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Feb 17, 2019 | 11:07 AM

jblu069

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Radio help

Does the PAC OEM-1 provide power to the factory amp...I installed it and the radio sounds horrible.

PLEASE HELP

Feb 17, 2019 | 11:32 AM

Mr. Black

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As far as I know it's whole purpose is to power the factory Bose system so that you are not having to start over from scratch.

I installed that the PAC box and while it's not great, I don't think it's any worse than the factory sound. I also adjusted nothing on the box.

I've read a few articles online and on YouTube with suggestions on adjusting the PAC box and it does sound like a total PITA to get right.

Feb 17, 2019 | 12:02 PM

GCG

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Does the PAC OEM-1 provide power to the factory amp...I installed it and the radio sounds horrible.

You may want to double-check if the BLUE-WHITE wire from radio was connected to the BLUE wire on the PAC ROEM-VET1. If it was wired "blue-white" to "blue-white" instead, your door subwoofer amps will not turn on, resulting in no real bass.

Also, take a look at Fuse 28 and Relay 45.

Last edited by GCG; Feb 17, 2019 at 03:21 PM.

Feb 17, 2019 | 12:22 PM

MikeyMcFly

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Is it similar to a line level converter? I had to run one of those in my Mom's Pathfinder when I pulled out her Bose HU probably 10 years ago. I spent a bit of time playing with each of the screws and in the end got a real decent sound out of it.

Feb 17, 2019 | 12:43 PM

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Transfer this to C5 Tech.......may get more replies.....JMO

Feb 17, 2019 | 01:36 PM

Mr. Black

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This is the video that I followed to build my wire harness. It has a ton of great information in it on this very install.

Feb 18, 2019 | 05:05 PM

jblu069

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Thnx 2 all for your responses..I think I got the blue to th blue/white connected....I'll reinstall tday

Feb 18, 2019 | 05:19 PM

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Thnx 2 all for your responses..I think I got the blue to th blue/white connected....I'll reinstall tday

As I mentioned above in Post 3, the correct wiring is BLUE-WHITE from radio to BLUE on the PAC ROEM-VET1. You probably meant you got blue-white to blue-white and that's why the subwoofer amps were not turning on, right?