Car Stereos: Installing H/U, oldsmobile intrigue, bose amp

Question
QUESTION: Hello, i have a 98 Oldsmobile Intrigue (Bose system) and i need help with the wiring. i bought a wiring harness and antenna adapter to connect the old wiring to my new stereo. the problem: after connecting the harness and adapter to new stereo i wanted to connect an amplifier/sub to my new stereo, so i simply connected the blue/white wire from new stereo to my new amp(subs connected). I GET NO AUDIO FROM MY SPEAKERS (stereo does turn on). Now, from what i understand, the factory Bose amplifier is powering all the speakers in my car, so is there a way to connect the bose amp to my stereo(hopefully solve the audio problem) AND also connect my new amp to my stereo to power my subs? also i don't know where to find the factory amp...is it under a seat? in the trunk some where? Any help is greatly appreciated!!

ANSWER: Hi Mark,

With the bose system, the factory amplifier is no doubt expecting low level inputs from the deck to amplify.

With your aftermarket hu, it's sending high level, which won't work.

You're going to either need to dig up an amplifier integration harness, or bypass the amplifier entirely and run fresh wire yourself to the speaker wire output.  Your regular every day $15 harness won't be enough.

As for installing a sub/amp, you can do that the standard way since that doesn't involve the factory amp in any way.

Justin

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QUESTION: okay, so if i get an amplifier integration harness, that will make the inputs from my deck and factory amp compatible, yes? And also, dont i need to connect the remote wire from my deck to the bose amp for it to work? if so how can i hook up another amp to the deck (b/c the remote wire is being used)? sorry if i dont sound like what im talking about, im really trying to understand and get this installed properly.

Answer
If you can find the integration harness, it will take care of the remote turn on for you.

If it doesn't, you can split the remote wire off the deck safely, all it does is fire a relay, no actual power is drawn from it (well, a miniscule amount).

Justin