Anything wrong with using my factory HU?

[SoundNewb 10+ year member]

Well not really factory for my car but I bought it about a year and a half ago. It came out of a 04 WRX STI or whateva those cars are. It's got 6 disc cd changer built in and a cassette player OH BOY! I love the HU it's got it all (or all that I need) so I would hate to change it out! So if I keep it what are some of the headaches I'm gonna run into trying to hook up amps and speakers and such? Can it be done at all? Do I suffer sound quality? N E Hoot thought I'd get some opinions Thanks Much!!

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[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

The main problem with factory head units is that they're not designed to be expandable. You won't find RCA outputs on the back. To add amplifiers, you'll need to use a Line-out converter, which changes the speaker outputs into a low-level signal you can send to your amplifier. If you get a good quality LOC, there's no reason you can't build a nice sounding system from a factory head unit.

 

[ilvwhtgrls 10+ year member]

Or you can use a piece like a 3 Sixty.2 from Rockford.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

there is nothing wrong with it, but just keep in mind that its only going to sound as good as the source its coming from.

 

[SoundNewb 10+ year member]

Or you can use a piece like a 3 Sixty.2 from Rockford.

What???? Sorry dude I'm old lol
Yes your correct I'm banking on the factory HU sounding nice once everything is boosted with amps. HeY I figure all I'm gonna be losing is the 20 or 30 bucks for the Scosche SLC4 Four-channel line output converter

 

[ilvwhtgrls 10+ year member]

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/product_details.asp?cat_id=1&series_id=49&family_id=50&item_id=106187&locale=en_US

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

Scosche SLC4 Four-channel line output converter
i picked that one up to use temporarily... its decent as far as i can tell... nowhere near alpine deck quality, but its decent if u arent really sq-anal lol

 

[SoundNewb 10+ year member]

Thanks for the suggestion ilvwhtgrls but 699.00 so I can use my 150.00 factory radio is abit much hehe. That is a nice piece of equipment none the less!! Hey I'll try the Scosche see what happens if I don't like it I'll just have to get a new HU and a CD changer cause I really like having 6 cds ready to go without having to dig under the seat for a container of cds! Thanks guys for the advice!

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

I'll just have to get a new HU and a CD changer cause I really like having 6 cds ready to go without having to dig under the seat for a container of cds! Thanks guys for the advice!

u should check out an alpine deck w/ ipod interface then... 100s of cds good to go with the push of a button //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif