wiring

I have this craig 3139 8 trk. and FM radio combo and would like to get a wiring diagram ? The wires that I think should be connected are - red with fuse goes to battery black goes to ground these are the wires I...

I want to use my factory wiring harness to power my door speakers from a amp. I have an aftermarket head unit. I had the 6 speaker, 8.4 uconnect head unit stock (non-Alpine). Is the factory amp in the head unit or, is it located somewhere else?

Hello all ... can someone please describe to me the best way to 'wire up' this combination. I've tried multiple times witout sucess and have just been stabbing in the dark. Idealy, obviously, I would like to be able to control the fader for Front and Rear balance, and use the head units...

My factory receiver is the smaller display version, and doesn't have carplay or android auto. So, I'm upgrading to the Sony XAV-AX8100. I bought an install guide from Crutchfield, but it either has information I wasn't expecting, is missing info, or is confusing. Basically, to answer the...

Hi All, My daughter bought a '15 Camaro, very base model, very base radio (non-BA). I bought front-door (cheaper Infinity) components from Crutchfield. They sent connection adapters for the door woofers, but had a note that they don't have a connector for the tweeters. I figured it OK as they...

I am trying to install a high output alternator on my 1996 Jeep Cherokee. The issue i ran into is that the stock alternator has some sort of voltage regulator on it that connects to the pcm to regulate voltage rather than a 2 prong clip. the new alternator came with a 2 prong clip with 2 wires...

Hello guys, I have a sundown sml-12 d4 running 500 watts to it. I recently was on YouTube watching videos of other builds and saw that they were using 12 gauge wire for their sub. On my sub I am only using a 16 gauge wire but the distance is really small. Is the 16 gauge wire restricting the...

HI all, I'm no electrician and I'm trying to figure out this system as I want to fit new speakers etc. The Peugeot RCZ had an option of a JBL upgrade which consisted of the following; 2 x front tweeters (dedicated wires, with a capacitor for passive filtering) 2 x 6.5" fronts with dedicated...

I have 4 JL 10" subwoofers, 2 of them are 10W3V3-4 (4Ω SVC) & 2 are 10TW3-D8 (8Ω DVC) I'm trying to wire them all to play from my JL RD1000.1 Amplifier for just a few minutes to see them all work. I read online I possibly can wire the DVC in parallel (2Ω) and SVC in Series (2Ω). Is this...

Can some one show me how to wire two- 4ohm mid range and two- 8ohm horn drivers together🙏🙏🙏

Hello guys, I bought the DS18 Pro-GM6.4PK and I need help in how to wire it. I am currently upgrading the current door speakers and adding the tweeters. I already have a Kenwood KAC-8404 installed for all my door speakers. Can I get power for the tweeters from the 6.5 speaker, and it would it be...

wired the remote wire of my aftermarket amp to a toggle switch that I installed under my steering wheel. The wire that completes the connection of the toggle switch is connected to a fuse tap. I used a 2.5 fuse connected to the 10a wiper fuse and the wiper fuse pops every time. Without the fuse...

I have a Hyundai Kona with a factory sub in the trunk area. It’s okay, but I want to install my Audison Prima APBX 10 AS2. It’s a powered sub that I was using on my last car. I had an aftermarket HU with rca outs and no factory sub, so connecting was easy. Now I have a factory head unit with...

I have a 2005 Dodge Stratus that has a center dash speaker that I would like to incorporate into the new system. I've already purchased the Sony XAV-AX8500, an Infinity 3004 4ch amp, and Infinity Reference separates front and rear. Will I need to add a DSP? Change the amp? A wiring diagram would...

I'm looking to wire each sub individually to my amp but 4 ohm down to 1 ohm My amp is a ct sounds at and has 4 screw terminals Am I right by wiring one 4 ohm sub down to 1 ohm and connect it to on set of terminals at the amp and same on the adjacent sub ?

I have two Alpine R2-W12D4, and a Stinger Monoblock amp that does: 2000Watt @ 1Ohm 1500Watt @ 2Ohm 800Watt @ 4Ohm My subs are rated at 750Watts RMS / 2250Watts Peak if I wire them like this picture shows: Does this mean each sub will recieve 1500watts RMS or 800? Also it will be in a...

Looking for a color coded wiring diagram for a 2003 Ford Expedition XLT. The factory installed premium radio and female harness was removed leaving a bundle of 24 dangling wires!

