but this thread's title is "what to know about Bose."

simple answer = bose blowz. :icon17:

370z forum: nissanfan- gtfo newb! :mad:

Not going to get into a shi tting contest with you but will point out what I said was 'in depth' information about care audio and to be honest, I have not read nor seen threads on this forum with much in-depth information about Bose mobile audio let alone car audio so my comment stands.

Credits are due and I've said it as much. I don't take what has been posted on here without merit but it has to be taking with a grain of salt since it surely seem like it's an automatic to shi t on Bose without taking into account packaging, integration, cost and personal preference. Would I have it in my car if I was to build my ride? No but for all the noted above points, it sure works well most of the time for me AND for many many people.

So your whole comment is a oxymoron and a total contradiction of credit given.

The point that I was making, is, the resident audiophile needs to take the time to comprehend what others have written before passing judgement and stating that they are wrong. Daves beginning point was that he has made the BOSE head unit functional for other forms of speakers without having to remove the stock BOSE deck and his initial post was not to doubt Bose quality. It was simply made showing that you don't have to spend all kinds of money on a signal converter to keep your deck and use aftermarket speakers/amps. As i can tell dave is not *shìtting on Bose in total, he is shìtting on their sad paper cone clown horns they call speakers.

lmfao

No credit was given for in depth information since there was none given and I am not ******** on Dave. He and I knows that.

Changed out my factory HU to an Alpine W927HD, 7 inch touch screen. Instant alternator whine and the speakers sound like they are about to blow up. Wish I would have read this before I changed the HU and would have replaced the speakers at the same time. I've tried messing with the crossover, have downloaded what the exact specs should be and put it in the HU, still sounds like crap. It's embarrassing if I turn up the volume. Snap, crackle, pop.

Did you ground your bose amp wire from the harness to the same place as your head unit? Is the ground a clean solid ground? This usually is the main cause.

I paid to have it done. Took them 3 days to install a HU and a Viper alarm, they claimed the first Viper they installed was bad so they had to do it again. They messed up my S Mode, the car is at the dealer now and the Viper alarm will not remote start. Not happy. Will search around this site for recommended shops near me to do the rest of the audio/repairs. With 3 days time I expected perfection.

Very sorry to hear this man. :shakes head:

I personally do not even touch push button start cars for remote starts yet. Your lucky they didn't fry the cars computer.

I should be out there in a month or so if you would like me to look at the audio.

I'll keep an eye out for when you come out here again.

As Promised: DIY: Upgrade Component Speakers from BOSE

Bear in mind this is a DIY, aka, a cheap and easy solution without having to purchase a bunch of professional equipment or pay a professional to perform work. That said, please don't flame my DIY with negative opinions, or present professional opinions on what you should have or do, as facts, thank you.

Matt - what about AudioControl LOC's. Any experience with them?

Audio Control anything is top-notch.

:iagree: Never had problems with them at all. I've used their EQ's, line drivers, crossovers, and center channel processors before for ground up installs but never used an LOC to integrate. I hate noise and is a pain in the *** to fix. Hoping someone can give their testimonial.

Audio Control DQ-61

Is there anything like a service menu/mode for OEM Bose Nav?

Why did I not register for this forums before buying my car :( I assumed it would be easy like my 350z...

Anyways I have the Bose with OEM nav... just found out I probably won't be able to get a new HU but that's fine...
I plan on adding my old Sundown 12" sub and my Memphis amp and make it run with the stock radio. Asked the shop nearby if a basic PAC would be fine but they suggested an LC2 by audio control, would this be okay?
Not adding any other speakers just the sub to the stock radio with an LC2.

So I am in the middle of determining what it takes to move from the stock nav unit in my touring model to the non-bose setup. I've already purchased the interior pieces with the cubby. I am having the shop (who is doing perf work on the car) test out the non-nav setup climate controls (three knobs instead of the various buttons from the nav piece) before continuing.

Does anybody happen to know if they are compatible? I tentatively purchased a NaviSkauto Android Headunit for my SUV to test it out and found it to be pleasant enough to want to use in the Z.

Not true, see my recent post. Yes you can pull the Nav System out:owned:

Sorry to revive an old thread so any help I can get will help me out. I bought a 2009 with the Bose system and no navi. The previous owner has installed a pioneer double din headset and is using the stock bose speakers. I can only assume having not pulled anything apart that everything is installed properly (the steering wheel controls work and the speaekrs are doing fine). My question is, with the aftermarket head-unit installed, can't I just replace the factory Bose speakers with aftermarket ones by running new speaker wire to them from the Pioneer head unit?

