First thing first. I've been hooking up sounds for not only myself but my freinds and my freinds friends. It's relatively easy if you ask me. Before I get into detail about how to hook up your sounds, you first need to know everything to purchase. Below is a list of items you must have in order to connect your subwoofers.Items needed to hook up Subs:
1) Power kit w/(RCA) cords
2) Subwoofers & Encloser/Box
3) Amplifier(s)
Nextly, once you have purchased all of the required items, you are ready to hook up everything to your car stereo. O.K. inside the Power Kit are: the power wire, ground wire, RCA wires, speaker wires, and remote wire (this wire sends the signal from the radio to the subwoofers). I strongly suggest you connect the power wire and the ground wire last. This will make sure that you don't blow anything. I've been doing this for a very long time and I haven't blown a amp or speaker, so you will be just fine. The First wires you want to connect is the remote wire. This wire is very small. It connects to the small terminal on the amp and connects to the AC cord in the back of your stereo. Since your already connecting the AC cord in the back of your stereo, you minus well connect the RCA cords as well. This is extremely easy. The next wires you want to connect is your speaker wires. This wires are positive and negatve (Red&Black). So make sure you connect the positve with positive and negative with negative. This is very easy, almost common sense. After your down with that. you can connect your power (red thick) wire to your amp, (NOT THE BATTERY JUST YET). This connects to the power terminal on your amp. You should have no problem finding this. After that connect your ground wire (black) to the amp. It will say ground on the terminal. Once this has been done you must find a spot in your trunk to bolt down the ground wire. If your trunk has carpet, your going to have to pull a section up and you'll need bolt the end of the ground wire (black) that is not connected to the amp into a metal part of your trunk. After that, you are ready to connect the power wire (red thick) to the positive terminal on your car's battery. Howerver, for doing so, you must connect the fuse that comes in the kit. It slides into the fuse holder on the power wire (red think) and twist together. Make sure you twist it very tight together. Once that has been done, you are ready to test your speakers out.
If you have any questions please post on my blog.Good luck, and I hope that I was helpful. Thanks for visiting my site, and please refer your friends. Have fun Bumping your music.
-Juan-
Here's a couple of Tips that always seem to help me:
Work with a experienced buddy to help troubleshoot and save time.
Use a amplifier that is not cheap because the cheap ones blow up when you crank the volume or use them for long periods of time.
Same goes for the subs.
Make sure you wire the subs to the correct ohmage, some amps cannot handle certain ohm loads, be very careful!
Many car audio stores do installation for you if you are unsure or inexperienced.
Also some Warnings:
Always disconnect the negative battery terminal when working with automotive electronics.
Be careful with razor blades they are sharp and can severely cut you.
Always wear safety glasses they could save your eyes.
Always fuse your positive line or fire/ damage to your unit could result.
Always work with a experienced buddy.If you can't do it just take it to a trained professional. They know what they're doing and they wont blow up your unit or car.
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