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    newbie here - hope u can help

    Check to be sure that the grounds are good, if you dont get a good ground you can end up with noise like that, and its not good for your components.
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Well I think the verdict is in and I have 3 options 1) hack out part of the console thats on the floor in the center and build a recepticle out of fiberglass. About 300 dollars 2) buy a new alpine deck w/ aux in (299), buy an alpine relocation cable to locate the faceplate separate from the...
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    Installing an amp

    1. YOu could power both components and subs off of one amp but its not reccomended at all. To power your component (front and rear) speakers you should use a 4 channel amp, one channel for each speaker. For one sub you either need a mono amp or a 2 channel (bridged). 2. the guage of wire you...
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Thanks for that info very much, I will take a trip to the dealer and ask a few questions. The GS model of the sable has the regular climate control dials on it for which you can simply pull off and buy a dash kit for at any audio joint. THe LS premium has the digital ones where you just set...
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Checked Scosche's site and for that vehicle it said only "custom"
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    Wire size

    What I did is run 4ga from the battery to the trunk and then run it into a power block and run a 2' 8ga lead from the power block to the amp to ease frustration of tryin to get 4ga in a hole it barely fits in.
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    Installing an amp

    http://www.ehrensplace.com/sourceimages/photo/2004/car_newbox/index.htm picture of my amp install, I ran power from the battery and attached the ground to a good grounding point in the trunk. Ran RCA's from the back of the deck to the trunk. I have 2 amps so i used power blocks ot split the...
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Here is a picture of the actual dash. They make the dash kit for this car with the nobs but this is the LS Premium so it has all the digital crap which is waht poses the problem. http://www.ehrensplace.com/console.JPG By line out converter are you talking about the thing to use that you...
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Here are some picture links to my current setup in my old car just for the heck of it. http://www.ehrensplace.com/sourceimages/photo/2004/car_greenglow/index.htm http://www.ehrensplace.com/sourceimages/photo/2004/car_newsub/index.htm...
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    Big issues - 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium

    Hi there First off this site looks very cool and hopefully i will be able to help out where I can and learn where i cant So here is my frustrating problem. I bought a 2004 Mercury Sable LS Premium today... took it to the local audio joint to get a dash kit so i can install my stereo from my...
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