Anyone done it? The wires are even missing in the ISO (front speaker
wiring present only).

What way did you fit pins into the ISO connector?
What interior trim did you need to remove to get it hidden properly?

I was thinking about getting one of those fitting kits for converting
older cars to ISO, removing the wires for rear speakers and fitting them
into the Skoda ISO connector. Am I likley to be able to remove and refit
them without damaging them and making them too loose a fit in the plug?

Once I have the wire stubs fitted to the car, I plan to run wires and
then crimp them onto the stubs on the ISO plug. Do able? the cheap
goodmans HU I have doesn't have a subout, so a cheap active sub and
better front speakers isn't an option really either.
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Elder wrote:

Anyone done it? The wires are even missing in the ISO (front speaker
wiring present only).

Not in an Octavia, but done it in other cars.

Get a wiring harness adaptor (you only need the speaker plug and socket,
the power can pass straight through). Cut the rear speaker wires between
plug and socket and attach to some decent quality speaker cable long
enough to route to the back of the car, then re-attach. Leave the front
speaker wires attached between the plug and socket on the wiring harness.

Done this in a friend's Corsa, he didn't have rear speakers but
installed some 6x9"s on a stealth shelf. We upgraded it again after so
the front speakers were running from an offboard amp (which also powered
a 10" sub in the boot).

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Get a wiring harness adaptor (you only need the speaker plug and socket,
the power can pass straight through). Cut the rear speaker wires between
plug and socket and attach to some decent quality speaker cable long
enough to route to the back of the car, then re-attach. Leave the front
speaker wires attached between the plug and socket on the wiring harness.

Ah, nice simple and easy.

I like that. As it is VAG Mk4 Golf based I've had to swap the ign/perm
live over using the fuse connectors.

I could swap them back and fit a VAG adaptor instead and and add the
speaker wire tails onto there. Maybe even fit the tails with bullet
adaptor so they can be fitted into the speaker wiring once the wiring is
run. That way I could solder the tails onto the wires, instead of crimps
or scotchblocks but it would still be removable to put the car back to
factory.
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Elder wrote:

I like that. As it is VAG Mk4 Golf based I've had to swap the ign/perm
live over using the fuse connectors.

Lucky... my MkIII A4 doesn't have a switched live feed, only permanent.
The factory head unit uses CAN-bus to switch on and off. So I've had to
find a 12V switched feed in the fusebox (middle row) and run this to the
12V switched input on the replacement head unit.

£26k for a car and the sound system is pants. Not impressed. (The car
itself is fantastic, but the stock head unit is bloody awful.)

I've fitted a toggle switch in behind the fusebox so I can switch the
ignition sense to permanent 12V if needed, that way I can leave the
music on without needing the key in the ignition.

I could swap them back and fit a VAG adaptor instead and and add the
speaker wire tails onto there. Maybe even fit the tails with bullet
adaptor so they can be fitted into the speaker wiring once the wiring is
run. That way I could solder the tails onto the wires, instead of crimps
or scotchblocks but it would still be removable to put the car back to
factory.

Probably worth doing. The harness adaptors cost around £10-£15, and I
don't mind butchering one of those. Actually the one I've got now has
been in 4 cars (a MkI A3, a MkII A4 FWD, a MkII A4 Quattro and now a
MkIII A4 Quattro). The head unit (Sony MEX-BT5000) was bought new for
this car, the previous one (Sony MDX-CA580) was in the first 3 Audis and
before that in a MkIII M-reg Fiesta.

My A4 doesn't have the Bose system, but then all that does is shows up
how bad the factory head unit is. Have had a couple of courtesy cars
with the Symphony 6-disc double-DIN changer head unit and Bose
speakers... it's better than stock because of the offboard
amplification, but still not a patch on a decent aftermarket setup.

Sony MEX-BT5000, Connects2 iPod adaptor, JBL GTO-4000 amp, 2x JBL 10"
subs. In a brand new 56-plate A4. Couldn't find my VAG removal keys...
so the dealer very kindly unclipped the stock head unit before I drove
the car away!

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says...
Sony MEX-BT5000, Connects2 iPod adaptor, JBL GTO-4000 amp, 2x JBL 10"
subs. In a brand new 56-plate A4. Couldn't find my VAG removal keys...
so the dealer very kindly unclipped the stock head unit before I drove
the car away!

TBH, I can't decide wether to fit the rears and upgrade the headunit,
fit the rear and install the carPC I've been planning started, putting
off then ignoring for about 3-4 cars now, or just change the car. I find
the old 8v 2 litre engine noise pretty intrusive, even with the very
poor Grundig R/C replaced by a cheap Goodmans MP3CD headunit. Worst on
the motorway where cruise speed seems to provide the most rattles,
buzzing and engine noise generally.
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Elder wrote:

TBH, I can't decide wether to fit the rears and upgrade the headunit,
fit the rear and install the carPC I've been planning started,
putting off then ignoring for about 3-4 cars now, or just change the
car. I find the old 8v 2 litre engine noise pretty intrusive, even
with the very poor Grundig R/C replaced by a cheap Goodmans MP3CD
headunit. Worst on the motorway where cruise speed seems to provide
the most rattles, buzzing and engine noise generally.

Fit the rears and install the car PC. :-)

As for engine noise...

I was lucky enough to have an A3 3.2 Quattro as a courtesy car back in
January. It had the 6-disc Symphony system and Bose speaker system.

Except I found myself turning the music down every time I accelerated
off a roundabout. And holding the lower gears right into the redline.

In fact I even found a tunnel and drove through it a few times with the
windows down.

Yay V6 soundtrack!

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