IDRIVE ES

i was told by a friend and by best buy that i might have trouble hooking up a sub using the stock radio/cd player. something about the cd player being seperate.............got any input?

Jewel707

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hmm? not really all they would need is a line output converter i think? and it should be as simple as getting power and signal to the amp

IDRIVE ES

the guy at best buy said they could do it but it wouldnt be as good....maybe he just wanted me to buy a deck!

Jewel707

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I mean it wouldnt sound as great because you wouldnt have as much control on your stock radio as you would with a deck, so i say what he means as it wouldnt be as good. But it isnt impossible. It really doesnt sound to bad with the stock radio, but it will sound better with an aftermarket.

Lazy

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I like'd the way it sounded with the stock deck and 2x 12' JLW3 its not hard to install at all. I have done lots of cars with stock decks if you really want to DIY I can go take some pictures from one of the cars and show u a step by step. Just PM me if you need help with it.

argy

i work at best buy .... and the installer told me (good friend of mine) that he would be able to do it very well and farely easy ..... catch is.. i have a premium sound system so i have a factory amp on the botom of my passanger seat... good thing on it was that he could patch into the amp and make my life and the install more easier..... but thing is iam going to have to switch out my speakers soon he told me... but i didnt listen i still run my speakers loud and my bass very deep .... on my stock radio ......and still no problems... you just cant really control ur sub on ur stock radio.... try getting a seperate **** to controll the sub or do what i did i made an on/off switch for my sub just in case if i have a really big headache and i dont want to be listening to my sub or when your kids or parents are in the car.... it tends to be a helper