Ok so i installed my new headunit with minor issues but now everything is working fine.. EXCEPT when i up the volume it doesnt get loud. even at max it sounds like it should be at 23 and at 4-6 it sounds like it should be at 1-2 if u understand.

does anyone know the cause or what is a fix or anything to look for?

Please help me...

 

BUMP??? please help any feedback is good feedback

 

You connect something wrong.

make sure the AMP wire is connected.

 

I have never installed in the RX8, and I am guessing here... But perhaps your aftermarket HU is weaker than the stock HU...

Hard to tell. You have the Bose stereo? What is the aftermarket stereo? If you have/had the Bose stereo, did you interface with the amp properly?

 

Not Aftermarket its the stock 04 Rx8 headunit non bose. i cannt figure this problem out i checked the connections in the back and everything is tight. I have a second faceplate. I may try that out and test it before work. If anymore information is there please give me anything that may help. Right now im shooting in the dark

 

Did you maybe have your bass and treble setting turned up before you changed the radio?

 

I Disconnected the power and ground from battery to ensure all settings would be erased. Im gonna leave the battery disconnected overnight and see if it makes a difference tonight.

Thanks for replies if anymore information is known please tell.

Also a question. Does the non bose system still have a "amp" that the 6 factory speakers run through that i could possibly check. After work today im going to wire up a small component amp to the front speakers and see how they sound and then if its good ill add the back ones in.

Thank you

 

Bump!?!?!?

 

if your car has had a bose system it needs that.. same with the stock system..

you cant change between them..

if it has been changed to anything else. not enough info..

beers

 

Ok its a 2004 Rx8. Stereo is non Bose. If im correct the amp should be behind the passenger seat? and there is non and i should have a center speaker and i dont. I just reinstalled a 04 Headunit that i purchased (non bose) and when i turn it on it works. The display works everything works EXCEPT when u turn up the volume from 0 it doesnt come on till around 6 and at 6 it sounds equivalent to 1 or 2. I checked all the connections on the back of the headunit and their all tight. I cannot figure out why its doing this or what the cause is. I have another faceplate tho from the old Radio.

The previous radio board fried when my line level inputs to the amp came loose and grounded on the trunk.