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**addaboss** · 28-02-2009, 02:39 PM

nope never had an amp all i have running is a set of 130 watt door speakers in the front(wich work fine?) and a set of 6x9's in the back wich now dont work?

**turbonutter69** · 28-02-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by addaboss

nope never had an amp all i have running is a set of 130 watt door speakers in the front(wich work fine?) and a set of 6x9's in the back wich now dont work?

Ok check all the wiring. But at a guess i'd say it was the headunit thats at fault.

**addaboss** · 01-03-2009, 01:10 PM

get this i went out this morning in me car put me stereo on and it didnt make that
wierd buzzing noise and it worked fine for about 10 seconds went down my drive
and then made the buzzing and said USB failure and once again front speakers fine
back ones off!!
bloody well anoying get a nice bassey tune lined up because i thought it was back
to normal then ''B''ZZZ''ZZ'ZZ'' back to the pants door speakers.
bloody hell

**addaboss** · 01-03-2009, 02:51 PM

well i took my head unit out re-wired it all and nothing changed so i tryed one of the
6x9's in the front and it worked fine, so i put one of the door speakers in the back
and it made the same buzzing noise so im guessing i have blown one of my outputs so i am down
to 3 channels now, i think ill get rid of the 6x9's if its gonna cost me another channel.

**addaboss** · 02-03-2009, 01:47 PM

No one is going to beleve it, again i took my head unit out disconected everything
went back to the book, re-wired it all according to the book put it all back and would
you beleve it, back to bloody normal i dont know what on earth happned but hey
im happy back up to full power????
full channels no buzzing how the hell ? lol

**turbonutter69** · 02-03-2009, 01:50 PM

Mate you could of had a crossed wire or something buddy. It's easily done.

**pgarner** · 02-03-2009, 01:50 PM

could have just been a slightly bad connection earthing itself
glad youve got it sorted

**addaboss** · 09-03-2009, 09:04 PM

well i have got rid of the 6x9's so now i have to put up with a pants sound!!
i have the pioneers in the front (wich don't sound too bad) no bottom end tho
and in the back the original speakers wich were in the car so yeah back to a pants
sound, like when your driving down a quiet road and you just want to put on
some DMX to get some propper bass i would just crank it up a bit but now you crank
it and all you get is an empty noise lol sok when i get me new car im going to go
seriose I.C.E amps on top of amps wont be quite yet tho.

**pgarner** · 09-03-2009, 09:41 PM

does your hed unit have a preout phono connection ?
you could get an amp and run the 6x9s off that

**addaboss** · 09-03-2009, 09:46 PM

yes i think it has, well in the back of the head it has a red and white phono in-put
but im not sure i cant remember but i thought it said sub not sure it don't matter anyway
i haven't got the 6x9s anymore.but i will be definatly be taking my head unit with me
because where i am going im not sure what the what prices will be.

**addaboss** · 27-04-2009, 07:29 AM

hey guys
you know on newish cars mostly where the head unit is theres quite a big panel with maybe
a display an onli a few buttons for the stereo is it easy to take out that stereo and wire my
xplode head to the car?i ask because if i do take out the original car stereo will there be a great big whole there?
i know most cars nowa days have pretty good systems but i like my head unit
let us know cheerz.

**turbonutter69** · 27-04-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by addaboss

hey guys
you know on newish cars mostly where the head unit is theres quite a big panel with maybe
a display an onli a few buttons for the stereo is it easy to take out that stereo and wire my
xplode head to the car?i ask because if i do take out the original car stereo will there be a great big whole there?
i know most cars nowa days have pretty good systems but i like my head unit
let us know cheerz.

You can buy a Fascia plate that the head unit goes into and it covers the rest of the hole up.

**addaboss** · 27-04-2009, 03:35 PM

yes but on some cars theres a huge hole where the old stereo would have been like 4 inch tall what would you do about that?
because you want the head unit to be nice an secure, unless maybe you could mount it somewhere else?

**pgarner** · 27-04-2009, 04:05 PM

you mean something the size of this
for a volvo s60

they leave a din sized panel or the headunit to it in.

you could move it else where but where are you going to move it to without having it out of reach ?
the only one that ive seen that was realy usable was someone had hacked there sunblind and fitted the faceplate in there and ran wire to the headunit that, iirc, was in the glovebox. only reason it worked pretty well was it had mp3 capabilitys and had a 10 disc changer in the boot

**turbonutter69** · 28-04-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pgarner

you mean something the size of this
for a volvo s60

they leave a din sized panel or the headunit to it in.

you could move it else where but where are you going to move it to without having it out of reach ?
the only one that ive seen that was realy usable was someone had hacked there sunblind and fitted the faceplate in there and ran wire to the headunit that, iirc, was in the glovebox. only reason it worked pretty well was it had mp3 capabilitys and had a 10 disc changer in the boot

Thats the Facia plate I was talking about aswell PG. I've seen someone move the stereo to down the right hand side of the steering wheel.

**pgarner** · 28-04-2009, 12:22 PM

yeah i know mate didnt think addaboss thought theyed be that big.

**turbonutter69** · 06-05-2009, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by addaboss

hey guys
you know on newish cars mostly where the head unit is theres quite a big panel with maybe
a display an onli a few buttons for the stereo is it easy to take out that stereo and wire my
xplode head to the car?i ask because if i do take out the original car stereo will there be a great big whole there?
i know most cars nowa days have pretty good systems but i like my head unit
let us know cheerz.

Alright there buddy. Did you manage to sort anything out?

**addaboss** · 09-05-2009, 03:45 PM

i am still considering buying a car i just was wondering if it was possible to use my head unit in a certain car other wise i'de probably sell it.
but i goda bloody rent a car for a month or so for work because i cant yet afford one.

**pgarner** · 09-05-2009, 03:50 PM

yeah you should be able to use it in anycar. autoleads do facias for just about any commn car on the road.

**addaboss** · 27-06-2009, 12:36 PM

Sup guys,
Well im renting a car a Chevrolet Aveo 4 door saloon i put in my head unit in and holy #!#!#!#!!! the standard speakers in this car are propper good the bass-line is well heavy i tell you something there almost as good as the 6X9's i had in spain and they were like 200 watts lol explain that one.

***waynne*** · 01-07-2009, 08:43 AM

Some car makers do install a decent set of speakers! Glad you're happy with them.

A lot of speaker quality has to do with the strength of the magnets and quality of the coil.

**addaboss** · 01-07-2009, 11:45 AM

Also surely it must have something to do with the pre-amp in my head unit?
because before with the old unit that was in well it sounded okay but nothing compared to now.
yep very pleased with my system at the mo but i need to save some cash to buy my own car so i can put a real system in.
Also is it true that they put quite good amps in expensive cars as standard?
if so i'll shoot down to the scrappy and find a nice merc or something and whip the amp out?

**pgarner** · 01-07-2009, 11:54 AM

not just as simple as that mate. for started i doubt youl find a nice newer s class in there thats not already been emptied.
2nd is that these amps can be hardwired into the standard head unit and without alot of tinkering couldnt work with an aftermarket one