(ot, but vw related) stereo wiring

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

The Hitman wrote:
> 
>   i'm going to be putting a new head unit into my passat since my stock head
> unit just took a crap on me, but i'm sort of confused. the passat is a 91
> with the actif stereo, that is the door speakers are amped. can i just put
> my sony explod cd player on a factory wire harness adapter and plug it right
> up? i've heard that if you have the amped door speakers you need to rewire
> the whole speaker set up and switch to non-amped speakers, but this doesn't
> seem right to me. anyone out there switch the head unit in there passat or
> jetta or golf with this stereo set-up before?
>   hit
> 
> So Sayeth The Hitman

You need to google AKTIF and find the guy's site with what to do. 

I think bottom line is you replace the speakers. Check though.

TBerk