uncald4

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Whatup y'all?!!?!

My name is Travis. I'm an Install Manager at a car audio chain in Silverdale, Washington. I've been in car audio since 1997. I do alot of fabrication with customer cars. Lately I've been spending some time on my own riggs. I have a Civic and a TL-S. I'm trying to get the TL audio gear in before our meet in Seattle next Saturday. I stripped the whole interior of the car to put in my goods. I thought I knew what to expect. WRONG.... I have owned a CL before the TL. And have worked on Legends, CL's, TSX's... etc. The TL is a totally different dog.

The deck sends a 2 channel low level signal to a BOSE equalizer module behind the climate control cluster. And a single channel low pass, low level signal to a BOSE amp behind the rear seat. The EQ module in the dash trims up the 2 channel input, splits it into 4 channels and sends it back through the deck to be amplified. From there it powers the front and rear speakers. The signal going to the subwoofer amp is very low. And is crossed over at about 70hz. Whis is too low for my taste. It meets the BOSE 100 watt subwoofer amp, is amplified and sent through 4 meaty conductors to the 9" subwoofer on the rear deck. WHACKO!! It took me hours to track down all of the audio wiring in this car.

I have pictures of the BOSE amps and EQ setup. I also have several pics of the MEATY bits I'm installing. Anybody care to see?

I searched on this site and found that everyone thought the BOSE amp was in the trunk like the CL. I just wanted to fill everyone in that might be installing gear with the factory deck or was may have been curious.

Do I win a cookie?

Mike_McCready

Yeah, I'm interested in pics. Good work man

uncald4

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This is the Bose Equalizer Module. Most decks have them but are usually internal. But with a 6 disc changer, cassette player and such all in one piece..... Acura had to put thi outside of the deck.


Soooo..... Really. there is no AMPLIFIER running your front and rear speakers. Just the deck. The only AMPLIFIED speaker is the subwoofer.

Black3.2

wow interesting

Mike_McCready

What is that little black connecter, it is next to the blue hanging one. It looks like it is solidly connected and would be behind the coin tray...

aaronnn

that would be the diagnostic port...

aaronnn

is it possible to get aftermarket subs and amp connected to the Bose Headunit and get the full power of the subs and amps? i dont want to get rid of my HU, i like the stock look but hate the stock system..

uncald4

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Definately. I'm keeping the stock head unit. I have a Phoenix Gold ZPA0.5 running one JL 10W6. It's just a matter of understanding the wiring in the car. Otherwise adding on to the factory head unit could be .

JnC

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You are right Travis, I have Kenwood Excelon Component speakers in the front and rear doors being run by the factory HU, and to tell you the truth thats all you need in a daily driver. For the component tweeters they had to make a hole in each of the door panel to make them sit flush with the surface. The speakers are far better than the bose ones, and go very well with the stock sub.

Lawaia

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