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[Dingleberry]

Im thinking of changing the normal phillips head unit in my car to an aftermarket one, main question is, will the bose system still work with the aftermarket head unit  ?

Car is a 1998 Elite (mini facelift)

[TheBoy]

No.  Also, if you remove bose, be aware the speakers are 2ohm, which will likely fry most headunits

[snippitt]

i have a sony head unit in my elite, have kept the bose system and the amp.

sounds brilliant, this is the name of my mate who fitted for me,

his name is ash, he is the dogs b********s

give him a bell on 01923 245335, (quote my name phill)

[Dave DND]

No.  Also, if you remove bose, be aware the speakers are 2ohm, which will likely fry most headunits

Listen to the experts !!

Yes, you will get some poeple on here who say that they have interfaced an aftermarket head unit with a BOSE amp, but the input/output levels are all wrong, and it will lead to a very expensive repair of a head unit.

That said, go ahead, I`m starting to save now for next christmas, and expensive repairs are always welcomed . . .

 

[tmx]

Hmm Non Bose Headunits Eventually blow up heres my findings:

My Pioneer DEH 2500MP with Optional MOSFET Amp blew up after 3 weeks the unit got extremely hot

My JVC Crappie £50 job has so far lasted 4 months! however the amp is dying left side is louder than the right  and again the unit gets very very very hot! so have fitted a 12v fan to it

I expect this to blow up in the next month so once this one has blew up im going to stick the whole BOSE system in the bin and start again with a component speaker setup with my DENON amp am going to use an XPLOD headunit as these can interface with the mid with only a  small amount of modified wiring

[Dave DND]

Hmm Non Bose Headunits Eventually blow up heres my findings:

My Pioneer DEH 2500MP with Optional MOSFET Amp blew up after 3 weeks the unit got extremely hot

My JVC Crappie £50 job has so far lasted 4 months! however the amp is dying left side is louder than the right  and again the unit gets very very very hot! so have fitted a 12v fan to it

I expect this to blow up in the next month so once this one has blew up im going to stick the whole BOSE system in the bin and start again with a component speaker setup with my DENON amp am going to use an XPLOD headunit as these can interface with the mid with only a  small amount of modified wiring

Thanks to all the BOSE owners who have ignored the advice, and still connected up and blown to pieces the aftermarket systems in the past, as the owner of a Car Audio Service Centre, the last six months of my current Ferrari ownership have been great fun - car now sold (thank christ for that though!). But, how am I supposed to save up for a new car if you are all now going to adopt the correct procedure of binning the Bose ?

 

Seriously though, Component speakers on a Denon Amp sounds like an excellent move forward !!

 

Has anyone ever tried the Porsche / BOSE adaptors on the Omega BOSE system though? My thinking is that it should work, although may be a very tight squeeze behind the stereo to get it in.

 :-?