Rca's on Bose HU??? No right?

[sierra248]

My buddy swears his speed3 had Rca Outputs on his Bose Mazdaspeed3 Stereo? I know this has been covered allot, but after reading allot I can only find one post where someone says it does for sure. Can someone please end this argument for me, I live in FLA and he lives in Georgia, so theres no way I can go look just for this...but i was temped.
Thanks guys,
Tom

 

[Abaddon]

No RCAs on the BOSE HU. But you can splice in a Line Out Converter...

 

[Oxymoron]

No RCAs on the BOSE HU. But you can splice in a Line Out Converter...

+1

 

[funkyman]

+1

OK if i buy this gadgetfrom Kenwood can i basically hook up anything to the stock MS3 Bose and NAV.



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[mghunt]

I've read that the outputs from the Bose headunit are line level. So, you should just be able to tap into the inputs to the Bose amp under the driver's seat. As long as the amplifier you are adding has high impedance inputs, it should be fine. Other solution is to add a line level converter at the output of the Bose amplifier.

 

[doctaandrew1390]

Line out converter

Hi, i was wondering what an LOC from the stock head unit is, how it is used with a ( 2 or 4 way ) amp and what it actually does?
thank you

 

[mghunt]

an LOC, or line-output-converter basically lowers the voltage of a speaker level signal down to something you can feed into an amplifier.

There are not RCA's on the Bose headunit, but you can add them without too much trouble.

 

[xcoldr1cex]

you don't need a LOC if you splice the preamp output

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

you don't need a LOC if you splice the preamp output

You will, however, need a ground loop isolator. Noisy damn system!

 

[mghunt]

I noticed this as well. I'm getting a lot of hiss on my install. Sounds great once the volume is above the noise floor of the hissing.

 

[xcoldr1cex]

hm i tested my spliced in rca's with a stereo system and i didn't have any noise - maybe i'll hear it later when i actually install all of my stuff.

 

[Silver Bull3t]

bose vs stock

OK, sorry to be on tangent, but are the BOSE HU and stock tuner HU the same beast.... because if they are I can at least tap into a preamp out, since both amplify externally.

....Or are the BOSE stereos different than stock head-to-toe? From stem to stern....? Meaning no preamp level outs on factory non-BOSE tuners (boom03)