Re: E36: Aftermarket CD Deck = No sound

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Serge,

Did you use a wiring harness adapter, to allow you to connect the 
aftermarket radio to the BMW connector that normally hooks to the factory 
radio?  This method will take the speaker outputs from the aftermarket 
head-end unit and use them to drive the inputs of the BMW amp.  This works 
fine (I did this in my '93 E34 525iT, which uses the same radio and amp 
system as my '95 E36 M3).  If you didn't use an aftermarket adapter, it's 
hard to say whether you have everything wired up properly.

Regarding the 'amp' wire that you referred to....did you hook it up?  I 
don't remember the details (it's been nearly two years since the install), 
but the lead MAY be to power an antenna amp that boosts the signal from the 
rear window antenna.

The other possibility (again, I don't remember the details), is that the 
'amp' lead is a remote turn-on for the amp.  If you didn't hook it up, 
chances are that you haven't powered the amp.

Again, if you use the aftermarket wiring adapter, it insures that all 
necessary wiring is hooked up, and it provides an easy means to swap 
aftermarket radios into the car without disturbing the factory wiring.

Check out:

http://www.scosche.com/scosche/

You can buy these (or something similar) from Crutchfield.

- -rb

>
>Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:08:51 -0500
>From: "Serge Maillet" <serge.maillet@domain.elided>
>Subject: E36: Aftermarket CD Deck = No sound
>
>Hi everyone, hope someone can help me out!
>
>This weekend I installed an aftermarket CD player into my '97 E36 to 
>replace
>the stock cassette deck. The deck seems to work fine except I have no sound
>output. It seems to be the way the speakers are wired up, is there some 
>sort
>of amp I have to bypass? I did notice a big black wire attached with the
>Antenna lead that says "amp" on the wire. I'm not sure what to do with this
>wire, or if it has anything to do with my speakers getting no sound. Any 
>help
>is greatly appreciated!!!
>
>Thanks,
>serge.maillet@domain.elided


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