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Speaker Wire into an OE Amp - OK?
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<blockquote data-quote="teagueAMX" data-source="post: 8704930" data-attributes="member: 679683"><p>Folks I need your collective genius brains to give me some guidance.</p><p></p><p>I have a ’06 Lincoln Navigator with a bad navigation/THX audio system - sounds good when it works.</p><p></p><p>I’m replacing it with a Pioneer AVIC-W8500NEX. No one makes a harness for the Navigator’s system, but I’ve figured out the wires EXCEPT into the <u><strong>OE amp</strong></u>.</p><p></p><p>I figure I have 3 choices:</p><p></p><p>1. Run my speaker wire outputs directly into the OE amp, but maybe not so good?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21673[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>2. Use some tricky little parts from Amazon to convert the Pioneer RCA pre-amp outputs</p><p> to single wires to feed the OE amp connector.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21667[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21669[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>3. <u>Scrap the OE Amp and install a new 5-channel amp</u>. This sound quick and dirty, but none of the</p><p> other audio systems will work. It's like a taking a hatchet to audio system.</p><p></p><p>I like No. 1 best cus it’s easy and cheap and everything else works in the car the way it's suppose to work. I’m afraid I may be forcing too many positively charged electrons into the factory amp. And, I'm guess impedance issues?</p><p></p><p>The other thing is the OE subwoofer has it’s own amp.</p><p></p><p>I don’t want to rewire the whole car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teagueAMX, post: 8704930, member: 679683"] Folks I need your collective genius brains to give me some guidance. I have a ’06 Lincoln Navigator with a bad navigation/THX audio system - sounds good when it works. I’m replacing it with a Pioneer AVIC-W8500NEX. No one makes a harness for the Navigator’s system, but I’ve figured out the wires EXCEPT into the [U][B]OE amp[/B][/U]. I figure I have 3 choices: 1. Run my speaker wire outputs directly into the OE amp, but maybe not so good? [ATTACH type="full" width="491px" alt="21673"]21673[/ATTACH] 2. Use some tricky little parts from Amazon to convert the Pioneer RCA pre-amp outputs to single wires to feed the OE amp connector. [ATTACH type="full" width="152px" alt="21667"]21667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="440px" alt="21669"]21669[/ATTACH] 3. [U]Scrap the OE Amp and install a new 5-channel amp[/U]. This sound quick and dirty, but none of the other audio systems will work. It's like a taking a hatchet to audio system. I like No. 1 best cus it’s easy and cheap and everything else works in the car the way it's suppose to work. I’m afraid I may be forcing too many positively charged electrons into the factory amp. And, I'm guess impedance issues? The other thing is the OE subwoofer has it’s own amp. I don’t want to rewire the whole car. [/QUOTE]
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