I was wondering if any one know, if you can hook up an amp and subs to the factory deck of the 97 Nissan Maxima. or do i need to change my deck?

Thanks
DeSI Racing

 

If you are talking about the head unit, I would replace it, but there is a way to the amp off the rear speakers. I would not recomend it.

 

You need a high/low pass impedance converter....i think that's what it's called. Bose isn't great for subs, unless you just want to throw a 10" back there for a little more bass. You lose a lot of signal strength when you have to tape off the rear speaks, but if you replace the head unit then you have to replace the stock speakers (or maybe you could try just bypassing the amps on them)

 

Thanks for you help, but want to hook up suds and an amp to the factory deck, my deck is not the ose deck it is the one in the GXE model. I was wondering if the deck has a input and an output. CAN ANYONE HELP ME

DeSI RACING

 

I do not believe the deck has in/out puts mosr factory units don't

 

What I did was to buy a line level converter which is like $20, and hooked that up to the rear speakers and to the RCA cables. I have one JL12W) sub and a 275watt amp with the factory 120watt head unit.

 

I have a 2001 SE with the 120 Watt factory unit.
I am interested in hooking up a sub and a rear amp to power it.
Do you know if the wiring for the Bose 200 Watt upgrade which includes a rear amp is set up in cars that only have the 120 Watt system. This would make it easier to wire it up since it might include the power and turn on wires?

The dealer said they are there put not connected to the head unit as the head unit does not supply the pre amp out required by the rear amp?

Otherwise I need to use the line level converter which I got from Radio Shack.

Does the Line Level converter make the existing rear speakers sound weaker?

Do you know the wiring color codes for the 120 Watt head unit if I need to tap in to get the turn on, or rear speaker signal, or did you tap in near the rear speakers in the door?

Any help would be apprciated.