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Upgrading the headunit in your BE/BH (Macintosh amp'd system)


Scoobydoo

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ok so this was on of the first things i changed when i got my rev c that had the mac gear in it and in all honesty it was a matter of cutting the old amp out from under the seat and just hard wiring in the new head unit to the speakers with new cable, the way i saw it was my legacy is a 2001 so 10 years old and the wiring from factory is fine but as with anything could be a little better so i replaced all the speakers and run the oxygen free wire from speaker to unit so pretty much started it from scratch .. just throwing my 2 cents in there now the car runs full "after market" sound system and cranks hard!!!

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BUMP just \'cause this seems like it should be a stickied thread on the Legacy thread! ;)

Had to search hard for this one on here. Going to attempt to do this if I cannot find an adaptor.

Rats as after pulling the dash apart then finding this to be the problem .....

Also without plugging in the Mcintosh amp and only the DIN plug, the rear two speakers do work correctly where as the front speakers and rear factory sub just "HUMMM". ANND if I turn the volume up too loud, it all cuts out and the headunit displays \'AUX failure\' or \'CD failure.\' Any ideas why it cuts out?

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Hi ive got an 02 legacy and I’m up to bypassing the factory amp but it seems to have a different style plug with different colored wires than the one in the photos can anyone help me figure out which ones to cut and connect

 

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Thread from the dead time folks , this was the only simple way i could find regarding 

replacing the mcintosh , so cheers to scoobydoo , dead easy to do but in my car the

rear speakers did not function as suggested , could well be due to my car being rev-d .

Not to worried as i'm old with poor hearing anyway 😄

 

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