Her cd player isn't playing CD's anymore stopped working all of a sudden and even sucked in one of her cd's and wont let it go. Would my monsoon from my 01 trans am plug into it? Also the front right speaker doesn't work, I thought it was blown and I had another speaker, but I hooked it up and nothing, there is a little square box that looks like a crossover in there that looks burnt out that has 4 wires going into it, and from there the red and black wire come out but no juice. Is that an amp? How can I bypass it? Do I have to run new wires to the speaker by itself? Anyone got a wiring diagram so I can run new wires to that speaker? THanks!

Cliff Notes
Can I plug my 01 trans am monsoon cd player into her 95 bose cd player
What is that little box in her driver side door, amp? How to bypass it?

Thanks!

 

No, you can't just plug in your Monsoon head unit. Unlike the current crop of Bose systems that GM is producing, the earlier version in the Camaro was an integrated system. It used a special head unit that output low-level signal to either three or five low-impedance speakers that had high-impedance individual amps attached to them running in a common ground configuration.

That burned out box in the door is the speaker amp.

There are adapters available that will allow you to install a standard head unit (like the Monsoon or any Delco radio) in a Bose system. But with the blown speaker amp you're probably better off just replacing the whole system. Getting a decent head unit, 6.5" door speakers, and a replacement sub for the back with a small amp won't be terribly expensive and will give decent sound. You'll have to rewire to the speakers because the factory common ground setup won't work with aftermarket head units and speakers.

 

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Thats good info. What model years would this fall under?

 

93-96 Camaro. The "premium" system in the Firebird during the same years was a 10-speaker system somewhat similar to the Monsoon.

 

thanks for the input bud ! she'll start saving up