Bose fading out.

Hogfish · 04-05-2009, 01:04 PM

I searched but couldn't come up with anything. Here's what's gonig on.

Yesterday driving in to work, about 5 mins into the trip the radio faded out. It's like the I lost all the mids and highs in the signal from all the speakers, tried playing with the balance/fade and it is def all speakers. Same thing when I switched to CD. Turned it off and back on and the same thing. I tried resetting all the eq stuff but nothing changed.

On the way home from work the radio/cd worked great when I first cranked up but after about 5 mins it did the same exact thing. Is it possible that I have a fuse or relay going bad? I fear that I am in for a new headunit but wanted to check for a simple fix before going that route. Thanks in advance!

Any ideas, thanks in advance.
Car is an 02Z06

BlkVette93 · 04-08-2009, 12:19 AM

I know this will sound cold and heartless, but, you need to do a Bose Bailout.

I have two Vettes, a 91 and a 93, and both of them had Bose units that gave me nothing but headaches similar to the one you're having. After reading numerous posts here, I finally caved and bellied up to the bar...replaced both of them with Kenwood units and have absolutely no regrets. The Kenwood even comes with a USB plug-in so I could play my favorite tunes from my IPod.

I think you will find that trashing the Bose and installing a unit of your choice will be the best move you can make, so long as you don't mind departing from "factory" equipment. Buyers seem to find an audio upgrade "desirable".

Hogfish · 04-08-2009, 08:55 AM

Yeah I think you are right. I have since posted a couple of questions about adding nav, f90bt, and swapping out the speakers. It just aggravates me cuz I am not an audiophile by any means. I just want to be able to listen to the radio and hate that I am now looking at dropping at least a grand to make this change. Really makes me sick cuz I absolutely baby the Z06. My 98 coupe has over a 100k and the factory system is still going strong.