Heya, this is my first post been hunting round the threads here and goin round in circles.
I want to put in my old pioneer head unit in my 2005 A3 sportback (facelift model complete grill)
The pioneers a lil more complicated than a normal single din as i have a hide away brain unit, which will fit in the boot. The brain unit has pretty much all the normal connections on it that would otherwise be up in the dash: amplified speaker outputs, preouts, blue remote power on, aerial connection... So I would normally have to run all of this upfront and make the connections.
My radio in the car is the symphony non bose so it gives an amplified signal to front speakers, and sends rear signal to the amplified sup which then goes to the rear speakers.
ok my dilemma /s is running cables back and forth when not required. Id like to just run front speaker connections up to the front and then tap into the rear speakers directly through the multiplug, then take the sub preout from the pioneer brain and connect that to the audi amp/sub (this will be replaced with a custom fibreglass enclosure at some point with seperate amp)
So wondering what adapter cables i would require, would this do Autoleads PC9-404 Audi Harness Adaptor (RCA, non-BOSE) £5.88 including VAT. PC9404. Buy discounted car audio online at In-Car Express
bearing in mind i wont be using the phono connections up front i need to do those connections in the boot. Im also aware that without buying a canbus ignition module i need to run a switched 12v ignition source which ill hopefully pull from the fusebox.
my other question is aerial related, i know i need to supply phantom power to the aerial amplifiers that is simple enough, but this car has two aerials the right and left, I understand the theory of what these do switching between stronger signals, but the audi HU does the switching, one connector is the ZF aerial which is terminated with a fakra connector, and the other is the HF aerial terminated in a normal din type connection. Do i need to join both these aerials together and then have it powered up, or disregard one aerial and just power that up, so far i havent been able to find any aerial amplifier adaptors which have both din and fakra connected, only dual fakra, or one or the other going to an iso aerial connection.
Any advice, tips would be much appreciated im hopin andymac might throw in his 2p as he does seem to be the guru here
I want to put in my old pioneer head unit in my 2005 A3 sportback (facelift model complete grill)
The pioneers a lil more complicated than a normal single din as i have a hide away brain unit, which will fit in the boot. The brain unit has pretty much all the normal connections on it that would otherwise be up in the dash: amplified speaker outputs, preouts, blue remote power on, aerial connection... So I would normally have to run all of this upfront and make the connections.
My radio in the car is the symphony non bose so it gives an amplified signal to front speakers, and sends rear signal to the amplified sup which then goes to the rear speakers.
ok my dilemma /s is running cables back and forth when not required. Id like to just run front speaker connections up to the front and then tap into the rear speakers directly through the multiplug, then take the sub preout from the pioneer brain and connect that to the audi amp/sub (this will be replaced with a custom fibreglass enclosure at some point with seperate amp)
So wondering what adapter cables i would require, would this do Autoleads PC9-404 Audi Harness Adaptor (RCA, non-BOSE) £5.88 including VAT. PC9404. Buy discounted car audio online at In-Car Express
bearing in mind i wont be using the phono connections up front i need to do those connections in the boot. Im also aware that without buying a canbus ignition module i need to run a switched 12v ignition source which ill hopefully pull from the fusebox.
my other question is aerial related, i know i need to supply phantom power to the aerial amplifiers that is simple enough, but this car has two aerials the right and left, I understand the theory of what these do switching between stronger signals, but the audi HU does the switching, one connector is the ZF aerial which is terminated with a fakra connector, and the other is the HF aerial terminated in a normal din type connection. Do i need to join both these aerials together and then have it powered up, or disregard one aerial and just power that up, so far i havent been able to find any aerial amplifier adaptors which have both din and fakra connected, only dual fakra, or one or the other going to an iso aerial connection.
Any advice, tips would be much appreciated im hopin andymac might throw in his 2p as he does seem to be the guru here