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Andy

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Nov 23, 2009, 10:12:08 AM11/23/09
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I have done a search on this but to no avail and am not sure which of the
leads in the dash I need to be tapping into to get the rear door subwoofers
to work with my non LR Sony CD unit. There was a slim metal plug with a red
and black wire only and then a 3rd block connector which I haven't used at
all. I presumed that the 3rd block was the CD changer connection so is the
slim metal plug the power to the subwoofer or the audio output to it
please....anyone?

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Fred

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Nov 23, 2009, 8:05:45 PM11/23/09
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"Andy" <andrew...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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A real long shot, but as nobody has answered yet, try putting DIN
connections and your Sony model number into google. ISTR it worked with a
Peugeot a couple of years back.

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Nige

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:47:37 PM11/24/09
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Go to safe and sound in Keighley, he's pretty shit hot on this stuff matey

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Austin Shackles

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:50:16 PM11/24/09
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On or around Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:37 -0000, "Nige" <de...@btinternet.com>
enlightened us thusly:

If it's anything like the high-end DII system, I tried a different normal
sort of head unit in mine and it made fuck-all sound at all, never mind
subs. On mine (DII) there's a fuck-off amp under the passenger seat and the
speakers are connected to that, not to the head unit.
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Andy

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Nov 25, 2009, 1:33:01 PM11/25/09
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>>Andy wrote:
>>> I have done a search on this but to no avail and am not sure which of
>>> the
>>> leads in the dash I need to be tapping into to get the rear door
>>> subwoofers
>>> to work with my non LR Sony CD unit. There was a slim metal plug with a
>>> red
>>> and black wire only and then a 3rd block connector which I haven't used
>>> at
>>> all. I presumed that the 3rd block was the CD changer connection so is
>>> the
>>> slim metal plug the power to the subwoofer or the audio output to it
>>> please....anyone?
>>
>>Go to safe and sound in Keighley, he's pretty shit hot on this stuff matey
>
> If it's anything like the high-end DII system, I tried a different normal
> sort of head unit in mine and it made fuck-all sound at all, never mind
> subs. On mine (DII) there's a fuck-off amp under the passenger seat and
> the
> speakers are connected to that, not to the head unit.
> --


Found that the red/black wires in the dash are the line-in for the subs,
connected them to a phono plug and plugged into the 'sub-out' from my Sony
unit but still no sound output :-(

Will have to try and strip the rear door and see if the subs are getting a
power feed, there is an amp in there apparently. It sounds crap as is with
only the 13cm door speakers and tweeters running.

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Andy


Austin Shackles

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Dec 2, 2009, 5:37:29 AM12/2/09
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On or around Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:01 -0000, "Andy"
<andrew...@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:

I'll have to see if the one on the new toy works... it too has subs in the
door.

5 gets you 10 it's the wiring going into the rear door. There's a bundle of
wires in there which get bent back and forth, and I've seen plenty of
failures in places like that.

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