replacing stock ac/bose hu..having problems
04-21-2010, 01:24 PM
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replacing stock ac/bose hu..having problems Hey guys, I just purchased a new kenwood excelon hu to replace my old ac delco/bose radio. Now when i have it hooked up straight to the harness, it will play music from the radio but not from a cd. Then i was told from someone that i had to buy a scosche part fai-3a, line out converter. Now when i have that hooked up in-between the harnesses, it still wont play from a cd, but it will play from the radio. I have tried disconnecting one of the speaker leads from the radio and hooking it up to a speaker from the home theater and sound does come out of it when playing a cd. So i know for sure the radio is working fine. Am i missing something??? Should i just say f*ck it and replace all the speakers and run new speaker wire from the doors to it? I was planning on doing that eventually but not right away. Thanks, mike
04-21-2010, 07:01 PM
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easy fix comeing off your radio there is a blue wire (power antenna) connected to a blue wire on the gm harness.
your radio also has a blue/white wire called amp control or remote hook this wire to the blue wire from the gm harness and tape off the blue wire form the radio
done problem solved
your radio also has a blue/white wire called amp control or remote hook this wire to the blue wire from the gm harness and tape off the blue wire form the radio
done problem solved
04-21-2010, 09:44 PM
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Dude your awesome!! It works now! Out of curiosity tho, why am i hooking up the remote turn on wire to the power antenna? Is that how the factory amp gets power?
04-22-2010, 05:48 AM
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yup factory amp gets power on a bose car from that wire
the problem is the gm wiring harness is very generic to all gm cars had u had a non boze firebird with power antenna that wire would push the power antenna up and down
and on ur radio the power antenna wire only gets triggered when on the radio not cd etc
its a common issue people to see on cars with oem amps that have turn on wires not just f bodys but numerous diff makes and models
the problem is the gm wiring harness is very generic to all gm cars had u had a non boze firebird with power antenna that wire would push the power antenna up and down
and on ur radio the power antenna wire only gets triggered when on the radio not cd etc
its a common issue people to see on cars with oem amps that have turn on wires not just f bodys but numerous diff makes and models
