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OneLove05

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 7:24 PM / IP Logged

Is it alot better to have a custom cd player that has outputs, than a stock 6 cd in-dash cd player that has no outputs, when tryin to make your subwoofer system sound better?

The reason why im asking is because I had a F-150 with a nice pioneer cd player and a Rockford Punch 400 watt amp with 2 12' Polk subs and it sounded good, And I took the amp and the subs off and put it on my new Sierra truck, that has a stock in-dash 6 cd player with no outputs, so i hooked the amp through my speakers and it just sounds like speakers and not the way the hit as hard as before.

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 7:30 PM / IP Logged

Your factury HU might might not put out a full 20~20k Hz signal to the speakers. This would have ill effects on bass.

Note that you cannot directly compare one vehicle to another in terms of sound. All vehicles will have a different sound to them.

You probably arn't getting a clean signal from the speaker wire. Chechk around, someone probably sells a converter thing that gives your HU and/or RCA outputs at about 4 volts.

OneLove05

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 7:39 PM / IP Logged

Are you talkin about a Adjustable Line Output Converter? Because I bought a Adjustable Line Output Converter and hooked it up from the back bose speakers it still seems like not enough base im coming through the subs.

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 7:39 PM / IP Logged

go to pac usa.www they have a harnes that hooks up to the factory radio with rca 4 volt output it works real good

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OneLove05

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 7:50 PM / IP Logged

the don wrote:

go to pac usa.www they have a harnes that hooks up to the factory radio with rca 4 volt output it works real good

Whats the site called?

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 9:03 PM / IP Logged

Look at these at http://www.pac-audio.com/products/oem1.htm and see if your truck is listed. You unfortunately are having to deal with getting around that factory Bose crap.

OneLove05

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 9:17 PM / IP Logged

stevdart wrote:

Look at these at http://www.pac-audio.com/products/oem1.htm and see if your truck is listed. You unfortunately are having to deal with getting around that factory Bose crap.

Thankz, even though it says 2003, it should still work for a 2004 GMC Sierra shouldnt it?

OneLove05

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Posted: January 29, 2005 at 9:59 PM / IP Logged

For some reason that part dosent work for my truck? Is there anything i could do?

My Truck is a 2004 GMC SLE Extra Cab Truck with Bose, On Star and XM radio.

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 11:13 AM / IP Logged

If you have the Bose system, doesn't it have a factory sub woofer? If you need to keep the factory system intact, you can grab a signal for your aftermarket subs from the factory sub.

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 12:09 PM / IP Logged

"You unfortunately are having to deal with getting around that factory Bose crap."

Older Bose systems were indeed crappy. But newer Bose systems are actually pretty good relative to other OEM systems.

Keep us updated on what you do

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