original quote by ufoguy
... i have another question about the monsoon system in my 04 NB.
cp
cp, there is a factory setting that can be changed via VAG-COM for your head unit. The system on many factory Monsoon units are programmed with surround/sound leaving the rear speakers as an echo as if hearing live music at a concert.
That's what was explained to me at the dealership before he hooked up his vag-com and changed the equalizer settings. These settings are once adjusted helped the sound a lot.
There are 3 equalizer settings I believe through VAG-COM. Also make certain that the amp/wiring is hooked up correctly. There was a thread on this board that explained the brown wiring as switched on many models giving mono-sound to all speakers.
I ripped my head unit out, tossed the speakers too and went Kappa-Infinity speakers, Infinity-amp and Alpine as a head unit.
Costly but worth it.
As for installation? Watch out seriously. I have had many friends go to pro shops for installations and the majority are total bullsh*tters. They ask to run a power directly off the battery to the amp. The wire stretches across the engine bay hap-hazardly. They ask to run fuses. They ask to run filtres and all sorts of stuff that's costly. They run wires under your door sills and many break more contact pins on door panels and on trim and trunk pieces which leaves your car rattling with leftover debris to vibrate as you drive down the roadways. In truth, the only people I'd trust to do an installation on a radio [speakers and amp] would be a tech at VW. But in that case it would cost thousands of dollars labour and weeks to get the car back.
Speak to the head dude at the audio shop, always speak to the owner or top manager. Ask the exact experience the
STAFF has because I've seen just transferred staff from the check-out registers working on BMWs. Hackers.
Best Buy, Circuit City and those outfits.
-M.D.