[s-cars] Bose system pops with Alpine deck

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Rip it out, run new wire.

Easy!  :)


On 5/1/08, Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I hooked it up using the antenna/amp power signal to the amp turn-on
> relay J225 (IIRC), just like the two other guys who I know of that
> have a Traffic Pro in their UrS cars.  I spent significant cell phone
> time talking about the exact harness pinouts, and the implications of
> doing one way over another.  Let's just say my continued amp popping
> was cause for significant consternation.  :/
>
> Both of those Traffic Pro guys said the very same thing - "It should
> work right out of the box."  Those were the exact words, LOL.
>
> Even after doing everything in my power to make sure there was no
> ground loop in the sound system anywhere, and still having the
> popping, I had to just had to accept the "special" nature of my Bose
> set-up.  Short bus "special".
>
> Someday, I will have my revenge on Bose...
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 5/1/08, Andrew Beckert <abeckert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry eric, my response was directed at the threadstarter, I forgot to add
> > the footnote for trafficpro users. The trafficpro is one of the few units
> to
> > use a common ground (I believe it has no internal amp).  I have no direct
> > experience with it, but it *should* work out of the box.  Your problem is
> an
> > issue with how the Bose amp power on/off mechanism was wired into your
> > trafficpro, as opposed to  general ground potential differential issue.
> > Sound like the traffic pro was shutting down without switching the Bose
> amps
> > off.  How did you wire the amp trigger?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > Sent from my iPod Touch
> >
> > On May 1, 2008, at 2:19 AM, "Eric Phillips" <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, that was one of the first links I found when I was searching.
> > > GLIs didn't work for me.  Nor did running grounds, including the
> > > common ground designated by the Traffic Pro, directly to the negative
> > > terminal of the battery.  I did EVERYTHING I could to minimize the
> > > amount spent to make this "cheap" headunit work.  (Cheap because the
> > > guy was getting rid of it - "it doesn't work" he says.  LOL.  Works
> > > great for me!)  In the end, I spent quite a bit of time, and coin,
> > > making the speakers not pop.  I swear that I tried every solution I
> > > could find in the archives here, in Audiworld, at Crutchfield, on the
> > > web in general...
> > >
> > > And the very strangest thing is that some of those other solutions
> > > worked for some other UrS owners.  Line level outputs directly to
> > > amps?  Worked for two other guys with UrS cars that have Traffic Pro
> > > retrofits.  GLIs?  Worked for guys on the C4 forum in Audiworld with
> > > aftermarket head units.  Speaker->line level converters?  Pooh-poohed
> > > by many, but they worked for several A4 owners.
> > >
> > > I think you have to go with whatever works, and that there is no *one*
> > > solution that works for all Bose installs, short of radical
> > > Bose-ectomy.
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