Need Help with stock head unit.
Need Help with stock head unit. I have a 98 camaro it has no cd player or any speakers in the car right now. I am wanitng to get a stock head unit and use it to power just 2 front door speakers. What head units will work? All stereo wires are still in the car just have to hook them up. I dont thank the car was equpied with the monsson from the factory will one of those cd players work. Or does it not have a amp in the head unit. Any help would be nice dont want to get a aftermarket one just would like it to look stock and have 2 speakers (it can be a tape player to)
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as long as it's not a delco bose unit you're looking to buy , any head unit from a f-body rom 98-99 will work with the exception of the delco bose . i believe the monsoon will even work as it is a speaker level input on the amp and not a balanced signal .the method of mounts are different from different GM vehicles so stick with an f-body and preferably one from a camaro as there is a slight difference between it and the firebird . GM uses stamped brackets on the side of the radio so you can't just switch brackets like you could on the older versions.
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All 98-02 f-body head units will fit and work. There were no Bose systems available in the f-bodies after 97 - it was replaced by the Monsoon. There are some minor functional differences between the Camaro and Firebird HUs and they look different. The Firebird has a seven-band equalizer and is gray with orange illumination. The Camaro has speed controlled volume and is black with white/green illumination.
You might want to look for the newest one you can find as there were slight feature changes over the years. In mid-99 the CD HU was given the ability to control an external CD changer (before that only the cassette HU could have a changer). In 2001 the units were upgraded so that they could control more than one external device (with the proper adapter) so that you could have the CD changer and something like a satellite radio or MP3 player all connected and controlled from the HU.
You might want to look for the newest one you can find as there were slight feature changes over the years. In mid-99 the CD HU was given the ability to control an external CD changer (before that only the cassette HU could have a changer). In 2001 the units were upgraded so that they could control more than one external device (with the proper adapter) so that you could have the CD changer and something like a satellite radio or MP3 player all connected and controlled from the HU.
