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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: aaronjb on 10 October 2010, 16:54:04
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At least I'm guessing that's what is meant to be behind the flap on the nearside of the boot in the estate; according to the TIS, anyway.
But what I actually have is:
(http://i51.tinypic.com/2cyshfr.jpg)
Excuse the terrible photo! What's in there is a wiring bundle with a large white plug on the end (on the right), two brown wires in a bundle that have been cut off (left) and a section of red wire joining two (at each end) black/blue stripe wires together..
Can anyone identify the connections? I'm most intrigued what that red bit is doing in there, perhaps a patch to some standard wiring? It's hard to see where it disappears off to..
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I can't see the photo as I'm at work and they are blocked. Could it be someone has bypassed the sub so they can fit a standard head unit and speakers?
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If they did then they put the NCDC2013 back before they sold it (which is entirely possible I suppose!) .. and all the speakers work etc - I'm guessing they wouldn't if the amp et al was bypassed?
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If they did then they put the NCDC2013 back before they sold it (which is entirely possible I suppose!) .. and all the speakers work etc - I'm guessing they wouldn't if the amp et al was bypassed?
They would, the bypass is for the amp so the speakers would work un-amplified if that makes sense!?
Easiest way is to pull a speaker as they will be marked at 2ohm if they are still the bose speakers ;)
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I dont think the red wire is anything to do with the sub.
The sub has a 4 pin connector with green/white & brown/white wires. These run back to the amp which on the opposite side of the car.
Do you need a sub, I think I might have one somewhere?
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errrr... i'm not convinced you ever had a sub.....
the reason is the flap that cover's the cubby hole....
it's a std hole cover, not the sub cover..... implying, if the interior lining is original, that there was never a sub there....
(based purely on my bose equipped elite estates, both of which have had a sub.... )
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Hmm maybe I didn't.. in which case, what are all those wires (especially the cut-off brown ones) meant to go to :o
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Was your actually built as an Elite?
Only Elites have Bose, it was standard on all from '98 MY onwards and not an option on other models.
Do you have a Bose amp in the cubby hole opposite - i.e. behind the CD changer?
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As far as I know it was built as an Elite - it has all the relevant badging, self levelling suspension, climate control etc etc.. there's 'something' behind the other cubbyhole (I assume an amp, doesn't have any openings for a CD changer), and the NCDC2013 that displays "Bose" on the GID when it starts up..
I don't know any other way of checking, really..
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Here's a pic of the sub in my old mini facelift Elite estate.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/090720_185143.jpg)
Other side was the cd changer and amp behind that
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/090128_100543.jpg)
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Aha - cheers Pete!
So .. I definitely have the amp (black metal box), but no changer, and the sub is definitely not there ;)
Suppose I should figure out if the amp is actually wired in, though!
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Aha - cheers Pete!
So .. I definitely have the amp (black metal box), but no changer, and the sub is definitely not there ;)
Suppose I should figure out if the amp is actually wired in, though!
The changer will be in the stereo, its seperate on the mini facelift ;)
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That makes sense - I was going to say, I've got the 4 CD mag in the head unit, although a 6 or 10 CD unit in the boot would be nice, too.
Well, it would be nice only if it could read CD-Rs.. the perils of buying all your music on iTunes - no physical media :-/
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SHHHHHHHH !!! Don;t say iTunes around these parts.... it sends TB into a frenzied rage against all things Apple..... :y
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besides, get an iTrip or something similar, and use your iPod/iPhone to feed the radio....
for MOST people that's perfectly acceptable, especially if you set the quality settings higher when setting up itunes conversion and storage....
personally, i'd rather use a CD, but that's not always possible.... but using AAC at high bit rates, does sound better than Mp3. on a like for like set up, typically the apple system sounds one stage better than std Mp3.. eg 160 bit AAC sounds as good as 192 bit Mp3...
so it's a more efficient system in terms of storage space for a given quality level....
i'd rather not use anything that reduces data .... but sometimes cannot avoid it.
much better idea than using CDR's in any Omega Stereo......
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Just a tip... theres a bose boombox thing on the bay at the moment. Its only a fiver, too. :y :y