bass disappears on new stereo

[mc751n]

Hey Everyone, I finally got up the nerve to buy a 6 cd changer for my 2003 ford explorer, I went on ebay found a factory one that wook match the look of my car and everything. I got it and installed it everything fits and works perfectly. One problem, theres no bass! I turned the treble all the way down, and the bass all the way up and no bass what so ever, even moving the bass' intensity and you dont hear a change. Thinking this was weird, I put in the other factory radio that I bought the car with, and the bass works fine on it. Anybody know anything about this? Im plugging everything in the back of the new one like the old one, It would really suck if the radio I just bought was bad, so please, if anyone knows anything let me know!!

 

[pdl2mtl90]

Does it have the a DSP button on it? If it does, it is an Audiophile unit. Will not work if you do not have the Audiophile system with the subwoofer.

 

[mc751n]

it does have a DSP button on it, how do I know if I have an audiophile system w/ subwoofer?

 

[mc751n]

Ok, I just got off the phone with ford, the stereo is audiophile, and my car isnt. GREAT! the person that I bought the stereo from off of ebay wont give me a refund. GREAT! Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could upgrade my 2003 explorer from the normal audio package to the premium (audiophile) package? or anything that would get the stereo to work in my car? thanks

 

[Jbrobeck]

If you really want to try and make that stereo work, you'd have to add an amp and sub, I believe in order to get the bass, you would also have to find the harness (or at least the part coming out of the stereo) for the factory amp and sub. The audiophile has an unadjustable crossover keeping any bass from going to the door speakers, I am not sure what the MHz is but its prolly around 100-120, so you wouldn't even be able to run an amp from any of the door speakers (like a line level input) you have to pull the line level input from the sub/amp outlet on the back of the audiophile Head Unit.


HTH

Josh