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[fiend61]

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

[MutantCav]

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...

[fiend61]

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 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 

[tunnie]

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. 

[tonyyeb]

The plastic covers on the parcel-shelf speakers will also carry an embossed 'Bose'.

[I_want_an_Omega]

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

[fiend61]

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

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  :-/

[fiend61]

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 ?

[Andy H]

Probably the lock solenoid for the petrol flap :-/

[I_want_an_Omega]

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?

[fiend61]

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

[I_want_an_Omega]

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

[fiend61]

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 

[TheBoy]

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

[I_want_an_Omega]

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.