Need major audio advice.
#1
Need major audio advice.
Here's the story. I recently purchased a 93 GXE that had previously had the Bose system. Somebody had replaced the factory Bose head with an old Ford headunit!! I bought a used Bose cassette deck (year) unknown. The previous owner had rerouted the speaker wire directly to the speaker bypassing the amps. I had the amps reconnected today and had the Bose deck put in. After I picked it up the installer said it must be the wrong year deck (probably earlier than '93) because it sits about a 1/2 inch too far back in the dash. Worse than that there is virtually no bass and very poor reception. Is this attributed to it being the incorrect year on the deck??
#8
Just go to ebay and get the right deck. Here are a couple, but there are always some on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3288
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424342138
the second one says the cd player is broken, but for a few bucks, I would think the tape player and radio work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3288
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424342138
the second one says the cd player is broken, but for a few bucks, I would think the tape player and radio work.
#9
Originally posted by Red92MaxSE
Just go to ebay and get the right deck. Here are a couple, but there are always some on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...;category=3288
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424342138
the second one says the cd player is broken, but for a few bucks, I would think the tape player and radio work.
Just go to ebay and get the right deck. Here are a couple, but there are always some on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...;category=3288
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2424342138
the second one says the cd player is broken, but for a few bucks, I would think the tape player and radio work.
#10
Let me ask this. I found out from pictures that the deck I got is from a 89-90 Maxima. If all my amps are hooked up and there is no bass could it be because of it being the wrong headunit (not '93)? Or are all of my amps probably bad?
#12
Originally posted by subs1000w
proboly bad amps i dont think a head unit could do that but you will proboly spend more on getting the bose to work than just slappin a 100$ radio in and bypassing the bose amps
proboly bad amps i dont think a head unit could do that but you will proboly spend more on getting the bose to work than just slappin a 100$ radio in and bypassing the bose amps
#13
The way I look at it is, you can spend all the money you want on your gear but if you don't pay attention to polarity especially when you're routing around those amps, then you'll have no bass. Those Bose head units are pure crap.
#14
I know that Crutchfield used to make some sort of converter for use w/ Bose and an aftermarket head unit. Never used it but I assume its intention was to bypass the amps in order to alleviated the impediance difference. Also, if the polarity of your connections has not been matched, you will have no bass and lots of cracking. Sounds like you should reverse all your connections before you buy anything else.
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