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Old 10-20-2007, 02:54 PM
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bose hu died, need another aftermarket hu

Hi, my stock bose head unit died. I wanted to replace it with an aftermarket headunit but keep the stock bose speakers. Now I know, some people will disagree, but this is just temporary. If I don't liek the quality of sound, then I'll replace the speakers as well in the future. Now I know I need an adaptor as I looked in the FAQ sticky, however the link doesn't work properly. Can anyone give me the right link? Here is the original link.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=193528

One question, if I get this adapter, can I use any aftermarket head unit? What about radio? Will that work too?
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Old 10-20-2007, 09:29 PM
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This has been posted 100 times but to save you some time:
You don't have to use an adapter for the speaker connections but I personally think it's more straightforward to use one. It's pretty much the same process (electrically) for all gens with Bose. You should get an antenna adapter though. Scosche and Metra both make both adapters. You can get them from Crutchfield or any car stereo place or sometimes guys on the org sell them at a discount.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=368008

I personally think the aftermarket HU made the stock speakers sound better. If you liked the stock sound, then you should be happy with an aftermarket HU.
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Old 10-21-2007, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kasemodz
Hi, my stock bose head unit died. I wanted to replace it with an aftermarket headunit but keep the stock bose speakers. Now I know, some people will disagree, but this is just temporary. If I don't liek the quality of sound, then I'll replace the speakers as well in the future. Now I know I need an adaptor as I looked in the FAQ sticky, however the link doesn't work properly. Can anyone give me the right link? Here is the original link.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=193528

One question, if I get this adapter, can I use any aftermarket head unit? What about radio? Will that work too?
you can use Any unit. i dont know about dvds tho. but you need a radio adapter ahich i did not know about. so i still have no radio at the moment

metra adapter+radio adapter together its like $45 extra.
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Old 10-22-2007, 04:27 PM
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Not trying to beat the dead horse. But this topic has been brought up for 21736345435198473242949329322745237896 times already.

Try to run a search of "BOSE adapter" or check the sticky thread. You will know what to buy.

Aftermarket HU + Stock spkr sounds pretty good. That's my current configuration.
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