2001 Tahoe help with no sound (factory amp removed)

[benradcliff10]

Hi,

I recently bought a 2001 Tahoe with onstar but no Bose. The PO installed a cheap dual double din head unit in the car. The head unit worked but I was only getting sound from the rear door speakers and it was super quiet. After about a week, then just cut out completely.

I installed this boss double din unit because I thought something was wrong with the old head unit and I wanted to add CarPlay. I hooked everything up on the new head unit and…nothing. I hooked up the power antenna wire to the pink (amp power) wire as others have suggested. Still nothing. I figured it had to be something. With the amp since I checked the wiring of the head unit multiple times.

Lo and behold the factory amp had been completely removed. The PO installed a amp crossover harness that I believe sends power directly from the head unit to the door speakers. I figured there must be something wrong with the connection. Sure enough, when unplugged it and reconnected it I got sound but only briefly. Briefly as in only when the pins initially make contact. Once it is plugged all the way in it stops playing.

I’m at a loss. What to do next???

Thanks in advance,
Ben

 

[benradcliff10]

 

[Trey Hardy]

You might need a different module to plug in back there to bypass the factory amp stuff all together to get the speakers working I had to do it in my 99 but it’s been so long I couldn’t tell you what brand it was back then. It was like 100-150$

 

[benradcliff10]

I’m wondering if there needs to be some connection made in the second pigtail that plugs into the factory amp. I just can’t understand why I get a quick sound burst when I ever so slightly plug the crossover in and then it cuts out when any significant pressure is applied.

 

[Trey Hardy]

I’m wondering if there needs to be some connection made in the second pigtail that plugs into the factory amp. I just can’t understand why I get a quick sound burst when I ever so slightly plug the crossover in and then it cuts out when any significant pressure is applied.

It’s been awhile since I’ve messed with a 99-06 I’ll have to ask my buddy what he used in his Tahoe. In my 07 Tahoe I had to use a PAC harness to get it to work correctly

In my wife’s car I used a PAC line output converter and tapped into the speaker wires for the factory subwoofer to feel signal to the amp for bass and jumped my amp signal wire to the fuse box so when the key is on it cuts the aftermarket amp on

 

[Joseph Garcia]

It looks like you have an amplifier bypass connector, which makes sense, since your original amp is missing. The part that concerns me is that it say 'Bose Infinity' on the packaging, and you stated that your truck did not have a Bose system. Is it possible that you have the wrong amp bypass connector? I'm fairly certain that the interconnection wiring on the Bose and non-Bose systems are different.

 

[benradcliff10]

Thanks for all the reply’s. I’m pretty sure I have the right connector. When I bought it on Amazon it said “non Bose infinity system” see link below.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B6G2311X?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

The next step is to individually test pins to see where the problem is. I just wanted to see if someone saw an obvious issue.