Thanks!

So this may be already posted and I just missed it but here goes nothing:

I have non-nav bose in my car. I replaced the HU with a pioneer NEX model last year, but now I would like to replace the speakers. If I replace the bose amp with a new one and run new wires, that's all I'd need to hook up new speakers, correct?

LOL the person above me posted basically the exact same question.

No, you need to run RCA's from your new head unit to your new amp as well as power wire from your battery to the amp. Then run new speaker wire to all speakers.

So....new wires. :p

If you had previously bought a HTIB and we're looking to upgrade the speakers, would you use the same speaker wire?

No, all of the speaker wires have to be replaced with new ones.

what is the difference between metro 70-7552 and 70-7552? best buy looked up my car and i left with the 70-7552 and then come on here and see 70-7553.

Anyone wanna give up the color codes and or pin slot numbers and there speaker association in order to wire into a LOC such as LCQ-1? Pics? Special side notes? That be great! Excellent thread!!

Anybody?

Is there really no way to keep the nav but switch the bottom half to the 3 knob climate control and add a double din? I feel like its possible, but just hasn't been done. I mean if you tore everything down to pcb and went at it with a raspberry pi I think anything is possible, even if the nav screen doesn't show the correct climate control/radio settings etc. Where is the limitation exactly?

Bro, I don't mean to chime in but you're beating a dead horse. The nav integrates it's brain into the guts of the bottom half of the dash. So unless you want to gut your vent tubing and find a good 8 inch by 5 inch by 6 inch space for a massive cube. It's not going to happen.

^Lol

Love that you're still here too

Glove box? You are probably correct about space being the hard part. I may take it all apart this winter and see what i'm looking at, need a new project anyway. I'll open that cube and can make custom PCB for everything if I have to. The firmware might be a pain in the ***. EE buddy of mine seems to think it will work.

Definitely not worth it but I may try anyway. :tiphat:

You'd have to extend over 50 wires and some proprietary ones to get it over to the glove box. Good luck.

Attempting to install a pioneer 2300nex, for some reason the aux input and the bose subwoofer don't work, what did I **** up? :confused:

Edit: Apparently lack of sleep was getting to me, tried it today and everything seems to work fine.

Hi CKDrums,

Information on all that is in this site, maybe not the exact path into your LCI but definitely the wiring into and out of the amp module is in the Factory Service Manual and others have posted excerpts of the FSM in here showing at least the wires and connectors. Just dig like hell.

Good Luck.

Can anyone confirm the connector between the touch screen and the unit? Is it a 4 or 8-wire/pin connector? Was looking to put a Mimics G4 for touchscreen integration. Looked in the FSM but can't seem to find that...

MimicsG4 - customGadz

You are completely WRONG!!! I plan to do another post when time permits for my setup but here is how to do the conversion from the Nav to the non-Nav setup http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ml#post3808886

Do that and then you can install an aftermarket head unit or do like me and do a hidden single din unit behind a Workshop Twelve 10.1 dash tablet kit. I have full steering wheel controls, mic, radio, etc with a USB connected and powered tablet.

I find a lot of these posts funny. You CAN remove the factory nav unit and you might be able to do a single din below it while keeping the NAV screen; however, you would lose the Nav functionality completely as the NAV controller is built into the AC unit. Check my conversion http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ml#post3808886 which allows you to go to a NON-nav setup.

I went with the WorkShop Twelve 10.1 tablet kit, the needed tablet, hid a single DIN head unit vertical behind the tablet, mounted to where the Nav screen use to be, used 20-pin Subaru/Nissan Headunit/Radio Wiring Harness with Steering Wheel Switch wires, a Maestro SW Universal Steering Wheel control interface (so now I can control radio, volume, etc from steering wheel, and in order to keep the factory Bose speakers/amps I used the Scosche SLC4 (if you do NO use this the speakers will transmit static at low to no volume no matter what source you use, if radio is on you would have this low static noise). Oh, and I also needed the aftermarket Nissan antenna adapter.

If you want to do aftermarket amp and speakers just get the PAC LP6-4 Line Output Converter from the aftermarket head unit to your new amp or follow the examples in the post for a non-nav system.

I also plan to run the head until mic to the stock mic spot in the overhead light area which can be found here http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/2...ocation-2.html

On a similar note, has anyone tried to put an Altima or Maxima nav unit in the Z? The 2018 models have Android Auto...