Radio Install DIY add-on
#31
No because the factory "wiring" is the amp. You're bypassing the amp. Normally the connectors that the custom harness plug into are plugged into the amp. There is no factory mating connector in the car for those.
#32
If so, then you can get universal harnesses from any electronic store and make your own little kit, but IMO its not needed, just hardwire it all to the factory speakers once you find out which wires at the amp go to the speakers.
#33
well while you believe it or not. I went to school and am MECP Certified 1st class and believe me when i tell you i went thru many wiring schemes with relays and so on and it would not work.
I refuse to believe that because that signal can be simulated. I'm not in to factory stereo setups so no reason for me figure it out, but with a little knowledge and research of how this amp works, a simulated switch has to be able to be made. Whether its cheap to do or not is not the question, but I believe it can be done.
Last edited by kidd1; 10-25-09 at 10:39 AM. Reason: spelling
#34
Hell off the top of my head in these last few seconds, heres what I've got, its ghetto, but works. Pull factory deck out, stuff it somewhere behind the dash somewhere, disconnect all wires to speakers and run them to deck with modified hi/low converter. That keeps factory deck still 'half' installed to power amp. Car turns on, amp turns on but speakers runs off aftermarket deck. HELLA ghetto, but we're not talking practical at the moment, just mythbusting
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#36
I still believe he is bypassing the amp.
He unplugged 2 connectors from the amp (that I assume ran to the Head Unit) and then ran them to the connector at the back of the aftermarket Radio.
He unplugged 2 connectors from the amp (that I assume ran to the Head Unit) and then ran them to the connector at the back of the aftermarket Radio.
#39
#40
american international part# twh-950 $3.66 http://thebettersource.com/productde...roduct_id=1569
scosche part# ta02b
metra part# 70-1761
scosche part# ta02b
metra part# 70-1761
#42
I will warn everybody here. As far as I believe and what was previously mentioned like a year back, the speakers in the car are all 2ohm. I have seen many DIYs and all speakers show 2ohm. Most aftermaket HUs don't go below 4 ohm. I have an Alipine that cuts out at high volume. Without a proper protection circuit, you could blow the HU.
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