fitting my new stereo

[Paul]

wow so many wires.

right a options connect using seperate amp or the normal setup bare in mind my car dont have the center speaker

[Rufe]

i know this probably is not a good reply post answer, but i paid £30 to the local sextons store to fit the in dash unit (including the remote hideaway unit). took them not far from 4 hours, £30 well spent. because of this, i cant help you sorry, it was a minefield of wiring, put me right off

[Paul]

ah k guess ill do that as your right looks like an advanced time bomb

[Paul]

but the thing that baffler me is that the old headunit has a plug where the amp is plugged into and new one doesnt. anyone know me any fitters in the north east?

[fraz13]

I put up the colour codes in this thread before...

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4781

[Paul]

damn everywhere i went gonna cost about 150 as they want to bypass the amp

[fraz13]

Do it yourself then and read the thread above........

[Paul]

Yea but as i have never fitted one before seems like a big risk

[Rufe]

wow £150! sounds like i had a good deal then. i dont think it would be that difficult, but probably quite time consuming

[Paul]

yea they said 4 to 6 hours

[r7uss]

i had exactly the same problem with the amps runnin the speakers on a standard headunit, when i bought an aftermarket headunit.
if its not too late and you haven't messed about with the wiring, you can get a lead with converts the standard amp lead(multi-pin plug, like you get with cd autochangers) into two sets of RCA leads, which then plug into you pre-outs in the back of a standard headunit.
hope this helps

[Paul]

already got it fitted the guy said that the amps in the headunit where great ones and that they are! sound quality and bass is 50% better!

[arbee]

i would spend the money on a half decent aftermarket amp which will be a huge improvement over the head unit - got a tatty but high quality one you could have for £50

[monkey_boy]

Sorry for a total spaz question but car stereos have never been my thing (he says whilst dumping on his dad to do ) but i have a standard (non prologic) setup and was thinking of changing the head unit (used to MP3 playback) How much of a job is it? And would a haynes manual be of any use? They dont do one for the 2000+ C/V/S70 but the older one should have the same wiring setup?

[Paul]

cost me 90 quid fully wired

[monkey_boy]

So i guess its not that difficult then.

[arbee]

very easy job to change the head unit - you can buy adapter facia and adapter leads (short loom). takes 15 mins tops

[Paul]

its not 15 mins ;-) especially if your new headunit has built in amps using 2 amps will male the sound naf you need to bypass built in amp

[Brian]

This could be of some use:
http://www.volvospeed.com/vs_forum/l...x.php/f13.html

[arbee]

if you want to use the volvo amps, you need to feed them with the signal from the 'pre-outs' RCA/phono type plugs from your headunit. As I said, I would use a separte amp and bypass both the head unit and volvo amps. Alternatively if you really want to use the volvo amp, make a lead up as per Fraz's link. Have you tried running it of the head unit power? mit might sound acceptable?