I'm looking into a new HU for the Z but I've been reading some different things about the speaker setup in the car and i'm not quite sure what it all means...

Simple question:

If I replace the HU with, say, the pioneer DVD/Nav setup, all I'd do is plug the existing speakers into the head unit. right?

and if I want to use the stock sub, I can just plug that line into the HU's output as well since there's an amp incorporated in the sub?

The part that i'm sketchy about is down the line, when I want to replace the stock sub with 2 10's and an amp. As I understand it, there's an amp build into the sub housing back there? can I use the existing wiring to the sub behind the driver's seat to hook up a better amp, then just run wires to the subs in the back?

Sounds like a pretty simple operation since I'm not replacing the stock speakers (yet).

Am I way off?

 

I just replaced the HU in my 2003 "Tour" with the Eclipse AVX2494. Besides the AVX2494, the installer installed 350Z Dash Kit from Crutchfield, plus 4ch Adjustable Line Output Converter and Harness from Peripheral Electronics. Everything else remained stock, to include speakers. The sound is GREAT! Bose nolonger "Blows"!

 

Yeah that looks like a NICE head unit! I will definitely consider it... I just wish it had voice recognition navigation

 

The Eclipse AVX2494 does not have NAV. You might want to visit the Eclipse web site and look at the AVN5495: www.eclipse-web.com You won't have voice recognition for the NAV, but that "Music Juke" w/30 GB HDD is nice. The HU with Dash Kit from Crutchfield, plus Harness and 4ch Adjustable Line Output Converter from Peripheral Electronics allows you to do want you want to do.