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    Powered Sub connected to rear speakers

    I'm trying to set this up for a friend of mine that just got a new stereo for Christmas...I just did a system in my Jeep but used an Alpine head unit I already had around the house, it has 6 rca's on the back for the front, rear speakers and a sub, so it really wasn't very hard to set up I just...
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    Powered Sub connected to rear speakers

    Sorry...the amp is a small Kenwood marine 50 watt per channel amp, the speakers are 4 Pioneer 6.5 3 way speakers rated at 300 watt max/ 50 watt rms I think they have built in crossovers for the tweeters...
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    Powered Sub connected to rear speakers

    Good info thanks!!! now if the head unit only has the 1 rca (L&R) output how does it separate front/back speakers??? so if I run from the rca (L&R) output from head to amp that will give me the stereo out from the head unit but the amp has 4 rca's in how does that work?
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    Powered Sub connected to rear speakers

    The head unit only has 1 set of RCA's just left and right out, I am going to hook up an amp from the head unit to the 4 speakers (2 front/2 rear) and want to connect the sub...if I have the 4 speakers hooked to the amp via the speaker wires (hi input connector to amp) can I then use the RCA on...
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    Powered Sub connected to rear speakers

    I just have a quick question...I want to hook a powered sub with crossover to an aftermarket head unit that does not have sub output, I have read you can splice from the rear speakers, my question is do I use + from left rear and - from right rear to go to the sub amp (sub has both high and low...
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    4 channel amp acts like 2 channel amp

    This is a mini amp (not much space in a Jeep) not a lot to it no panel aside from a gain, polarity button and low/high input button all 4 channel outs, power lead, ground, remote turn on switch are just wires straight out of the unit it has a plug in for the remote vol knob and a plug in for mp3...
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    4 channel amp acts like 2 channel amp

    I just went out to take another look at it...dont know if this factors in or not but, if I disconnect all of the rca inputs from the HU and stick just the pos of any of them in to the connector I get 2 speakers making sound, doesnt the rca's have to have ground and pos to work??? doesnt make...
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    4 channel amp acts like 2 channel amp

    Alpine CDA 9827 HU, Pyle marine 4 channel amp (PLMRMP3B) 2x 6.5 Pioneer rear and 2x Pyle 4x6 front
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    4 channel amp acts like 2 channel amp

    Hello all, New here... I installed a 4 channel amp, 1 channel to run each of the 4 speakers and I noticed two things first my HU fader doesnt work correctly it seems to lower the volume but does not fade front to rear and I can dissconnect any 2 channels from the amp and all 4 speakers will...
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