Nodge68 said:

I personally wouldn't bother. It's 30 year old technology, and was only mediocre back then.
I used a more modern aftermarket amp, sub, speakers and HU, which together sounded way better than the HK LR offering.

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Wizard2003 said:

Thanks Nodge, the car already has an aftermarket HU but didn't come with an amp, I knew someone who had one so just stuck that in. It's only temporary as I plan to do a rebuild of the sound system come better weather next year.

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Wizard2003 said:

But just for future reference is there an amp that connects directly to the freelander connection?

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Nodge68 said:

A good aftermarket HU will be a good starting point to a decent sound system.
Replace the door speakers with improved units, and add an amp to drive a sub, and that will sound better than the factory HK offering.

The HK amp needed the wiring to go with it, which was incorporated into a special harness.

An aftermarket amp will connect to an aftermarket HU very easily, much easier than trying to make an HK amp fit into a vehicle that wasn't wired for it.
The HK amp really isn't worth the trouble, if it's not already fitted. Outputs wise it's rated at 6 X 25 Watts. The door speakers received 25 Watts each, and the boot mounted sub got 25 Watts to each of it's voice coils, which totalled 50 Watts to the sub, giving a total of 150 Watts for the system.

The system I put in my FL1 used a Sony HU rated at 4 X 45 Watts which powered the door speakers directly, and a 300 Watt amp powering a sub in the boot, which took the sub signal from the HU.
The factory door speakers were "OK", but I upgraded them to JVC coaxial speakers, which were a big improvement in volume and clarity of sound.

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