Recently, my ML amp went out on me, so instead of purchasing a new one from the dealership, I want to just go out and upgrade the whole audio system.

I will have a car audio shop doing the work, but the tech is very receptive to other people's experiences and wants to make sure his work is top notch as well. I like to be able to help him wherever possible.

My question: What will I lose if I bypass the ML amp? Are there any secrets to keep everything working? Any wiring diagrams available?

Thanks,
Chris

 

Extremely intensive bypass, you need to keep all of the factory stuff. My friend Alex had this done but I honestly never looked at it in depth just helped him upgrade the amps. Why do u want to keep the ML Chris? Is urs navi?

 

This is interesting as I have the same questions. You may want to post this in the audio\car stereo section as that's where the experts lurk..

 

Vlad, yes - I have Navi. I am trying to keep the Navi, HU, and CD changer. I don't care about the Navigation voice as long as the navi works.

All I know is that I am very lucky that I don't have to drive the car often or I would have gone crazy already with no music.

 

bump, anyone with real info here?

 

in for ideas on this upgrade/bypass also

 

i have a thread going in the tech audio section, but nothing is looking good as far as bypassing. You are basically stuck with using the hi level outputs (aka speaker outputs) coming from the ML amp.

 

meh. hit u about this over liberty way also.

 

yeah man. How's that CD working out for you?

 

i think we're good to go... car hasnt given me any complaints anyway... hows that beer working out for you? lol.

 

i'm pre gaming

 

with beer that old? isnt it skunked by now? homey thats nasty!

 

do you really think i would let beer get that old?

I can't wait for the audio build to commence

 

ha. word.