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General Discussion Area / Re: sofa

« on: 07 November 2011, 13:00:59 »

Heh heh no Clarkson's not been involved. ages ago I got a hold of a nackered elite for £150 quid. Salvaged the interior and the 18" alloys and rest went to a banger racer. He was supposed to be pulling the engine to give back but the truck he took it away on wasn't MOT'd, he got pulled by the police and the whole lot, truck and omega still on the back got crushed.

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Omega General Help / Re: turboing your v6

« on: 07 November 2011, 12:58:04 »

Question...

Is the 3.2 better suited to turbos or is it still the same story of melting pistons and exploding radiators?

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General Discussion Area / sofa

« on: 07 November 2011, 12:45:47 »

I'm converting the leather interior of an old elite into a sofa and 2 armchairs.

It's going well but I have no idea what to put around the back of the 3 seater (or how to do it) to cover up all the timber...

Anyone else ever done this before?

Pics will go up later.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Winemaking

« on: 07 November 2011, 12:44:17 »

grapes grown in england almost invariably result in sour wine... I wish you luck but in my experience any home made wine tastes better if you substitute half the sugar in your recipe with 2/3rds that weight in honey. eg if your recipe has 2lb sugar, use instead 1lb sugar and 2/3lb honey.

I've got quince and peach on the go at the moment... waiting to see how that turns out!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 24 September 2009, 13:17:16 »

ok. thanks for those updates.

So were saying that if i hotwire the red/white cable in the back of the cd player to the amp red/white cable then we may get somewhere?

sorry for delay... im recovering from the piggy flu

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 17 September 2009, 20:35:56 »

Just wasted another 2 hours. Really don't know what is going on to stop this thing working. Theboy seemed to thing it should just plug in and play... is that correct?

Would the fact that nothing is plugged into the tweeter cables in the rear door be a reason for no sound?

it should be.  is the amp powering on?

I have checked that power is arriving at the amp unit so it seems as Kevin says that nothing is telling the amp to work. Or if there is a short on a speaker wire somewhere it could fail-safe the radio... and if nothing is coming out the radio then nothing will come out of the amp.

Kev. This evening I ran a separate wire from the antenna control on back of radio unit to the red/white
cable on back of amp with no luck. Couldn't get a reading on the volt meter either.

So not sure what the problem is.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 17 September 2009, 19:48:54 »

Just wasted another 2 hours. Really don't know what is going on to stop this thing working. Theboy seemed to thing it should just plug in and play... is that correct?

Would the fact that nothing is plugged into the tweeter cables in the rear door be a reason for no sound?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 15 September 2009, 09:56:11 »

Kevin and I checked that last week. There is a fuse in that point, and we checked the power was being received by the amp.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 14 September 2009, 19:27:59 »

easier way is to get your arse to Kevin Wood, and get him to tech2 your ccrt700 to bose config. that would save a significant rewiring job

Hi all again.

I have now got the car programmed by Kevin Wood. So a big thumbs up to him... i even got tea as well 

Only problem is that no sound is coming out of the system. It loads up perfectly but no sound.

I have simply plugged the bose loom into accelerator pedal connection.



Now the CD player receives all the correct signals and loads the correct cd etc.

The power is being received by amp but no signal down the red&white wire is getting there.

You will see why on the picture above. The top right red&white cable connects to nothing.

Does anyone know how the wiring works, and can tell me what to wire where?

I need my stereo as i can't listen to the new muse cd in the car lol

Ta,

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 01 September 2009, 19:54:11 »

Ok thanks. Will contact Kev soon. Just noticed that one of the front door speakers is not a bose 2 ohm but rather a standard vauxhall 4 ohm one so will need a spare 2 ohm bose from somewhere.

I think i will see about changing the ccrt700 to bose settings.

Cheers TB

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 01 September 2009, 18:16:56 »

how much does that cost and where would I have to go? I'd rather spend longer rewiring if it meant it cost me nothing.

Ta O,

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Replacing CCRT700 with CCR 800 Bose system help

« on: 01 September 2009, 18:07:02 »

Hi.

I am currently moving the full bose system from a breakers Omega Elite to my own Omega.

I have successfully fitted the amp in the boot, the parcel shelf 6x9's and plumbed the wiring correctly to the connection point behind the trim next to the accelerator. I have also fitted the other 4 door speakers.

Now. I do not want to take the whole dash to pieces on both cars to remove and refit the wiring loom from the breakers omega and fit to mine. Unfortunately the plugs on the back of the radio's are different as my omega had the CCRT700 with built in phone.

So my question is that can someone help me decipher the attached wiring diagrams to decide which wire goes where if I cut all the wires and re-solder the whole lot?

Any help would be amazing as I currently have no sound system at all lol

Ta Olly,

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t355/bappythegreat/wireingdiags.jpg

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: CCRT700 'safe'

« on: 16 March 2009, 13:14:00 »

cheers andy! I will have a play tonight

Will also post pics of my bargain respray...

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / CCRT700 'safe'

« on: 16 March 2009, 13:00:21 »

Guys,

Having my motor de-rusted resprayed by a friend in the motor trade atm (£85 + paint!!!!!!!!)

The numpty went and flattened the battery using my stereo didnt he....

now the radio says SAFE on the screen. I have the codes on the little credit-card sized piece of paper in my handbook but I can't make the radio actually ASK me for the code. typing in the numbers does nothing

help!?!?!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Speakers' slot depth (prefacelift)

« on: 20 August 2008, 12:27:55 »

thanks for posting your findings Joh

Out of interest, what speakers are you fitting? I have put coaxial alpines in my omega at the front but haven't changed the rear ones. I'd be interested to know how your new speakers perform.

thanks,
ben