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Originally Posted by Greybeard ZR1
I'm also interested in knowing if you can directly wire an Ipod to the stock Bose in my 91'.
I tried numerous adaptors in my 03' Suburban, but they didn't sound very good. So I had it directly wired in at a local car audio shop (around $300.00 for wiring harness adaptor and labor). Wow!, big difference, crystal clear sound.
I'm no audiofile, but from my experience the FM units i've tried are sub-standard sound.
So have any of you guys had a direct connection installed in your stock Bose audio system?
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The short answer is no. You would need to replace the factory Delco bose unit with something else. You can hardwire the ipod in the assessory plug for charging for the IPOD underneath the console but you will still need a FM transmitter interface. Lets face it your trying to interface late 80S technology with 2003 and up technology its just isnt going to work.
My Transpod which is a FM Transmitter and power cradle which I bought of EBAY for $30.00 works well with the delco. The transpod has a fine tunning button on the unit that allows you to find a non transmitting station. Most radio owners forget in the corvette to turn off the AUTO tune feature which will allow you to dial in a frequency not being used and get a good signal. If you leave the auto feature on guess what the radio will only tune to another radio signal thats broadcasting.
I had the well "duh" moment when I too said wow this unit is a piece of Chit but realized what I was doing wrong. When I drove my fathers 96 CE from KY to AZ believe me fellows it works very well. Only issue you might have is when you drive into another state that freqency might be used by another State so all you need to do is fine tune again. Hope this helps. Goldcylon