Cars & Transportation: Car Audio: “Question: I am trying to hook up an amp to my factory radio in a 2012 camry, how do i connect the low line converter to the back of my radio?” plus 5 more |
- Question: I am trying to hook up an amp to my factory radio in a 2012 camry, how do i connect the low line converter to the back of my radio?
- Question: Is my Sub woofer damaged?
- Question: Car radio wiring question?
- Question: I have a 1200 watt 2 to 8 ohm amp and 2 12inch 4 Ohm 400 watt RMS 1600 watt subwoofers. The bass will hit and my car speakers cut out.?
- Question: My speakers make a white noise after I turn the volume up to about 25?
- Question: All of my speakers are crackling.?
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| Question: Is my Sub woofer damaged? Posted: 22 Sep 2016 06:50 PM PDT Let's put it this way - if you drive your car at full acceleration all the time, it will handle it for awhile but it's eventually going to break down. Same thing with subs. They aren't designed to be played at max output right on the edge of distortion all the time. They get hot, excessive heat breaks down the adhesives and other materials, and sooner or later, ... flash, pop, sizzle. Anonymous · 12 hours ago
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| Question: Car radio wiring question? Posted: 22 Sep 2016 04:11 PM PDT Ignition/acessory is the switched power, constact 12v is the battery/memory. Basically the memory is constant(connects straight to the car battery) because otherwise you'll have to redo all your settings, like the clock for the time and such, every time power to that wire gets disconnected, and the switched goes on with the ignition, so the radio turns on when you turn the car on, cause if switched has constant power then the radio will be on all the time. Anonymous · 10 hours ago
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2016 02:44 PM PDT Not enough information. Just give us the brand and model numbers for your subs and amp, the year, make, model and sub-model of your vehicle, so that we can double-check all specs. Look at the back of your amp and tell us what the gain, bass boost and low pass filter (crossover) settings are. Also tell us how the subs have been wired, if you know - series or parallel for single voice coil subs and series/parallel, parallel/parallel, or series series for dual voice coil subs. And be sure to check your ground and power wires for a good connection to remove any doubt about that. The ground wire must have solid metal-to-metal contact with the body of your car, no paint dirt or corrosion under the grounding lug. If you have noticed headlights or other lights flickering or your car running rough or otherwise acting in an unusual way when the subs hit, that would also be a useful bit of info. EDIT: OK, Scenario 1: dual 4 ohm subs. If you've wired the voice coils parallel, that makes each sub 2 ohms. Your amp theoretically produces 450w rms per channel at 2 ohms, so with your 400w rms subs hooked up, not a bad match. However, Boss amps are notorious for power ratings that are grossly exaggerated because they put something like 18 volts through them in the lab for testing. In actuality, at the average 13.8 volts produced by an automobile alternator, that amp will only produce 345 watts per channel max before blowing the fuses. Playing anywhere near that output, which will peak with the subs hitting hard, it is eventually going to run hotter than blazes and go into thermal shutdown, causing your subs to cut out before blowing the fuses. Scenario 2: If you are running the amp in bridged mode, with both channels tied together, the amplifier impedance becomes 4 ohms. If you've wired the subs in parallel with each other and the voice coils on each sub in parallel, the total impedance of your subwoofers would be 1 ohm. Oops! If that is the case your amp would be highly unstable. It might be fine idling or with very low power running through it, but as soon as the juice starts flowing with the subs hitting, it would try to produce four times its rated power and quickly overheat, going into thermal protection. On its way there the distortion would be horrendous, especially with the gain turned up at all. Too much of that overheating cycle and bye-bye amp. That wouldn't really be a big loss since Boss amps are pretty much garbage and better used as a paper weight than butchering music in your vehicle. The Solution: If either of those scenarios sounds right, the fix would be a better amp. I'd suggest the Pioneer GM-D8601 monoblock with your subs wired parallel/parallel for a 1 ohm total impedance. It costs about $130 from Walmart's online store. In the mean time, your best bet with the Boss 6002 would be to bridge the two channels, wire the vc's of the subs in series for 8 ohms and the subs parallel to each other for 4 ohms total. It wouldn't be ideal, but it would work so long as you are careful with the volume, gain and bass boost. p.s. Good luck. Don't forget to sent that $50 consulting fee. |
| Question: My speakers make a white noise after I turn the volume up to about 25? Posted: 22 Sep 2016 02:21 PM PDT Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel |
| Question: All of my speakers are crackling.? Posted: 22 Sep 2016 01:55 PM PDT Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel |
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