-816's. Both tested except for the cassette as I have none to check with!

The upper one is the nicer unit although both are pretty clean. The lower one is actually a factory reconditioned unit, but as the date was 1998 not sure that stands for anything!
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Hello! Need good photos of the motherboard of the Volvo SC 816. From both sides. No need to unsolder the board to take a good photo from above. Whatever works out. Thanks in advance.

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Nikolaech wrote: 14 Apr 2025, 07:01 Hello! Need good photos of the motherboard of the Volvo SC 816. From both sides. No need to unsolder the board to take a good photo from above. Whatever works out. Thanks in advance.
There were a couple of good photos in a VRD piece on soldering in a plug connection for AUX input from an iPhone.

I’ll try to find it and link here
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abscate wrote: 15 Apr 2025, 04:29 There were a couple of good photos in a VRD piece on soldering in a plug connection for AUX input from an iPhone.

I’ll try to find it and link here
Thank you for trying to help. I need a full photo of the SC-816 motherboard. I searched on Google and on the site, but found only 805, 810, 836.
P.S. Photos are needed for repairs.

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