[s-cars] Need to replace my radio - Advice Needed

chris chambers fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 14 15:54:33 EDT 2005


Matt,

well I would have posted the same thing, seems the gospel I heard
preaching for many years is that if you want to replace any part of the
system with aftermarket you have to replace all of it.

If it's true, well I know how I'm going to hook my Ipod up, yup it's
still in the sealed box on my desk! :-(

Chris


--- matt ludwig <matt.ludwig2 at verizon.net> wrote:
> I am glad someone corrected me!
> 
> Thank you Kevin for bringing this to light. I thought I had read
> pretty 
> clearly (in both documentation and case studies) where this could not
> 
> be done but it is great to know one can swap them out!
> 
> My apologies Steven if my post caused any unneeded worry. I thought I
> 
> had this one understood enough to post about it. Guess the audi gods 
> did it to me again ;)
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> matt ludwig.
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> 
> On Apr 14, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Kevin Day wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:59:18PM -0400, matt ludwig wrote:
> >> I hope you know (and sorry to disappoint you if you do not) but we
> >> cannot simply just replace the "radio" (or head unit i think you
> mean)
> >> in our cars. The BOSE system uses a very proprietary way of
> producing
> >> sound to the speakers and so no other head units can be swapped
> out in
> >> place of them.
> >
> > Matt & other interested parties:
> >
> > What is written above is not the case.  You can replace the head
> unit
> > with an aftermarket unit.  You can also use the factory head unit
> with
> > aftermarket amps and speakers.  The interface from the head unit
> (the
> > "pre outs") to the amplifers is totally standard 1Vrms line level 
> > audio.
> >
> > This confusion arises, I guess, from the fact that the Bose
> amplifers
> > are forever mated to the Bose speakers and vice versa.  You can't
> > replace speakers without replacing the amplifers.  But the head
> unit
> > does not factor in.
> >
> > I am running the Gamma CC head unit from my '94 with aftermarket
> > speakers and amplifers.  It works fine.
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> 
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