Hey all, heh, I had this darn thing typed up, but when I went to copy it before I sent it, to have it incase it did not send, the whole thing was erased, so here it is again...
I've done my share of installs on lots of GM, couple Chrysler, my Isuzu and some various imports, but nothing I've delt with so far is as much of a factory mess as this German stuff. Sorry if any of this is repeat questions, I've been searching for the last couple days on all the sound system stuff and haven't been able to find the answers, so here it is.
I'm not sure if the car has premium audio or not, there is no external fader, but I do have the door mounted pod tweeters. I read that there should be an amp in the trunk, behind the mat, infront of the power antenna... is this the same on convertibles? I pulled back the mat a little (quite tight though) and can see the power antenna, but there didn't appear to be anything infront of it.
Everything I've been reading is basically "re-wire" which I may end up doing, but still some questions. When I pulled out the radio, there is a [factory] mess of wires.... and only 1 set has a plug that can be disconnected, 8 wires, which I've determined to be the speaker wires. Would I be able to splice into these and hook them up to the speaker output of the new headunit? or do they run thru the factory amp? If the speakers did need to be rewired, what is the best way to wire up the front speakers since they have the seperate tweeters? If I could get away with the factory speaker wiring for now, I would be happy. Someday when I get new speakers and a 4ch amp all the speakers will get rewired. All the other wires are hardwired from the harness to the radio. I hate the idea of cutting wires because it's just something I am picky about, but also if the car was to be returned to stock in the future. Even then if they need to be cut, then they will, but how could I make sure none of the cut wires will still be getting power by anything?
Also, the power antenna wire, does anyone know which one it is? I'd hate to have to run a whole new wire from it if there is one already there. constant 12v and ground are easy enough. I read that some wire in the acc. wire to the power window lockout switch, so that sounds good.
I think that is most of what I typed before... Thanks in advance for the help! :)
I've done my share of installs on lots of GM, couple Chrysler, my Isuzu and some various imports, but nothing I've delt with so far is as much of a factory mess as this German stuff. Sorry if any of this is repeat questions, I've been searching for the last couple days on all the sound system stuff and haven't been able to find the answers, so here it is.
I'm not sure if the car has premium audio or not, there is no external fader, but I do have the door mounted pod tweeters. I read that there should be an amp in the trunk, behind the mat, infront of the power antenna... is this the same on convertibles? I pulled back the mat a little (quite tight though) and can see the power antenna, but there didn't appear to be anything infront of it.
Everything I've been reading is basically "re-wire" which I may end up doing, but still some questions. When I pulled out the radio, there is a [factory] mess of wires.... and only 1 set has a plug that can be disconnected, 8 wires, which I've determined to be the speaker wires. Would I be able to splice into these and hook them up to the speaker output of the new headunit? or do they run thru the factory amp? If the speakers did need to be rewired, what is the best way to wire up the front speakers since they have the seperate tweeters? If I could get away with the factory speaker wiring for now, I would be happy. Someday when I get new speakers and a 4ch amp all the speakers will get rewired. All the other wires are hardwired from the harness to the radio. I hate the idea of cutting wires because it's just something I am picky about, but also if the car was to be returned to stock in the future. Even then if they need to be cut, then they will, but how could I make sure none of the cut wires will still be getting power by anything?
Also, the power antenna wire, does anyone know which one it is? I'd hate to have to run a whole new wire from it if there is one already there. constant 12v and ground are easy enough. I read that some wire in the acc. wire to the power window lockout switch, so that sounds good.
I think that is most of what I typed before... Thanks in advance for the help! :)
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