Installing my a new cd player and a sub

[Bboy_Jon]

ook so ya normally

Youd hook one speaker to the

left -+

then hook another to the right -+, but to bridge i simply connect left - to right +??

so that would gimme around 140w or so?

how cna find out how many watts my speakers need?

also should i screw the amp to the sub box, a piece of wood (so i dont have to drill my car) or what, i could screw it to the back of the rear seats right?

i couldnt mount it upside down right? because the heat would disipate back up to the amp?

also i should test it all before mounting right?

[balls_to_the_wall]

If you screw the amp to the sub box, I would put a piece of foam inbetween the amp and the box so that it has no chance of rattling...

[kcg795]

Don't really care anymore. I'm just going by what I read.

[Bboy_Jon]

ok i just went in my car and looked at stuff

everything seems fine, theres a nice bolt im pretty sure i can ground to

problem though

I checked under my hood, and ya i CANNOT find any holes in the firewall where the wires slide through, wtf? i cant see any and theres seriously no space to drill a hole wtf?

[Bboy_Jon]

hmm i checked out the amp kits at walmart

they got a 225 amp kit for 12

550 for 20

and 1100 for 25

none of them come witht he battery connector thing though

Also they got a 230w or so sony xplod amp for 80 looks nice too

k heres my amp

http://www.cardomain.com/item/ALPMRV100M

basically 100-150w depending on how much voltage and how many ohms your running

so that 225w amp kit would work? i didnt see any battery terminals so where can i get them? (locally)

[bumpinstang77]

Originally Posted by kcg795

Some stereos can actually power a couple of small subs and have an option to cut the highs out. And by small, I mean 6.5 inches or smaller. Never EVER underpower a sub. If your stereo doesn't have enough power to run a 12 or a 10 and you go turn it up, it'll distort and it's distortion that will kill your subs. Get a 2 channel amp. If you have only one sub, you can bridge it to mono. If you have 2 subs, then just wire it in stereo. My Profile Baja HA1000 does a nice job driving my two 10s in stereo mode in a bandpass box. The price is right too. They're getting 160 Watts RMS each. Oh, with this amp, if you have two subs, you have to wire in stereo. It will not accept a 2-ohm load in bridge mode.

You can always underpower a sub as long as your gains are set correctly. And by underpower I don't mean by a head unit. Distortion doesn't kill subs. Too much power (whether distorted or not) and mechanical issues kills subs.

[Bboy_Jon]

somone told me i need converters for the door chimes (the chimes that go off when the door is opened and the keys in teh ignition)

where do i get that?

and the amp has a

speaker level input

its a 4 pin plug (square) and theres channel 1 and 2, left and right whats that for?

[tblake]

leave speaker level inputs alone, run the rca's. You connect either rca's or speakers, never both. RCA's will give you much cleaner sound. And as for hooking a sub straight to a headunit, that is completly stupid and totally wrong. Dont do it. It will do no harm to the sub, but they headunit will not be able to handle it. You must use an amp. Dont even waste your time hooking it up unless just to test it for a few seconds.

[Bboy_Jon]

yup

the email is [email protected], if that doesnt work hit up

[email protected]

i got a question which battery terminal do i need for the remote jump start (which i found btw)

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kt9qebC...sp?g=713&avf=N

walmart SHould have one of those, which one do i need? so i know what im lookin for

and will the 225 w amp wiring kit work? or do i need the 550w kit? the amp gives out about 150-200w bridged

[Johannes]

It sounds like you're looking at the Scosche wiring kits from Wal-mart... I ended up going for the 550W one just to be on the safe side... and what do you mean by "none of them come witht he battery connector thing though"?

Are you referring to the power wire?

[Bboy_Jon]

no, in the pics on the back of the box (look if u still have it, and ya im talkin about those scosche kits)

It says battery terminal (not included) in the wiring diagram

how much would the terminal cost at walmart? i didnt see one when iw as there

[tr10av]

Your battery terminal is already on the car. It is hooked up to the positive pole of you battery. Just unscrew the nut on the terminal and slide you connector over the bolt. Then re-tighten the nut, and you have power to your amp. Make sure not to tighten the nut to much or it will cause you terminal to crack which isn't good.

[black94]

yeah got a couple of questions. What kind of vehicle is it? What kind of sound do you want? I know your on a limited budget. On the pioneer sub it might tell you the specs of it on or by the magnet. If powered right that bandpass box can make crappy subs sound somewhat better. But if you use that one amp just run a mono setup. rca's to the back of the cd player. If it is a car, your not gonna want trunk rattle which is tacky. You have what you have i would tell you how to make a world class system but seems that is not your intent. You are only sixteen and you do what you can. But if interested you can e-mail me.

[Bboy_Jon]

i have a 97 chevy lumina

i just wanna hit up more bass mainly cuz im bored and i can lol

how can i get rid of the trunk rattle?

[black94]

use sound dampner padding in short