Audio Upgrades in 08 S60

larrico · Post by **larrico** » 11 Aug 2010, 10:17

Looking to potentially replace the factory radio with an aftermarket navigation system. Seems fairly straight forward, but Crutchfield is telling me I'll lose the center speaker. Is there anyway to prevent this?

Post by **JRL** » 11 Aug 2010, 15:33

If you pull the entire unit yes.
You know Volvo offers a kit for a certain model garmin that sits where the factory unit sits (speaker area) works in conjunction with your speakers.
you should look into that. In the long run it probably will be cheaper.
You have an 850 stereo in a standard 08 S60?

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 11 Aug 2010, 16:46

I just put an aftermark NAV in my S60R and yes, I did lose the center channel. The only way to prevent this is to get a unit that puts out 5.1 audio from the head unit. I have only seen a handful of units that do this and none of them were nav units. Also, I would recommend getting the Double DIM from Volvo so that you can put a Double DIM nav in the car. This is what I did and I like it a lot better then a single DIM flip out unit.