Retrofit Volvo V60 B&W

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Here is a small tutorial how to upgrade Volvo V60 High Performance Audio (NON Harman Kardon) to B&W.



Apparently this is a lot easier if you have Harman & Kardon as everything is prewired. Just swap the speakers, install the AMP and change configbits. 

Just small notes:

• All wiring in the doors are there, no need to add extra wires.
  
• A total of 4 wires need to be added for the speakers in the headliner.
  
• 2 wires need to be added to the subwoofer.
  
• With my car, the center speaker was pre-wired. But not connected to the amp.
  

First of all you will need all the speakers and install them into the door panels. This is just a straight-forward job and plug and play. 

I did install the roof speakers and subwoofer. Just added the cables to them. Fortunately the set that I got had the plugs and a small bit of wiring on it. So I could easily extend them to the front. 

For the roof speakers you will need to create a hole, like this:


I've used a "compass cutter" for it. It created perfect holes in fabric. I suggest you take one of the expensive sharper ones. AS it will take a lot of efford if you are using the cheap ones.

I ordered two speakers grills: 31479160 and  31479161. These are for the beige headliner.

You will need to re-pin your speaker connector as follows. 


Or if you are more like a picture person, like me:


Then I added the extra wiring to the center speaker. The cables go to the connector in front of the amplifier. (Just in front of the support beam.)
 

For now I've removed the two cables as I did not have the correct size pins. The correct part number you will need is: 30772666. You can push these in on the other side of the connector.

Now it is the time to install the B&W amp, just plug and play as well.
After this change the following config bits:

028 Radio, Amp and Speaker system: 03 Premium Sound
210 SUBWOOFER: 02 SUBWOF

I'm in the process of upgrading my V90's High Performance System too. I removed the center speaker grill today and discovered I have a pair of wires with a connector plugged into nothing. I'm assuming this is the prewiring you spoke of for the center channel speaker (see highlighted text in the quote).

Do you recall where you found the other end of these wires? It's not connected to the AMP. But is it nearby? Thanks!

EDIT: Nevermind! I read the rest of your post. You said the wires go to the connector in front of the amplifier, just in front of the support beam. Sounds like I will need to remove the front seat to get to these.