1998 S70 T5, amplifier bypass required when installing new deck???

Discussion in 'Volvo S70' started by Brian, Jan 31, 2004.

  1. Brian

    Brian Guest

    I just purchased a mp3 deck (JVC KD-S890) to replace my stock
    cd/radio/cassette head unit. One guy at the installation store said he
    needs to do the amplifier by-pass when installing the unit and it'll
    cost $50(us) to do so. However, another guy at a different store said
    all he has to do is disconnect it in the wire hardness and it would
    not cost any extra to do so.

    Can anybody confirm this? Does he really need to by-pass the
    amplifier?

    thanks
    Brian
     
    Brian, Jan 31, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Mike F Guest

    If your car is not an SE version, it probably won't have an external
    amplifier. (Generally the single CD radios don't use an external amp,
    the 3 CD version must use one.) However, disconnecting the speaker
    wires at the amp is no harder than disconnecting them at the radio, I
    don't see why there'd be an extra charge.


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    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
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    Mike F, Feb 2, 2004
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  3. Brian

    Brian Guest

    Well Mike, you live in Ontario and I am sure you know what Futureshop
    people are like.
    Anyway, I found a very useful message that you post a while back on
    this board, you said SC-816 has an internal amplifier and that leads
    me to believe that a amplifier bypass is not needed.

    regards
    Brian
     
    Brian, Feb 3, 2004
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