I bought a new Pioneer Deck and four new speakers. I'm planning on bi-passing the amps and powering my speakers with the new deck. Well here's the problem..I bought just a standard $12 dollar wire harness and connected it to my new deck. Once I went to plug it into the existing factory output I realized that both ends were "female" and wouldn't go together. I know there is a speacial bose wire harness, but I read some post's on users who bi-passed the Bose Amps and were able to use the regular $12 dollar wire harness. I'm confused and my cars apart right now. Any advice would be great.

 

the harness you bought should be attached to the pioneer HU wires
after you connect all the right wires , it should just plug into the harness that was plugged into the stock radio
the stock harness going back into the car should be female and your new adapter harness should be male I think

 

Everyone has problems doing this, so everyone bypasses the bose amps. This is what i did in my car, hooked up the wire harness and then tested the rest of the wires to the accessary/ antenna power on the head unit. One of them actually sends power to the bose amps, therefore enabling them to work. Its not that hard and the Bose system is much cheaper than new speakers.
Anyone have success doing this because it was quite easy?

 

Man, don't bypass those Bose speakers or amps on them. I did that on the recomendation of a friend who works at Best Buy and now my system sounds like CRAP !!!!!

Sidney

 

That's what I did before I swapped out my entire system, and had no problems whatsoever.

 

when i replaced my defective bose HU, i was told that it would burn out my new cd player because the bose spks are not your normal 4 or 8 ohm spks. they are like 1 ohm and the resistance is not compatible with most aftermarket (all?) decks. this is what i did. i got a clarion cd and infinity speakers. the harness i got would fit the old bose but not the harness that came with the clarion. i spliced the clarion harness with the universal (btw it was $18 from circuit city) and plugged it into the bose wiring harness going into the guts of the car. the amps for the bose spks are with each of the speakers. when you hook up your new speakers youll notice that there are four wires going into the plugs that hooked to the bose amps. the two fat ones are the power for the amps, the smaller normal looking wires are carryign the audio. just cut and wrap up the thick wires in electical tape and go about your business. i hope this helps, and i hope i didnt forget anything important