I know this has come up before with some of the Alpine units, but my situation is a little different. I'm going to be running a set of components up front off of a 2 channel amp. The HU sends 18 watts RMS, and has a max rating of 50 watts.
My question is this...if I'm going to just be running the fronts, and they will be run off of an amplifier, do I still need to wire the HU to the battery?

Also, do I need to bother connecting the front speakers to the wiring harness kit? All of the signal will be sent through the RCA patch, into the amplifier, through the crossover, and into the speakers...correct?

Thanks guys!

 

correct, and no you dont need to wire the hu to the battery....just remember to go into the setup menu within the deck to turn off the internal amp, it should be in the manual how to do it, i dont remember off the top of my head. what deck do you have? I'm installing the 9815 this weekend in my car

 

Cool..thanks for the help!

I just pieced together a system for about $525. I got:

Slightly used Panasonic CQ-DVR592U HU
brand new Eclipse 33200 2 channel amp 130watts x2 at 4 ohms
brand new CDT HD62 components

I think I did pretty well for myself.

 

How come you didn't call me for technically advise? , j/k.. Give me a call later. I figured out my "little problem".... Probably be ready for your car next week!