Does anyone know if you can turn off the factory Bose EQ on my car with Vag? I was reading up on the older ones and everyone said you get alot better sound by turring the EQ off?? anyone help? anyone around the philly area?

not sure about the EQ because I had to do allot of adjusting to get mine back in line after the VAG mod. It had much more high and low end after the filters were turned off. I had to back the bass level down to half of what it normally was. I can't remember the code that I set, so hopefully someone will post it.

The stereo is coded 00100 (I think). Just change it to something like 00000 or something, and that will make the stereo not display BOSE when you turn it on. Whether or not this will disable BOSE EQs, I have no idea.

Turning the EQ off, was true on the B5 models. The B6 BOSE sounds fine to me, but then again I'm not an audiophile. At some point, I'd like to add a subwoofer. But I'd probably go with the easiest approach and get a line level converter and tap into the rear speakers.

I've never heard of anyone being able to disable or adjust the "hidden" eq settings on an '02. Let us know if you find a way!