Where is 2003 e85 z4 audio amplify location?

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Pupa.aqua

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Hi,

I bought a 2003 e85 3.0i z4. It contains only six speakers with business CD. The sound seems to be not good enough. I want to upgrade aftermarket amplifier and speaker by myself. However, I cannot find amplifier location. Does anyone know where it is?
Thank you.
 
The head unit is the amp in a 6 speaker set up. It is possible to add speakers into the door blanks, which should be prewired in a 2003 and the speakers are the same as the ones behind the headrest. Upgrading to the standard 10 speaker “hi-fi” is possible but requires finding a power amp for the boot and bass speakers for behind the seats. I am not sure if the wiring loom is pre installed though, but they do come up for sale from time to time. Upgrading to the “top hi-fi” DSP system seems to be virtually impossible.

There are plenty of threads on here dealing with aftermarket upgrades if you don’t want to stick with OEM.
 
Yes, I did not make that clear they you don’t have an additional amp on the 6 speaker system and only the head unit itself.
 
That means the power by business CD to speaker without amp is low. That’s why audio quality is bad🥲. If I locate oem amp near business CD. Could I jump business CD audio output as oem amp input and output from amp to original 6 speaker?
 
I don’t see why not, although you will need to find a power supply for the amp. It isn’t going to work with the DSP amp, so make sure you get the non-DSP hi-fi amp and the (behind the seats) sub-woofers too.
 
I found the mux figure as below. The speaker connection seems only for 4 i.e. FR/FL/RR/RL.
1. Which one is the front 6” speaker pin connection?
2.If I want to add door 4” speaker, which pin I can connect? Is parallel circuit ok?

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Got it.
Which pin is rca signal out? If I want to connect to amplify. It’s need. I cannot find any pin seems to be like.
Thank you.
 
I’m not an expert on car hifi, but I had a look at the pin assignments for the 10-speaker hi-fi amp. There are 20 outputs (2 each for 10 speakers) but only 8 inputs from the radio (the 8 speaker outputs that you have identified). There is no separate RCA connection.
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Hi,

This version is more clear. Since my system is 6 speaker version. Where is the link of this figure? I want to find 6 speaker pin out figure.
Many thanks.
 
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