Recent content by Sierra Nate

I think the reason you hear about the short ground wire rule is more related to the fact that there is always a good location for a ground within 18 inches of where you need it. Wire will inherently have resistance. The bigger the wire the less resistance per foot of wire. Shorter lengths...

I recently did a 5th gen ram, sounds similar to yours except I did not have the amplified system (I chose this truck knowing I was going to upgrade so got one without the factory amp). The center speaker grill on the dash, does the speaker grill say harmon kardon on it? Mine did not. I was...

Run there rear kids off channel 3 and 4. Run the front woofers and front tweeters off channels 1 and 2. Actually you'll run the crossovers off channels 1 and 2, and from the crossovers you go to tweeters and woofers separately. The crossovers will split the signals to the woofers and the...

I put the DSR1 in my 2019 Ram. I opened up the amps...crossover set to all pass. I chose to use the DSR1 DSP. DSR1 will allow you to go the opposite route. Chose one, but not both. You only need the DSR1 DSP if you intend to run low level (RCA) to the new aftermarket amp. If you go speaker...

gauge is one element. Bigger being better? Not always. Depends on the install. If space is limited then going bigger for the sake of being bigger may not be optimal since any size over what the current needs is just wasted space. Another important element is the flexibility fo the wire...

Shazam says No Results. Google search got nothing either. Sounds like its digitally synched...Steve probably made that himself.

The dual voice coils are 2 ohms each? (assumed the v2 at the end of the model number you posted). So if you do one jumper, negative to negative then you've done half of a parallel connection. How are the wires going from your box connection to the speaker? Positive to Positive and negative...

My first audio install I knew absolutely nothing about audio equipment. Being a trained electronics tech I understand all the electrical theory (digital) but translating that to audio (analog) was a challenge. As I struggled with decisions I found this forum which absolutely took me to a new...

Are you using the Advanced EQ settings or Basic EQ settings? I don't have experience with the basic EQ because I chose to use the HU EQ for that (using idata maetro). The thing that makes the advanced EQ settings hard to set is the fact that each channel has it's own EQ. So if you're using...

I had a Pioneer Head Unit that would only accept firmware updates through the SD card slot. Does this unit have SD card reader? On my Pioneer the USB only looked for media devices (like a phone or music device) on either of the USB ports.

More details. Brand and model of the subs and amp? How are they wired? series or parallel? Total impedance 2 ohm, 4 ohm, something different? How large is the power wire to the amp? How is it grounded? Has the gain been set to match the head unit driving the amp?

There is a lot of communications going through the car's CAN bus. It's kind of like a computer network's ethernet hub in that it controls all the comms on the low level stuff...stereo, hands free controls...climate controls...etc... The factory head unit wires are bundled into a loom. You...

I'm really happy with the Kenwood 3.5 in the dash. But I am tone deaf. I'm using the EQ settings to send high notes to those speakers so they sorta act like tweeters, but with a little more mid range than a tweeter would normally get. Hope that makes some sense. But I definitely hear the...

Ok...I got the gain adjusted on all three amps and I have to say, these Kenwood's sound awesome. Using DSR1 EQ I push bass to the rear doors, mid range to the front doors and highs( 800 and above) to the dash. The sub is thumping deep dark bass. I'm really happy with this set up. I'm really...

You'll be happy with the 5201. And you're right...a backup plan for GPS is not a bad thing. You did pay a little more, but not that much more. Resist the temptation to become a follower. Android represents freedom of choice! I'm the only one in my family that doesn't use iPhone. And this...