Re: Stock Bose Stereo

["Stack" <stack@cchono.com>]

Don't forget about the '95 (maybe '94) glxs - their tweeters on the rear
door is functional.

Stanton '95glx

-----Original Message-----
From: Rosario, Peter <RosariP@divinvest.com>
To: Jetta Comments <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 7:40 AM
Subject: FW: Stock Bose Stereo


>Since the Golf and Jetta are virtually the same inside, VW uses the same
>door panels, to obviously, save money. The Golf has tweeters in the rear
>door, where our jettas have caps and door speakers. I have a friend who
>owns a 96 Golf, and she has tweeters. This is due to the fact that the
>rear seat folds down and the rear deck is just a cover and is removable.
>
>my .02
>
>Pete 98/blk/blk/X
>
> ----------
>From: Chuck Simpson
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Stock Bose Stereo
>Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 11:14AM
>
>`` Hi Tim,
>
>Your "Premium" stereo set-up should contain 8 speakers.  The rear deck
>tweeters should be working.  The rear door plastic round things are not
>speakers, but used to be several years ago when VW put the speakers in
>the doors and not the rear deck.  VW places the dummy plastic cover
>there for some odd reason  (Why couldn't they just redesign the door
>to omit that area?).
>
>The "Bose" system does have 4 speakers in the front dash (2 on each
>side).
>Speaking of Bose stereos, I just got mine replaced this morning because
>the stupid rewind/fast-forward stopped working and kept ejecting my
>tapes.  Now all is good...
>
>
>BTW,  I have a White Jetta and I too have attracted attention from folks
>in a parking lot.  What a kick ass feeling!  :)
>
>c-ya,
>
> -Chuck Simpson
>'98 White Jetta GLX
>
>
>Tim Irwin wrote:
>
>> 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,
>> > >
>> >
>
>