Re: Stock Bose Stereo

[John Hamill <jhamill@incert.com>]

The rear door tweeters have worked perfectly from day 1 in my 94 GLX. Speak for
your own car.

FlyinVR6 wrote:

> Hey,
> The rear door tweeters are the best fake-out in car stereo history. They
> have never worked on any year GLX. I honestly don't even know if they would
> benefit the imaging of the sound in your car if they did work anyway.
> Take care,
> -FlyinVR6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Tim Irwin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 8:45 AM
> To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
> Subject: RE: Stock Bose Stereo
>
> Ok, it appears that I've continued my tradition of making grossly incorrect
> statements in my first submission to an automotive mailing list (see first
> included message). With the "Premium" stereo in my '98 Jetta (build 2/98), I
> have the following:
>
> Top of dash - working (I can only find 1 pair of dash speakers)
> Front doors - working
> Rear door tweeters - no sound
> Rear deck main - working
> Rear deck tweeters - exist and are wired, unknown if any sound is coming
> out.
>
> Still, the quality and radio reception is not what I was hoping for, so
> we'll see what I can get out of the dealer on it.
>
> Tim Irwin
> '98 Porcelain Blue - the first car I've had which attracted
> attention/inspection in a parking lot
>
> BTW, It helps if you are responding to a message to include the part of the
> message you are responding to, otherwise people may have no idea what you're
> talking about.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Irwin [SMTP:timi@Interlinq.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 3:02 PM
> > To:   'jettaglx@igtc.com'
> > Subject:      RE: Stock Bose Stereo
> >
> > The other option that they come with is a "Premium" system (next step down
> > in the VW line) with a 6 disk changer. This seems to only drive 2-4 of the
> > front speakers (top dash definitely don't work, I'm not sure if both the
> > bottom dash and door speakers work) and the main rear deck speakers. It
> > may
> > be that the tweeters on the rear deck are running, but its hard to tell.
> > The
> > tweeter pods in the rear doors don't do anything (do they with the Bose?).
> > Apparently VW was having trouble with some of the Bose amps, and used the
> > Premium/CD changer as a like-cost replacement.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:       Chuck Simpson [SMTP:csimpson@zeltech.com]
> > > Sent:       Monday, September 21, 1998 6:26 AM
> > > To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> > > Subject:    Re: Stock Bose Stereo
> > >
> > > Hey Billy,
> > >
> > > The Bose stereo option came with 10 speakers (4 - front dash, 2 - front
> > > door, 4 - rear deck) and a 100-watt Bose amplifier mounted underneath
> > > the rear deck in the trunk.  The head-unit says Bose on the damn
> > > faceplate,
> > >
> >
>