Ok guys heres my problem. I have a 04 touring Z that came with a Bose sound system. Well i took out the stock head unit and put a Pioneer Avic F900bt and loved every minute of it, until someone busted my window out an stole it . So here is the problem, i sold my stock bose HU so i had to buy another. Well i just bought a 05 HU that is not a bose. I installed it and everything seems to work fine but i cant get any sound. I put in a CD and it plays according to the track timer but i cant hear anything. I have everything plug up in the back of it. I checked all the fuses but i figured if it was a fuse the radio wouldnt play at all but i may be wrong. but i didnt see any blown fuses. Anyone know what im missing????

 

sorry guys i just saw that i posted this thread in the wrong section. Mods could you please move. Thanks an sorry

 

The Bose to no-Bose unit is a problem. The Bose unit runs a signal to the amplifier. The no-Bose signal IS amplified. What I assume you are doing is sending a amplified signal to a second amplifier. This is not good.

 

The Bose unit also powers the amplifier ON and OFF. You have no signal to turn the amplifier ON.

 

i was wondering if that was the problem so i cant use a non bose unit in my car???

 

Not 100 percent certain. Maybe one of our pros will chime in and see if you can bypass the amplifier. Go directly from head unit to speakers.

 

i might just purchase a bose HU so i dont have to worry bout it until i can replace my Pioneer. But thanks for the info i now know why there is no sound

 

I have a stock Bose headunit if you're looking, and best of luck.

 

Maybe the only issue is that you have to turn on the Bose amplifiers. Since you don't have an Amp-power output from the radio, you might be able to connect a jumper wire from the ACC to the Amp Turn on wire on the harness (to turn on the amps whenever the car turns on). Of course...this may not be the problem...

Sending an amplified signal (from the non-Bose HU) to the Bose amplifier shouldn't be a problem because people replace the Bose HU with an aftermarket HU all the time and it works.

Be careful if you decide to try this jumper wire...you'll have to splice into the car harness and open the opportunity to create more problems if you splice the wrong wires or create bad connections...