so in my mark viii, I have an aftermarket radio of the alpine variety, and yesterday i was trying to figure out why the lows in the cabin dont work, turns out that the previous owner had bypassed the factory amp and since the radio is a 4 channel and the amp is a 6 channel it doesnt exactly work, has anyone been sucessful with hooking up an aftermarket radio to the car and having the factory amp work?
aftermarket radio
- Thread starter kevin2012
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k9t8m
Rollin' Twankies
uhhhhh, yes
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chris2523
93 Mark VIII
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
uhh yeah. but don't bother. just fix what the other guy started. rewire the whole thing. much better.
uhh yeah. but don't bother. just fix what the other guy started. rewire the whole thing. much better.
no reason to rewire the entire thing unless you plan on going all out...I've been running on an alpine unit going through stock wiring and stock amps now for months and it's fine.
My installer simply plugged the radio in with the correct harness, and it goes through the stock amp this way. Sounds ok, but you have an interesting point about it being a 6 channel amp...
My installer simply plugged the radio in with the correct harness, and it goes through the stock amp this way. Sounds ok, but you have an interesting point about it being a 6 channel amp...
chris2523
93 Mark VIII
i did that too for years. but the stock amp gonna's die. i have had 2 pack up on me before i got tired of it.