General Installation of Blaupunkt sub Thb200a = Interscope?

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

From www.bluespot.co.uk.

http://www.bluespot.co.uk/stock/spkr0_2.asp

http://fe0wap79.bosch.de/intershoproot/files/serviceDocuments/7606305001001_EA_GB.pdf

Perfect fit under the driver seat.

Remove left hand sill panel. There is a screw back and front. Pull it hard upwards. On the front door jam there is an earthing point. Use this for your earth. You can also run the positive to here and to the battery.

The blaupunkt is great as you only need to connect +ve and -ve power supply and ONE speaker wire as the bass is picked up from one channel. In the wiring loom locate the orange and orange and black wire. The latter is the speaker negative. The orange is the speaker positive.

Remove the handbrake cover. There is a 10mm bolt beneath the rear cupholder and feed the wires under the carpet to the sill. Use an old wire coathanger to help you.

Make the four connections and your done. Lovely bass. And dead simple. And only £99 delivered!

An Interscope system equivalent for peanuts.

Anybody that needs help can PM me!

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

I guess fitting this means you can no longer for the rear carpet mat in place?

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Mark Elvin said:
I guess fitting this means you can no longer for the rear carpet mat in place?

Actually you can. But not under the passenger seat as there isn't quite enough clearance. You're more likely to have someone behind the driver I think. The speakrer can either sit on the mat or have the mat velcro-ed up the side of the speaker to prevent it getting scuffed.

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

I was wondering about some velcro stuck to the underside of the sub to stop it sliding around, I don't really want to drill the car if I can avoid it.

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Mark Elvin said:
I was wondering about some velcro stuck to the underside of the sub to stop it sliding around, I don't really want to drill the car if I can avoid it.

Vecro is what I have. It sticks well to the carpet but not the mat. The friction of the velcro on the mat however is enough to keep it in place! The speaker is heavy and won't move much anyway.

You can always use the adhesive velcro and the backing of that adheres well enough to the mats.... stick the soft line of velcro to the mat. You can't see it as it is the same colour!

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

Ah, I was going to sew a strip to the mat.....

So how much of an improvement is the sub over standard then?

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Mark Elvin said:
Ah, I was going to sew a strip to the mat.....

So how much of an improvement is the sub over standard then?

Amazing. I had it under the back seats in my last car and it was great. Haven't fiddled with the settings yet to optimise it for the fiat stereo. It is better as close to the driver as possible and it works better IMHO connected to a speaker high level connection, as the sub is controlled by the car's volume control. Low and mid range frequencies from the standard set up aren't too bad, but I will probably put some coaxials in the front doors at some stage and leave the standard tweeters.

PS I will post some pictures later!

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

dougl65 said:
Amazing. I had it under the back seats in my last car and it was great. Haven't fiddled with the settings yet to optimise it for the fiat stereo. It is better as close to the driver as possible and it works better IMHO connected to a speaker high level connection, as the sub is controlled by the car's volume control. Low and mid range frequencies from the standard set up aren't too bad, but I will probably put some coaxials in the front doors at some stage and leave the standard tweeters.

PS I will post some pictures later!

I'm popping some components in, hopefully next week.

Don't know what to go for though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=025

or should I get these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=022

or these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JBL-GTO-607c-1...QQcmdZViewItem

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

I would go for the Infinity. They have a great rep and are cheap as chips. As I said I would go for the coaxials rather than the components and leave the tweeters well alone...

Such as these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INFINITY-62-7...r-speaker_W0QQitemZ160228076816QQcmdZViewItem

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Above, from the rear, seat has been moved forward. Below, from the front, seat in driving position.

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Just so you know I actually used the cigarette lighter positive feed for the speaker (grey and red) as it is rated for 180w. The Blaupunkt is rated at approx 10 amps and the lighter socket can supply approx 13 amps (Watts= Volts x Amps 180=13.5 x 13.3 approx)

col-blue · Apr 18, 2008

The interscope has better quailty speakers and an amplifer for the speakers.

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

I know! The standard stereo falls down on bass response. This makes the whole thing sound better.

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

I belive the head unit is the same in the Intescope equipped cars as on the std cars (same pt.no on epr).

I have just ordered some 6.5" Infinity Reference components

, will hopefully order the sub at the weekend.

Just need to find the rear speaker sizes now.

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

dougl65 said:
The blaupunkt is great as you only need to connect +ve and -ve power supply and ONE speaker wire as the bass is picked up from one channel.

I'm a little confused by this however, the wiring diagrame definately shows a left & a right speaker input (items 8 & 9)

dougl65 · Apr 18, 2008

Yes. But you don't have to connect both and the instructions mention this.

white 500 · Apr 18, 2008

but the interscope is more than just a sub and the head unit has some different sound settings, it was specifically designed for the acoustics of the 500 by blaupunkt. and at £250 its hardly worth risking the loss of warranty because you have cut into wires to retrofit a sub

kw1984 · Apr 18, 2008

white 500 said:
but the interscope is more than just a sub and the head unit has some different sound settings, it was specifically designed for the acoustics of the 500 by blaupunkt. and at £250 its hardly worth risking the loss of warranty because you have cut into wires to retrofit a sub

Yes £250 as a factory fitted option. You can't have it fitted after build. A lot of people couldn't have this when you ordered your 5OO in Jan/early feb. It wasn't available.

Thanks dougl65 for all the information.

Kieran

Mark Elvin · Apr 18, 2008

ell, that's the sub ordered too, just the rear speakers to sort.

white 500 · Apr 19, 2008

kw1984 said:
Yes £250 as a factory fitted option. You can't have it fitted after build. A lot of people couldn't have this when you ordered your 5OO in Jan/early feb. It wasn't available.

Thanks dougl65 for all the information.

Kieran

i ordered mine in feb with interscope, but yes i see you'r point

the fact it can't be fitted afterwards tells me there is more than just a sub though. has anyone took delivery of a interscope fitted car yet ?? could mine be the first :slayer:

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