Recent content by TheBlackSheep

Is there any way to power a head unit short of the wiring harness? Someone mentioned something about being able to test using the battery, but I'm stumped. any ideas?

After looking a a wiring schematic, I've found that the wire in question was an amplifier remote; I've terminated the connection using a wire nut, but there's still no power to the HU. Any suggestions?

I'm wrapping up an install job on a 95 Jimmy, putting in a Sony CDX-M8815 or something (not the one with the single control in the middle, but two on the sides with the display in the middle, which could very well be irrelavant), just put the dash back together and the HU isn't powering on...

This amp has been sitting in his closet for quite some time now, so I guess my question is (Provided if it does power on, I suppose that means everything works properly) "Is there any way with a multimeter to tell what kind of power (RMS) is coming from the amp channel? I'm sure there's some...

I got an amp from my friend tonight, it's a Rampage (Audiovox) 522A; puts out 50W x 2 MAX, can't find the RMS anywhere online. Anyway, for the sake of laziness, my main question is where can I get those little plugs for using the hi-input on the amp? Also, would it harm my amp/speakers if I...

Now that I'm down to a semi-busted Eclipse 12, I need suggestions for a new setup. I'm a fairly broke college student, so I'm doing quite a bit of 'shopping' to get the most for my money. I've got a local flea market (although I don't know if I should be buying subs from there), and I'm down...

In an attempt to do as you guys told me, turns out a 2nd tinsel wire was unconnected to the terminal on the CV. As far as I'm concerned, CV isn't a good speaker. The Eclipse (the semi-busted one I got for free) is the only one working properly, I was wrong, it's 170W RMS and 350W Max. Since...

So running both subs isn't a good idea? My box fits two twelves, so if I choose to run just one, should I get another enclosure and just have the 1 12" in a box by itself?

Alright, here's the problem: My setup right now is a Pioneer DEH-3500P HU with 2 Infinity Reference 4602CFP's in the doors (nice tweeters for the price), stock 6x9's in the back (The car is a 98 Sunfire GT Conv), a CV HED 1202 and an Eclipse something or other in a box in the trunk, running off...

If anyone read my last post about my sub, turns out one of the tinsel wires coming from the voice coil to the terminal had come loose; nothing a little solder (and a 1st degree burn on the ring finger) couldn't fix. That still leaves me with one twelve. The other day, for $5, I got an Eclipse...

Mmk, just noticed something in the Jensen manual; it puts out 125W rms/channel at 4ohms, and 175W rms/channel at 2 ohms.. Seeing as my amp is stable at 2 ohms, I don't see how I fried my first woofer; as far as I knew, they were correctly wired in parallel... In any event, I know the higher...

Haha, I've mastered the art of ghetto rig; I used wire nuts instead of crimps when putting in the head unit, and now it sticks out like a 1/2 inch from the dash,

So they're cooked; that's friggin great. Well, no loss of sleep, seeing as how I got my whole set-up for free (I just had to buy cables, the swtich, and do the install work myself). I guess now that I've fried both, I need suggestions for some replacements. I liked the CV's, but with my...

After previously blowing it's companion speaker, I wired my remaining Cerwin Vega DVC 1202 such that my two channel amp had one channel per voice coil; it was receiving 125W rms per coil, so the sub was maxed out. For awhile there, it was sounding better than two woofers! But now, I'm not sure...

Another question, my amp is to run in 4ohm minimum if bridged; does this mean I need to run the coils in series in order to protect my sub?