Connecting amp and subs to stock infinity

joemathews · #1 05-16-2004, 04:41 PM

I know everyone hates the stock infinity system, but I actually like it...or maybe the previous owner installed aftermarket speakers. In any case, it sounds good enough for me. Is it possible to connect an external amp to it?

1stGenRocks · #2 05-16-2004, 08:15 PM

check crutchfield.com they have some generic info on sub installs and for 5 bucks you can buy a mastersheet for your car with all the wiring specs and color codes

Chavez408 · #3 05-16-2004, 10:01 PM

jake, this one is all yours! your the pro on audio

EclipseRST · #4 05-17-2004, 05:59 AM

well really the best thing to do is buy an aftermarket CD player with RCA pre outs...it sounds much better and that why you can hook up the RCA cables straight to the CD player that run to your aftermarket amp! if you really cant afford a aftermarket CD player right now go with a RCA converter...($10-20 at your nearest best buy or audio store) what you do is go under the seat and take the wires that run off the amp to your rear speakers and tap into them with the converter... then you just run your RCA cables to the amp for your subs... then you need a sorce of power, you will need a wire to run from the battery about 12"-18" then a fuse then to your amp and make sure to get thick enough wire (8 or 4 gauges works best... if its a smaller amp get 8 gauge, its cheaper and smaller) also make sure you get the fuse holder and fuses when you get the power wire!!! then you need to run a Remote wire... take out your factory CD player and you should tap into an all red wire! that is your accessory wire and you need to run that to the amp... next you need the ground, that can be placed anywhere you want to in the trunk but make sure you get that in either 8 or 4 gauge! the easiest way is to buy a amp installation kit... that comes with everything you need + more!!! then all you have to do is hook everything up and your done!! good luck

duckydsp · #5 05-17-2004, 01:15 PM

Also, it would probably be in your best interest to get a capacitor. I can't count how many times my system had completely drained my battery. You will also notice a small difference in the power depending on if you get a nice capacitor.

Urban_Squrill · #6 05-17-2004, 01:19 PM

You can use a car battery instead of a capacitor. Works great and its cheap or free.

duckydsp · #7 05-17-2004, 01:26 PM

A capacitor hooks up to the battery. I don't think it is really worth running two batteries on an eclipse. There's no room with a cap, two amps, and two subs all in my trunk.

EclipseRST · #8 05-17-2004, 01:27 PM

the capacitor doesnt help from draining your battery, it just makes your alternator work less! yes its a good idea to have but its not a necessity! and yes you can use a car battery as one... basically thats all they really are, just holds power thru resistors!

duckydsp · #9 05-17-2004, 01:35 PM

I thought it pulls power and holds it inside and uses that to power the amp and subs. When I had my system in, without my my capacitor, my battery would be drained within 5 min. Since my system was stolen, I haven't had a problem with my battery. Also, I went to Sears Auto and one of the people told me to get a capacitor, and they didn't even sell them there.

Reckage · #10 05-17-2004, 01:48 PM

Eclipse rst said it all i did this to my bros tacoma because he only had one set or preouts and we needed two, it took us a whole day only cuz we never did it before we were joining the wrond wires and stuff we also burned a speaker out because of wrong wiring but now i could finish it in 3 hrs

EclipseRST · #11 05-17-2004, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by duckydsp

I thought it pulls power and holds it inside and uses that to power the amp and subs. When I had my system in, without my my capacitor, my battery would be drained within 5 min. Since my system was stolen, I haven't had a problem with my battery. Also, I went to Sears Auto and one of the people told me to get a capacitor, and they didn't even sell them there.

yea you have to go to an audio store to get one! anyways you must have done somthing wrong hooking it up or your battery or alternator were bad! cause your stereo should never do that unless the car wasnt on!

1stGenRocks · #12 05-17-2004, 02:06 PM

probably his alternator is dying and you only notice it with the extra spike loads from the stereo
dunno if that made sense by extra spike loads i mean when the bass hits real hard and draws a lot of power all at once

duckydsp · #13 05-18-2004, 12:12 PM

That's true. I hooked my system up in like a half-hour. I've done it so many times that I prolly overlooked something. Also I was running an 8 guage wire to the battery. That wasn't very bright of me. I do have a capacitor, but my system was stolen before I put it in. Now I just have a capacitor.

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