Recent content by Mad Max

OK I don't know a lot about electrical things and car stereos but this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to try to take the wire from the car that lifts the antenna, and connect it to the RED wire that is controlled by the ignition switch. This means that I will be just playing with wires and...

My antenna does have an adapter, but thats an entirely different wire. Does anybody have any other suggestions to get this thing working properly?

OK fellas, after some more work heres what I got. The battery isn't completely dead which is good. The problem is, when I just wire the "system remote control" wire from the amp(s) to the blue/white "system remote control" from the HU, I can play everything, including the radio, but my antenna...

Hey guys I just pulled it out and looked at it, this is what I have. I connected the blue/white "system remote control" from the HU to 2 wires which I think is my mistake. The first of these wires is a blue "power antenna" from the car. The second is a black wire that is connected to my amp in...

OK heres my problem. My car battery died and I think its from my HU install. The car started a couple of times after the install, but after not using the car for a few days, I found it with the battery dead. So I think something is constantly ******* power. Here's what I think I did wrong, but...

Ah yeah thank you. Stupid question I remember there being 2 gains now when I was messing with them before.

Hi all I'm still trying to learn all this stuff and would appreciate some help on this question that I couldn't find by searching. I'm powering my front and rear speakers with and alpine 40Wx4 amp at 4 ohms. My front speakers are rated at 110 RMS at 4 ohm and my rear speakers are rated at 65RMS...

I'm in the market for a new head unit and there are many decks that are compatible with Ipods but are there any out there that allow for control of other mp3 players through the deck itself? I was looking at the Pioneer DEH-P6900UB and the first line of the description says "uBus" USB Direct...

I posted this in head units a few days ago, didn't get any replies and thought I'd try here... I have a Sony cdx m610 deck and obviously I want to plug my MP3 into it. I know about the Sony XA-300 but that jimmy costs like 100 bucks. What about this PAC Sony Unilink adapter? According to this...

Hey I have a Sony cdx m610 deck and obviously I want to plug my MP3 into it. I know about the Sony XA-300 but that jimmy costs like 100 bucks. What about this PAC Sony Unilink adapter? According to this site it says that it connects to any Sony UniLink car stereo. And this site right here...

Is there a noticeable difference for the kicker 10" between the 05 model ($67) and the 07 model ($130)?

Ah that makes a lot of sense thank you two for clearing that up. So I want component in the front, makes sense. What do I want in the rear? Standard speaker or 2 way coaxial type deal?

To be clear, if it says 2 way that means component correct? And 2 way is (overall) easier to deal with.

Really? I was looking at the Infinity Reference maybe that's why. I mean I can get the Infinity Reference 6012si for $47 on Amazon. So I was if that's a good enough deal I'll go with those. Otherwise I was looking for something $50-90, particularly this site here...

Two 10" Kicker Comp VR subs. And two sets of 6 1/2" speakers, haven't decided which yet. After reading things on this site I feel that Infinity is not the way to go. Probably Kenwood, Kicker, Rockford Fosgate, Pioneer of JBL.