Recent content by smashedpumpkins

I was afraid this would be the case. I swapped the front and rear speaker wires and RCA inputs. The rear speakers now share the rear left channel. The fronts are where it's at anyway. The sound is still great. Thank you.

Recently my FR speaker became quiet and distorted. The speaker and its wiring are fine. I swapped the FL and FR around in the amp and realized that it's the FR channel. Is there any way to fix a single channel that went out? I temporarily wired both the FR and FL to the FL channel but I don't...

I'm currently in the process of wiring my Roku to my car for power and I'm concerned about dirty power. I don't fully understand it other than the power source is not consistent which may harm electronics. So feel free to correct me. The Roku 2 XS runs off 5v 1.5a. I purchased the DROK 12v to...

So after installing my system I've run into a problem. This is in a 2011 Toyota Corolla and was previously installed in a 2008 Toyota Tundra. (It worked perfect in the truck) Specifications Kenwood 8120 CDT Audio ES 62ius Fronts /w tweets CDT Audio CL 62cv Rears /w tweets Dash Tweets 2...

Okay lets see if someone can explain this one... I messed with the RCA cables and to my surprise a lot (not all) of the whine disappeared. Then I noticed something strange. If I have both pairs of RCA cables wrapped together the static and whine is minimal. If I pull them apart it's 3 to 4 times...

Oops double post... Added my system to my signature though.

Yeah I know I'm going to get some smack for this but I cut off the plastic and took half the copper to one amp and half to the other. My power wire has a splitter though that I moved from my old system. I must have missed the splittler for the ground. This is my first real heavy install so I'm...

So I've done a lot of reading and am curious about a few things. I have two amps... A Sundown Audio 100.4D and 1000D. (Speaker and Sub Amp) I installed my system after a week of torture but everything is working now except for some annoying engine whining. I read online that the amps should each...

Yep it was a simple setting that you had to set to "on". Something about rear camera interrupt.

I've never used a backup camera but decided I would give it a shot. I've spent 50+ hours installing my system and deadening and for some reason the only place I'm stuck is the camera. I have a Kenwood 8120 and a random chinese camera. The camera works because I can manually switch to the camera...

Finally got it working. Darn panel was pinching a wire... I've tried everything to get my Peripheral Steering Wheel Controls PESWIAKJC to work with this JVC unit but it's a no go for some reason. It worked great for my Kenwood but maybe this JVC unit isn't compatible. It seems that the unit...

I'm installing a JVC KD-R520 with 4 door speakers. I've wired up all the speakers to the head unit but I've having a problem... When the unit turns on it says "MISWIRING CHK WIRING". Everything I've read online says it has to do with the speaker wiring being installed badly. When the unit turns...

Lol no he's probably got a race car game like Mario Kart hooked up ha. Anyways sounds good I'll be doing this then.

I have a 2008 5.7L Tundra SR5 So I was wondering. I have a 350W Power Inverter that works great. I plug it into the cig lighter and it works for 2 laptops. However I was wondering are there any mods out there that will let me use the empty switches (There's a bunch all over) For example here's...

Sweet sounds easy enough. I'll ask them to do it once I get it installed. And if they don't I'll just do it on my own later. Any specific I should ground it to? Or would most of the stuff in there probably be good enough? A screw or something?