Aftermarket Headunit wiring harness?
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Aftermarket Headunit wiring harness?
Hey all, I've been looking into getting an aftermarket headunit for my 05 base. It has the BOSE sound system, so my question is; do I need a special aftermarket harness for the new headunit to work with the Bose Amp? If so, what would you all reccomend that is affordable?
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https://www.crutchfield.com/car/cars...l%3ftp%3d5684&
Start on the above, pick any radio that will fit into the car, and the site will guide you through the after market module you will need to make the aftermarket radio work.
Hence C6 does not use a ACC wire to the radio, and isntead BCM sends a digitial signal to the oem radio to turn it off and on, so will need an after market radio module to control the radio on and off with the car isntead. Depending on the features of the car, like it have bose, it will tell you which after market radio modules will work with the car. On these, they will plug into the factor connectors, and will have a diagram for which wires out of the module you will need to connect to the radio, as well as which setting on the module as well.
So here for 2005 with bose,
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWV...T.html?tp=5684
part of such is the after market radio housing, the antenna adapter and Pac RP5-GM11 module to work with our car.
Here is the manual for that after market radio module, and since the Bose amp input wires are from the radio speaker wires (not the RCA type jacks out of the radio), will be making those connections between the radio and module connectors
https://content.abt.com/documents/58...ion_manual.pdf
The last part of the math, is to get the radio manual that you are going to install, see what its output wires are, and connect them to the modules input wires as needed.
Note, depending where you get the radio and after market radio adapter from, they may just do the needed wiring between the two connectors for you, making the install that much easier instead.
Start on the above, pick any radio that will fit into the car, and the site will guide you through the after market module you will need to make the aftermarket radio work.
Hence C6 does not use a ACC wire to the radio, and isntead BCM sends a digitial signal to the oem radio to turn it off and on, so will need an after market radio module to control the radio on and off with the car isntead. Depending on the features of the car, like it have bose, it will tell you which after market radio modules will work with the car. On these, they will plug into the factor connectors, and will have a diagram for which wires out of the module you will need to connect to the radio, as well as which setting on the module as well.
So here for 2005 with bose,
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWV...T.html?tp=5684
part of such is the after market radio housing, the antenna adapter and Pac RP5-GM11 module to work with our car.
Here is the manual for that after market radio module, and since the Bose amp input wires are from the radio speaker wires (not the RCA type jacks out of the radio), will be making those connections between the radio and module connectors
https://content.abt.com/documents/58...ion_manual.pdf
The last part of the math, is to get the radio manual that you are going to install, see what its output wires are, and connect them to the modules input wires as needed.
Note, depending where you get the radio and after market radio adapter from, they may just do the needed wiring between the two connectors for you, making the install that much easier instead.
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Joined: Oct 2023
Posts: 5
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https://www.crutchfield.com/car/cars...l%3ftp%3d5684&
Start on the above, pick any radio that will fit into the car, and the site will guide you through the after market module you will need to make the aftermarket radio work.
Hence C6 does not use a ACC wire to the radio, and isntead BCM sends a digitial signal to the oem radio to turn it off and on, so will need an after market radio module to control the radio on and off with the car isntead. Depending on the features of the car, like it have bose, it will tell you which after market radio modules will work with the car. On these, they will plug into the factor connectors, and will have a diagram for which wires out of the module you will need to connect to the radio, as well as which setting on the module as well.
So here for 2005 with bose,
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWV...T.html?tp=5684
part of such is the after market radio housing, the antenna adapter and Pac RP5-GM11 module to work with our car.
Here is the manual for that after market radio module, and since the Bose amp input wires are from the radio speaker wires (not the RCA type jacks out of the radio), will be making those connections between the radio and module connectors
https://content.abt.com/documents/58...ion_manual.pdf
The last part of the math, is to get the radio manual that you are going to install, see what its output wires are, and connect them to the modules input wires as needed.
Note, depending where you get the radio and after market radio adapter from, they may just do the needed wiring between the two connectors for you, making the install that much easier instead.
Start on the above, pick any radio that will fit into the car, and the site will guide you through the after market module you will need to make the aftermarket radio work.
Hence C6 does not use a ACC wire to the radio, and isntead BCM sends a digitial signal to the oem radio to turn it off and on, so will need an after market radio module to control the radio on and off with the car isntead. Depending on the features of the car, like it have bose, it will tell you which after market radio modules will work with the car. On these, they will plug into the factor connectors, and will have a diagram for which wires out of the module you will need to connect to the radio, as well as which setting on the module as well.
So here for 2005 with bose,
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KWV...T.html?tp=5684
part of such is the after market radio housing, the antenna adapter and Pac RP5-GM11 module to work with our car.
Here is the manual for that after market radio module, and since the Bose amp input wires are from the radio speaker wires (not the RCA type jacks out of the radio), will be making those connections between the radio and module connectors
https://content.abt.com/documents/58...ion_manual.pdf
The last part of the math, is to get the radio manual that you are going to install, see what its output wires are, and connect them to the modules input wires as needed.
Note, depending where you get the radio and after market radio adapter from, they may just do the needed wiring between the two connectors for you, making the install that much easier instead.
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Don't forget the antenna cable adapter as well.
