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How to wiring for amp with factory Bose?

How to wiring for amp with factory Bose?

Wiring for amp with factory bose… Hey Everyone! Enter your ride HERE to be a part of this months Ride of the Month Challenge! I am installing a sub an amp in my truck. For right now, I am running the factory bose head unit. I got an adjustable line output converter and i am wiring it in off of the factory sub/amp under the center console.

Where are the wires on a Bose sub?

The main amp harness is right there when you pull that panel out. The woofer wires are the thicker gauge wires off to the right going up towards the front of the console. Unless your replacing the factory sub with another Bose sub, you will have to run wires, but it’s really not that bad.

Where is the Bose wiring system on a GMC?

I know that the bose wiring system is under the center console you to pull out that center glove box and there is certain wire that you tap to Click to expand… I did today and they said they can’t remember.

How to wire a factory Bose head unit?

For right now, I am running the factory bose head unit. I got an adjustable line output converter and i am wiring it in off of the factory sub/amp under the center console. I need to know what wires to tap into for the line output converter. Also what wire to tap into for the remote wire. Any info would be much appreciated! bump to the top…

Is it possible to add an amp to a Bose?

The stock Bose amplifier is under the center console I believe. If you can get to that, then you can tap into the wire coming out of the wire harness manually or get a line-level output adapter (check Crutchfield or somewhere like that) then run that to your separate amp. It’s possible, people do it all the time.

What happens when you tap a Bose speaker?

For example, tapping a rear non-Bose speaker will give you a signal, but the low-end signal will decrease as the volume is increased. Tapping a Bose speaker will also technically work but it will lack the very low-end due to factory crossover/amp, as well as suffer from the volume-increase bass-decrease side effect.

Do You need A LOC for a Bose AMP?

All the Bose garbage happends in the Bose amp itself. You will still retain all volume/bass/treble controls on the factory radio. NOTE: THIS IS NOT a standard “LOC” (line output converter, hooks to the factory speaker wires and gives you RCA plugs) that you can buy at any stereo shop!!!

What are the harness plugs on a Bose system?

the standard amp has the 3 harness plugs you see above. 2.the Bose luxury system. the speakers and sub are the same ones as the standard system but it has a way better amp. feeds more power and sounds better than the standard system. that one comes in GMC denali,Cadillacs,and some top of the line silverados. that amp has 4 harness plugs.

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Ruth Doyle