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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 00:29:04

Title: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 00:29:04
2000 mv6 mfl 3.0 auto
what is the easiest way to check whether i have a bose system ? :-/ the car at the moment has an aftermarket h/u fitted :( and i want to get a standard h/u back in  :)  so two questions in one really can i tell from the connections at back of radio whether it is bose? and which model h/u was fitted  as standard ?
tia
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: MutantCav on 05 March 2011, 07:48:46
Tbh if you have an aftermarket head unit in its unlikely you ever had Bose in the car as Bose sticks out its sound at 2 Ohms whereas most systems are 4 Ohms and not really interchangable so the whole system would need to be changed...
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 08:02:19
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Tbh if you have an aftermarket head unit in its unlikely you ever had Bose in the car as Bose sticks out its sound at 2 Ohms whereas most systems are 4 Ohms and not really interchangable so the whole system would need to be changed
i am not looking to put bose in the car just whether it is bose and someone has chucked an aftermarket stereo in and it is working somehow, what i want to know is the easiest way to tell whether the car is bose and what h/u was standard  ;)
simple things like if there are two coaxials at the rear i would assume that it was a ccrt 700 :y but havent looked yet  :-[   just wondered if by looking at connections at the rear of h/u whether you can tell it was or is a bose set up  :y
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: tunnie on 05 March 2011, 08:18:48
MV6 unlikely to have Bose as standard, look in the boot for a Bose speakers & amp, its a big black plastic shelf underneath the parcel shelf. 
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: tonyyeb on 05 March 2011, 08:48:54
The plastic covers on the parcel-shelf speakers will also carry an embossed 'Bose'.
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 05 March 2011, 08:56:57
Bose was never even an option on the MV6 - although a few crept through. As has been said, look for the Bose logo on the parcel shelf speakers and tray amp under the shalf on the saloon. On estates if you open the flap in the load bay with the first aid symbol on you will find it empty of non-Bose, or full of a subwoofer if Bose.

HTH
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 12:08:55
ok then so no plastic tray under parcel shelf = no bose
thats good, right at the moment it has a sony h/u and sony cd changer in boot, this is ok for now but would like to fit a standard radio/ cd , in the cubby hole in the boot with the cd changer is a piece of plastic attatched to a bracket which looks like it should be attatched to the curved section of the wheel arch with two bolts, the plastic box has what looks like a metal aerial coming out of it  :-/ any idea what this is for  :question
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Bose was never even an option on the MV6 - although a few crept through
i think my saloon might have been one of the mix up ones it is badged as an elite but on v5 it is an mv6  :-/
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 13:53:32
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in the cubby hole in the boot with the cd changer is a piece of plastic attatched to a bracket which looks like it should be attatched to the curved section of the wheel arch with two bolts, the plastic box has what looks like a metal aerial coming out of it   any idea what this is for 
anybody ????
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: Andy H on 05 March 2011, 14:33:20
Probably the lock solenoid for the petrol flap :-/
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 05 March 2011, 15:45:47
If the trip computer display is full height, then the radio will be a CCR800. If it half height then it will be a CCRT700 unit.

Which display do you have?
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 17:48:26
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/earlymid.jpg)
that is the mid in the car  umm i think  :-/ 
mine gives outside temp and warnings at top
i would assume radio station in middle
time at bottom
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 05 March 2011, 20:33:58
So, if its a MFL car, AND its got the Bose amp/speakers on/under the rear shelf then the HU will be a CCR800.

If you want one then I think a mate of mine has one available.

HTH - Rob
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 20:53:37
no rob it has no plastic shelf or amp under the rear parcel shelf nor parcel shelf speakers  :-/ and at the moment has a sony installed h/u and cd changer i am wondering whether the amp etc has been removed, but cannot see any wiring either  :-/
yes is a mfl so in the case that it wasnt ever bose what would be standard h/u and cdc
sorry to keep on about it but like my cars original as poss  :y
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: TheBoy on 05 March 2011, 21:06:23
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(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/Roger_Short/earlymid.jpg)
that is the mid in the car  umm i think  :-/ 
mine gives outside temp and warnings at top
i would assume radio station in middle
time at bottom
That MID is pre minifacelift. Bose was only fitted to minifacelift and full facelift
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 05 March 2011, 22:21:22
In that case, unless this is an actual picture of your display, then your car dosn't have Bose as there was never a PFL MV6 (caveated - other than Police and sold in the UK).

You will therefore be looking at the CCR600 rather than 800 as the HU.
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 05 March 2011, 23:18:57
ok then tomorrow i will take a pic of actual mid in the car, as i said it is badged as an elite but v5 states it as a mv6 auto first registered 29/03/2000, it has climate, and window switches are by gearstick, steering wheel controls and hids but as i said i will post up some pics tomorrow
want to get to the bottom of this now  :y
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: TheBoy on 06 March 2011, 10:03:21
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ok then tomorrow i will take a pic of actual mid in the car, as i said it is badged as an elite but v5 states it as a mv6 auto first registered 29/03/2000, it has climate, and window switches are by gearstick, steering wheel controls and hids but as i said i will post up some pics tomorrow
want to get to the bottom of this now  :y
so that earlier mid pic was not yours then!

Has climate, so not base spec plod.
Does it have CARiN or a rear blind? If so, its Elite, and would have come with Bose.

Or just PM me the reg, and I'll tell you what it left the factory with.
Title: Re: bose ???????
Post by: fiend61 on 06 March 2011, 16:56:41
thanks to TB and everyone else all cleared up now  :y
thanks