ok i just baught another bose head unit for my car they said it was out of a 99 and i have a 99 nissan maxima the plugins on the back of the radio is different the part for the antenna has two prongs instead of just one is there a attachment i can get to make this work on the single one?

before you say why dont you research this i did and i got tired of ready and ready and i didnt see anything about i just seen stuff about replacing it with aftermarket system stuff.

any help would be great thanks.

 

Are you trying to go from non-bose to bose by switching the HU?? If so, that will not work as the entire harness would need to be changed. If yours was clarion, you have to stick to clarion or go aftermarket..

 

which bose hu did you get? you should just be able to get an adapter for your antenna.

 

no im goin from bose to bose my cd player stoped working on mine so i baught another bose head unit to replace it.

 

maybe the different plugs are because one has premium sound and the other one doesn't? Did you buy it new or used?

 

What the hell is this?

 

Maybe that head unit came from another Nissan model....as far as I know, there is no different Bose HU for 4th gen maximas...

 

this is my antenna plug in it has two not just one.

 

Hey! just swap CD player, it is not that hard. I did from non bose to bose and it is working!

 

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Go to http://imageshack.us and upload the photo.

The Bose HU from any 4th gen should swap into any other without any modification, as far as I know. In '97 they changed the faceplate and some little things inside the HU but from the back end there should be no difference.

The '97+ HU looks like this:


The '95-96 unit looks like this:

(Correct me if I'm wrong on that one...I've got a '97 unit)

Unless I'm mistake, you should be able to use either of these in any 4th-gen with no adapters or modification.

If your head unit looks like neither of these, It Is Wrong and you should exchange it for one that is Right.

 

mine looks like neither of them. but i got it all figured out i think i got another radio coming the one i had the guy said was just the basic radio it wasnt the bose and is sending me a bose one when i want to pay him $90 for it lol thanks for the help everyone

 

hey guys a little off topic but just bought my 99 maxima se and the bose hu doesnt seem to play cd-r disks. Are these HU not able to play them ? cause if that is so the bose HU will be getting swapped out pretty quick. Any suggestions on a aftermarket HU that doesnt take away from the factory look?

 

i suggest a newer pathfinder HU or similar i have an 05 in mine 6 CD changer with mp3 needs a slight mod tho easy stuff look it up!

 

i burn my own cd-audio and it is working with my 98 bose unit, make sure cd is clean, not too scratchy...if this doesn't work there are special CDs to clean laser in your unit. should work then

 

My '97 can play CD-Rs. What are you burning them on? At what speed?

 

My GF pick song she likes , then i download them, burn them (24x or slower just in case) also i lightscribed her photo on CD with some description . She's happy

 

What media, though? No-name CD-Rs or something fancy?

I don't know if I believe them, but some claim that major brands make better media, and that cheap discs can result in poor quality/readability issues.

If you've got some fancy-schmancy discs sitting around, try burning it onto a Sony or a Memorex or whatever - it may help work around your problem. FWIW, I can play no-name discs just fine in my car, but your laser may be drifting out of adjustment, and if you don't feel like fixing it perhaps a better recording medium could do the trick.

Again, this is all just stuff I've heard. I'm not sure how I feel about those claims.

 

yeah thanks for the help fellas ill try different brands and different speeds the kind i was using was a no name brand but seemed decent quality. cheers