Finally installed my amp... :-\

[FrEnChYII]

Ok, I installed my 4004 tonight... finally...

I have only one question really, I have a set of component speakers up front, and this amp is running to them, is having a hissing sound coming from them, normal? Or what, and if not, how should I fix it, or look into fixing it?

Thanks. ;-)

[pickup1]

turn the gain down?

[FrEnChYII]

I tried that, the hissing sound was still prominent.

[xbdrx]

Probably cuz its in a dakota It isnt jst on a cd is it?

[FrEnChYII]

No, could it be due to a bad ground?

And another thing, I was talking to my local car audio store owner, and he told me that I DON'T need to run a ground from the battery to a distribution block to my amp... and that a proper chassis ground will be more than sufficient............. is this true?

[Prowler573]

No, could it be due to a bad ground?

And another thing, I was talking to my local car audio store owner, and he told me that I DON'T need to run a ground from the battery to a distribution block to my amp... and that a proper chassis ground will be more than sufficient............. is this true?

In a word? Yes.

[wolfman1966]

lets put it this way, a proper chassis ground is FINE. and no you don't NEED a ground from the battery to the amp....however the battery negative is the BEST ground...just takes more wire

[FrEnChYII]

Even with all that added resistance in there?

That's what he was mainly concerned with.