Featured HELP!!! Could I borrow someones brains that's smarter than I am? Please?
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Yes, looks like everyhting is done by breakout cabling. So you'll be connecting to those RCAs in the top right of your product picture.
If the unit has a decent EQ, you may want to forgo the outboard, unless you are looking to use it it for two very specific channels or maybe the sub. It can only add noise and a potential headache of troubleshooting.
Be thorough in your testing after setup though. I recently tinkered with a friend's truck that had one of these "Android" (for lack of a better term) head units installed. The EQ acted strange in that it would sometimes accept settings, sometimes not (regardless of what the display showed).
I attribute it to the "off-brand" software that they mash into this stuff.
If the unit has a decent EQ, you may want to forgo the outboard, unless you are looking to use it it for two very specific channels or maybe the sub. It can only add noise and a potential headache of troubleshooting.
Be thorough in your testing after setup though. I recently tinkered with a friend's truck that had one of these "Android" (for lack of a better term) head units installed. The EQ acted strange in that it would sometimes accept settings, sometimes not (regardless of what the display showed).
I attribute it to the "off-brand" software that they mash into this stuff.
Popwarhomie
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I would suggest not getting a $60 Temu under seat subwoofer.
A second battery is not needed at all.
Yes the wiring harness has the RCAs.
Do you have an actual budget so we can suggest better?
A second battery is not needed at all.
Yes the wiring harness has the RCAs.
Do you have an actual budget so we can suggest better?
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Also keep in mind that at least 75% of the sound quality will come from the install. I personally have seen thousands of dollars worth of equipment sound worse than a $500 system. Wrong wiring, wrong positioning, etc... Not to mention the damage that can occur to your vehicle. I have seen a lot of cars get burned down due to shotty power wire runs.
1 Channel amp and 4 channel amp will not work together. Mono amp means just one speaker. All of it or the subwoofer. Getting it to low frequencies would be the part you would have trouble with. If you are using it under the seat and want it like the picture there, then high output and small enclosure is the elements in the subwoofer. And not low bass reproduction. So you will be only getting a small enclosure from the subwoofer and high output. Not lower bass reproduction. Meaning this subwoofer hits the midrange frequencies. Crossovers then to this woofer is midbass and not LPF like you may have planned. And those RCA cables are not the correct cables to the subwoofer. It will be modified version of it. Longer. Okay, there's no DVD function to this Android. One last main problem to tackle, those RCA cables to the amp under the seat, will be too long. Those cables are too short. They are meant for factory amps, close to the dash board radio area. Your work then is in calculating wiring and cabling specs. Midbass crossovers and midrange frequencies for the woofers you bought. Here's how a four channel amp will look. In fact, the colors to it are the same replica as your vehicle. The RCA cables, color code it to be in phase. If you are bypassing a factory amp too in your vehicle. Signal wires and speakers wires has to be matched from the factory amp and sub amp to the speaker assembly wires. Speaker outputs.
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Well, you just got the biggest brains of all responding to your post. You can't get any better information than what Mitchell has to offer, unless you wish for it to work properly.
Seriously,
Let us know what you are trying to achieve, what car you have, and how much you are looking to spend. Otherwise, we are shooting darts while wearing a blindfold.
Seriously,
Let us know what you are trying to achieve, what car you have, and how much you are looking to spend. Otherwise, we are shooting darts while wearing a blindfold.
Please don't listen to Mitchell Fosgate III.
He's someone's bastard stepchild and he just wants to be heard... DON'T LISTEN!
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