Upgrading BOSE headunit to Becker Head Unit

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So it sounds good but looks bad!

Which facia did you buy? I'm looking to get the FP-05-05 from here http://www.nexxia.co.uk/Car_Stereo_fitt ... udi/A4.htm

Thinking about it I'm going to go for the PC9-410 which uses the RCA's. At the moment your pioneer must be amping the signal and then the adaptor must be removing the amplification level and then the bose is amplifying it, maybe a reason for hiss? However this is exactly what the adaptor was made for so should be ok.

I'm not too far from you so maybe we can compare once i've got it all in, or if you wanna listen before I put it in.

How comes the unit sticks out an inch?

R

[fil]

the facia i got was just the end caps, the one you say about FP-05-05 looks like it would set my headunit back a bit, which would look better, but there aint much cable room behind the pioneer!

think it sticks out so far as its that bit bigger than a normal unit.





yes the last picture is sky sports news!

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Cool, thanks for the pics.

How the hell did you get sky sports on there? Are you driving around with a satellite dish on your roof, if so how's it affecting your MPG?

Looks great when the screen is open, hopefully the becker should fit flat, fingers crossed!

[fil]

no dish, or driving around watching it, its ok if im not moving then the freeview works well, after adding and modding a few antenna amps, gotta finish it off now, currently the boot looks like this!

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Blimey!!! Nice work

How hard was it to run the cables to the front, what route did you take? Will be slick when it's all finished.

[fil]

not 2 hard , have done plenty of cars over the years, but the audis put together, a hell of a lot better than other stuff ive done.

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fil - HELP!

Which lead did you use for the remote power to the Bose Amp? I can get my stereo on but there's no sound, I guess the Bose amp is not being told to switch on, the instructions I have are vauge to say the least!

Also the kit came with an extra Blue/White lead but don't know where to put this!

[fil]

blue / white leads the bose remote amp start up, on your headunit it should have a remote amp/ electric antenna power lead?

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I sorted it thank you!

[fil]

nice! so what do you hear then? sound wise, same? improvement ? volume? hiss?

[fil]

nice! so what do you hear then? sound wise, same? improvement ? volume? hiss?

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Sounds much better on first listen, no hiss, have literally just finished though, will do a little write up tomorrow, off for a drive...

[rolskii]

got some pics of the becker installed pls ..?

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I'll take some as soon as I can (not with the car right now). It looks great and matches the color scheme/lights the well, iPod integration is very slick.

The only let down is the facia adapters (as everyone says) they are of poor quality, I was going to make something myself so it looks 100% but never got around to it. So there are little gaps eash side of the unit.

The unit does not stick out at all (forwards) though which is great.

[rolskii]

Im thinking of putting a becker in, looks good, does <beep> loads more than the original unit, is amped to 30w rms...???? p/channel
So soon as you can on the pics pls...
did you re-wire totally .. or get the iso converter loom to run yr high levels into the bose unit ...?

cheers dude ... david