05 chev. silverado ls
2500 duramax

hello to one and all, here for the first time and I'm leaving my first Thread. My ? is, I what to pull out the stock head unit and replace with a Alpine head unit. If I go the route of just that, am I going to have problems with the ele. because I pluged the Alpine head unit into the stock wire harness. Or if I go the route of unpluging the wire harness and running new power, remote, speakers, and amps, and not pluging it into wire harness at all, have I created a open loop?

I have the LS decor:
am/fm stereo w/cd player
no xfm, no bell and whisles
the alpine head unit that I what to put in has xfm and I would like to activate it once it is installed. I also would like to run my ipod with this install.

any hints or ideas from anyone and everyone would save a blonde from looking blonde.

If you don't have the Bose head unit, you can get by with a wiring harness adaptor and mounting kit for your Alpine. Should be a done deal. If you have a Bose head unit, then I believe there is an adaptor you may need.

Bose system will require an AOEM-PAC24 adapter.

www.jpcustoms.com has them.

Only the Bose needs the PAC adapter?

Only the Bose needs the PAC adapter?

Both bose and non bose can use the same PAC adapter for 2003 and up trucks.

http://www.jpcustoms.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=16239&cat=307&page=1

Both bose and non bose can use the same PAC adapter for 2003 and up trucks.

http://www.jpcustoms.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=16239&cat=307&page=1

what about 2002 trucks?

nope

I did the same thing you are trying to do but I used that pac adapter mentioned above and it works amazingly well. I didn't try it the other way because that would force me to find a power and acc power and a ground. It could also screw up the data bus on the truck. Maybe it will maybe it won't but I didn't want to find out.

andrewfessler~
The guy who started this thread does not need a PAC adapter. He has the non-bose system. I just did the same thing and mine works great. If you don't believe me, the call JP...they sold me the wiring harness and mount... Thanks

I was under the information that for non bose systems the "pac" adapter still gives you a amp control wire, etc.

You are correct though, if you do NOT have a BOse system, you can get away with just a wiring harness.

you don't NEED an interface, but it makes the install easier and you get better factory integration. IMO the Metra GMRC-01 is a better interface than the PAC one.

Teamsynergy- your avtar Rocks!

thanx for all the info, not going to run the "pac" adapter. I'll check with everyone soon, going to install some "attitode" this weekend. and "teamsynergy": helllloooo

thanks blue and rstuff....

The only thing you loose by not using the PAC adapter is the door, light, and key chimes.... IMO, I would rather not have them... the lights are auto on, the key is always with me, and the door is only open when I am getting out...

The metra adapter kept all that stuff. I pulled the little speaker off the wiring harness so I didn't have the chimes though.