Re: Bose Stero Upgrade

[Bryan Billings <billings@codenet.net>]

So in other words you just clipped the neg. wires and capped them?

John Kilpatrick wrote:
> 
> On Jan 18,  5:05pm, Bryan Billings wrote:
> > Subject: Bose Stero Upgrade
> > Ok, you guys talked me in to a new head unit for the GLX.
> > I was at a big stero store and this guy told me you have to get some
> > kind of hard to get conversion wiring kit for the head unit to put
> > another in it's place or you cant use the factory Bose speakers and amp.
> > For you guys that have changed your head unit does this hold any water?
> > If not what was the wiring like and how do you prevent that 35 watts in
> > the deck from messing with the Bose amp?
> 
> My stereo installer (IASCA finals judge and all that) simply hooked up the +
> terminals, and left the - terminal untouched.  In other words, whatever you do,
> don't ground the wires.  Or ou will blow the amps.  But as long as the are only
> getting the signal from the + terminal, they'll be fine.
> 
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