Newb With Audio, Need HELP!
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Yes that's how it would be wired.
You COULD bridge them but I wouldn't suggest it. It would be easier that way and you'd get more power but it'd be running the amp below it's rated load and I don't know how durable those amps are and I don't know your self control with the volume ****. Experienced car audio guys will wire well below the rated loads but they have powerful enough electrical to support it.
You'll wanna set the gain for set A and B for 20v each. Use a 1000hz tone for the doors and a 40 or 50hz tone for the sub.
You COULD bridge them but I wouldn't suggest it. It would be easier that way and you'd get more power but it'd be running the amp below it's rated load and I don't know how durable those amps are and I don't know your self control with the volume ****. Experienced car audio guys will wire well below the rated loads but they have powerful enough electrical to support it.
You'll wanna set the gain for set A and B for 20v each. Use a 1000hz tone for the doors and a 40 or 50hz tone for the sub.
Thanks for holding up with me, and suggest GOOGLE to me ha. Take care bro
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Yes that's how it would be wired.
You COULD bridge them but I wouldn't suggest it. It would be easier that way and you'd get more power but it'd be running the amp below it's rated load and I don't know how durable those amps are and I don't know your self control with the volume ****. Experienced car audio guys will wire well below the rated loads but they have powerful enough electrical to support it.
You'll wanna set the gain for set A and B for 20v each. Use a 1000hz tone for the doors and a 40 or 50hz tone for the sub.
You COULD bridge them but I wouldn't suggest it. It would be easier that way and you'd get more power but it'd be running the amp below it's rated load and I don't know how durable those amps are and I don't know your self control with the volume ****. Experienced car audio guys will wire well below the rated loads but they have powerful enough electrical to support it.
You'll wanna set the gain for set A and B for 20v each. Use a 1000hz tone for the doors and a 40 or 50hz tone for the sub.
and by 20V you meant .2V right?
Oh no no.
The Freq **** is your crossover (used to filter certain ranges of sound) and the gain is used to match your input voltage with the amp (most people think of it as a volume **** but it's not.)
Channel A put the switch on HPF and put the freq **** to where it points to about the 60.
For channel B put the switch on LPF and set the **** to around 80.
To set the gain you will need test tones to play on the radio. If you have aux input and a smartphone this is easy as there are online tone generators.
You will need to use your dads multimeter on AC voltage on one of the speaker outputs on each channel and set both gain ***** to where it reads 20v on the multimeter.
I'll get you a link that has more detail on setting gains.
The Freq **** is your crossover (used to filter certain ranges of sound) and the gain is used to match your input voltage with the amp (most people think of it as a volume **** but it's not.)
Channel A put the switch on HPF and put the freq **** to where it points to about the 60.
For channel B put the switch on LPF and set the **** to around 80.
To set the gain you will need test tones to play on the radio. If you have aux input and a smartphone this is easy as there are online tone generators.
You will need to use your dads multimeter on AC voltage on one of the speaker outputs on each channel and set both gain ***** to where it reads 20v on the multimeter.
I'll get you a link that has more detail on setting gains.
I skimmed it, but I believe this is the thread.
http://www.caraudioclassifieds.org/f...correctly.html
That should tell you more than you ever need to know about setting gains.
Just substitute your phone for the CD.
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/
Use a 1000hz tone for channel A and a 40 or 50hz tone for channel B.
If you don't understand anything ask me before you go messing with it. I'd rather answer more questions than to see you burn something up.
http://www.caraudioclassifieds.org/f...correctly.html
That should tell you more than you ever need to know about setting gains.
Just substitute your phone for the CD.
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/
Use a 1000hz tone for channel A and a 40 or 50hz tone for channel B.
If you don't understand anything ask me before you go messing with it. I'd rather answer more questions than to see you burn something up.
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I skimmed it, but I believe this is the thread.
http://www.caraudioclassifieds.org/f...correctly.html
That should tell you more than you ever need to know about setting gains.
Just substitute your phone for the CD.
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/
Use a 1000hz tone for channel A and a 40 or 50hz tone for channel B.
If you don't understand anything ask me before you go messing with it. I'd rather answer more questions than to see you burn something up.
http://www.caraudioclassifieds.org/f...correctly.html
That should tell you more than you ever need to know about setting gains.
Just substitute your phone for the CD.
http://onlinetonegenerator.com/
Use a 1000hz tone for channel A and a 40 or 50hz tone for channel B.
If you don't understand anything ask me before you go messing with it. I'd rather answer more questions than to see you burn something up.
Since A is Door Speakers and B is Sub? I most likely will be wrong and flipped it backward. ha because you're the guy that knows his stuff. But just making sure since the term LPF and HPF is Low-Pass Filter and High-Pass Filter.
So how basically on my Pioneer Head Unit- Set everything on there to Zero; Fade,Balance, Loudness- Off, Flat
Gains- Twist all the way lowest.
What about Freq where should that be?
set it to like 80% of your maxinum volume on the Unit.
Test both channel A "1000hz" channel B "50hz" twist gain until get 20V on the Multimeter.
Low pass = only low freq can pass through.
High pass = only high freq can pass through.
Set channel A to HPF and about 60hz on the freq **** so it will start cutting out stuff from 60hz and below.
Set channel B to LPF and to around 70-80hz so it will start cutting out music above 70-80hz. It isn't just a block, it just fades out the sound as it goes up. The rate at which it gets quieter is the slope, but you can't adjust that on your amp.
And on the gains, the bigger number is the lowest. Turn them all the way counter clockwise, then when you are playing the test tone at 75-80% your max volume hook the multimeter to the speaker output (with no speakers hooked up at all) and slowly turn the gain up till the multimeter reads 20V AC.
High pass = only high freq can pass through.
Set channel A to HPF and about 60hz on the freq **** so it will start cutting out stuff from 60hz and below.
Set channel B to LPF and to around 70-80hz so it will start cutting out music above 70-80hz. It isn't just a block, it just fades out the sound as it goes up. The rate at which it gets quieter is the slope, but you can't adjust that on your amp.
And on the gains, the bigger number is the lowest. Turn them all the way counter clockwise, then when you are playing the test tone at 75-80% your max volume hook the multimeter to the speaker output (with no speakers hooked up at all) and slowly turn the gain up till the multimeter reads 20V AC.
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