Headunit upgrade help!!!!!!
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2003 Corvette Z06, 1999 E55 AMG
Headunit upgrade help!!!!!!
Hey guys, I bought a 05 Mars Red C55 back in June. Absolutely love the car. Came with Kleeman headers and tune, lowered on H&R springs and that is it.
The one thing I would like to change is the head unit. Now doing some searching there is the xtron unit, and various other ones for around that $300-$400 range.
I am mechanically inclined and do most of my maintenance and work on my car but when it comes to audio I am lost.
Can you guys recommend a solid head unit that will provide me with bluetooth, descent audio, and an updated look?
Also most of them are android if I understand, are there ones that work exclusively with the iphone?
Here is one I am looking at on aliexpress? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000...chweb201603_55
I apologize if there are duplicate threads but I searched and they are mostly technical.
The one thing I would like to change is the head unit. Now doing some searching there is the xtron unit, and various other ones for around that $300-$400 range.
I am mechanically inclined and do most of my maintenance and work on my car but when it comes to audio I am lost.
Can you guys recommend a solid head unit that will provide me with bluetooth, descent audio, and an updated look?
Also most of them are android if I understand, are there ones that work exclusively with the iphone?
Here is one I am looking at on aliexpress? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000...chweb201603_55
I apologize if there are duplicate threads but I searched and they are mostly technical.
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LET C32 2002
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LET C32 2002
I presume C55 and C32 use fiber to the amp and speakers wires come out of amps. I have my head unit attached to via the included kenwood harness which I believe same process used for my former Kenwood DNX 7100. This time around it was a simple replacement. I don’t think they used any other harness at all. The factory amp was in my trunk. We removed it and installed 2 separate amps 1 feeds the Sub box other feed all other speakers in car I had upgraded to Diamond Audio.
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2002 AMG C32
I have been battling this for awhile and have done a lot of research. If your car has the Harmon Kardon sound system, then you need the fiber optic adapter (around $99-$130). They are Chinese made and have heard that some of them ship out broken and won't work. You may have to try a couple. If you are unsure about your system, on the back of the stereo, you will see 2 fiber optic connectors.
There is one way around all of this. You can run speaker wires directly from each speaker to behind the dash and wire them into the new harness that comes with your stereo. This is a big pain in the butt. You will also be bypassing the harmon kardon sub and amp that is in the back when you do this.
There is one way around all of this. You can run speaker wires directly from each speaker to behind the dash and wire them into the new harness that comes with your stereo. This is a big pain in the butt. You will also be bypassing the harmon kardon sub and amp that is in the back when you do this.
