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Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013907 07/26/04 09:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 53 Southeastern Michigan S Stebo_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP Stebo_dup1 CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 53 Southeastern Michigan	Ok, I thought it was supposed to be easy to bypass the factory amp on these cars. I bought the bypass harness, found my amp, unplugged the two connectors going to it, went to put the bypass harness on and it doesn't fit. The bypass harness has two ends that essentially look the same. However, the two connectors that go to the amp look totally different. One is rectangular and the other is a square 8 pin connector. The wires going to this connector have a grey wrapping on them. I did a search but didn't find an adequate answer. Can anyone help? I've heard that there are two different amps out there. Did I just get the wrong bypass harness (I don't think I did) or is there more to this? And why can't attach images anymore? 1998.5 CSVT 34,000 miles 2005 Volvo XC90 V8 1971 Duster 360, 3.55 POSI

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013908 07/26/04 10:55 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,294 Auburn, WA (15min S of Seattle... A auiotour Hard-core CEG'er
auiotour Hard-core CEG'er A Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,294 Auburn, WA (15min S of Seattle...	there is like four of them. 95 SES Sold 99 SE Sport Sold 99 SVT T-Red Tan Interior. K&N, Magnecors, 19' Theorys, And some audio stuff.

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013909 07/26/04 11:47 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,198 Lincoln, Nebraska D Davo Hard-core CEG'er
Davo Hard-core CEG'er D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,198 Lincoln, Nebraska	The bypass harness isn't what you think it is. You have to snip and splice anyways.

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013910 07/27/04 12:52 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,092 Plainfield, IL, USA C cthomp21 Hard-core CEG\'er
cthomp21 Hard-core CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,092 Plainfield, IL, USA	You want the Scosche 1995-up premium sound amp bypass cable. It is part number FD15. http://www.scosche.com/scosche/connectors/FD15.asp 1999 Ford Contour SVT #900/2760 (SOLD) 2005 Mazda 6s 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege 1998 Ford Ranger 4x4

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013911 07/27/04 02:38 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 681 San Diego, CA D deftoned989 Veteran CEG\'er
deftoned989 Veteran CEG\'er D Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 681 San Diego, CA	Originally posted by Davo7SVT: The bypass harness isn't what you think it is. You have to snip and splice anyways. Yeah, I also bought a bypass harness and the ends didn't match up. Ended up just splicing and soldering the ends together, took a while longer but oh well, got it done. 99 Silver CSVT

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013912 07/27/04 11:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 53 Southeastern Michigan S Stebo_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP Stebo_dup1 CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 53 Southeastern Michigan	Yeah, that harness would have been the one that worked. Oh well. I wonder why Best Buy doesn't sell that one. I wound up cutting and splicing. Only one problem. I need an adapter for the antenna because that doesn't fit into the back of my radio. Is that going to be a problem trying to find an adapter? 1998.5 CSVT 34,000 miles 2005 Volvo XC90 V8 1971 Duster 360, 3.55 POSI

Re: Bypassing premium sound amp on SVT - wtf? #1013913 07/27/04 01:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,281 Skunkworks Autosport S Steeda. Captain Impound Boy
Steeda. Captain Impound Boy S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 8,281 Skunkworks Autosport	The reason they didn't sell you that one is that Best buy Doesn't carry it. What they do is take the normal bypass and cut one end off and extend the Speaker wires from your deck down to it.

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