Question. 2021 Highlander with JBL system. I was planning to add a sub woofer to existing setup. How do I connect a DVC 2 ohm / 8 in sub woofer to the existing speaker outputs. The existing speaker has 2 sets of wires (4 wires) going to speaker. Do I just connect each set of wires to each voice...

Hi All, I'm Derek. Nice to meet you. I just placed an order for a Pioneer 9701 amp and Rockford Fostgate P3 12 inch enclosure. I contacted the audio seller for install. They said they will rewire the Punch 3 from 2 ohms to 4ohms which will give me 500 watts RMS. But then I will not get the...

Hello.. I'm in need of some help wiring my battery setup for my sub setup. I have 2 runs of 0g wire fused at both ends already ran but the issue I'm having is how to connect the batteries. I have a standard group 65 as my starting battery and 2 shuriken 1500s for the rear. I was wondering what...

How does adding resistance to a circuit only cut off/lower a certain frequency output of a speaker? If I add a “4 ohm” bass blocker to a “4 ohm” speaker, will the speaker now play half the volume since the circuit will now see “8 ohms?” Can someone explain please before I purchase bass...

I have 2 x 2ohm subwoofers (kicker 10" CompVR 2 Ohm) running at 350W RMS each And a 40hm amplifier running at 14.4V, 49 mono, ≤ 1% THD+N: 400 x 1 14.4V, 29 mono, ≤ 1% THD+N: 800 x 1 RMS (Kicker KXA8001 800w Mono) How would I wire it correctly? Can I series it into a final load of 4 ohms...

Is rockford fosgate 1/0 gauge wiring good? I had a buddy a while ago when I first got into car audio who refused to use there wiring. So I'm just curious is there wiring good or ****?

I am hooking up a full kicker system in my bronco. The sub is being powered by the kicker key 500-1 and im using a kicker comp 8” sub. How do i hook up the speaker wires? The sub is 2ohm… this is where i het lost 😞 Please use layman’s terms as this is not my forte. The amp came as a...

Hello all, I need help finding a battery for my amps. I’m going to be running a recoil 5k amp and a recoil 800 and possibly a small 400 watt amp for highs, call it 6.5k watts all together. I’m looking for one giant battery or two depending on the price (lithium or not) that could accomplish all...

I got two MB 10-in 10 24 Memphis they have the two and four ohm jumpers on one side to a dual voice coil so I have a pioneer GM e360x4 2 3 or 4 channel amp I try to bridge how do I wire those woofers if I can't jump them cuz there's only one set of voice call inputs on the speaker please help

Got my aftermarket head unit and speakers installed and running. Getting ready to run the power and ground wire for sub amp. Ground wire not a problem being as it will be a somewhere in the trunk.... My problem is I see no unused grommets or anywhere actually to run the 12 volt wire to the...

Hi there, I'm in the process of replacing my 2010 Polo's factory speakers and head-unit. (With a pair of Focal ASE165 Components and a Pioneer DEH-S420BT head-unit). I've run into the problem of where to place the speaker crossovers, as the tweeter and woofer wires are in completely different...

Hi everyone, Thanks in advance if you're here looking at this as I am new to the forum. I am probably 3/10 knowledgeable on car audio set ups, but recently stumbled upon some weird stuff in my first car I bought/newly found project car. I'll put the "short run down" first and explain details...

Ok, I can’t be the first person that this has happened to… my saddlebag lid speaker wires broke into because I fill the saddle bags too much and the cargo pushes against the speaker connector. My question is in repairing it. It would appear that the white wire out of the magnet (which broke...

I am upgrading my whole audio set up (the shop screwed me on alot) so I was wondering should I do my stage 3 wiring first or high output alternator. Here's the stage 3 wiring kit in thinking of. I realize 0/2 might be over kill but I'm going to be getting either a 5k or 8k amp when upgrade is...

So my subwoofers are/was wired down to 1 ohm the impedance rose to 3 ohms (witch to me I feel shouldn't be that high) could it be from a stock alternator. The lights don't dim or anything but I feel like i shouldn't be getting a 2 ohm rise. My car is a 2012 Nissan altima 3.5, the amp I'm using...

So I'm redoing my box and fixing stuff I did wrong because I was in a rush last time. So I'm gonna screwing all my cable inside my box down. The question i have is where should I put this wire. There's a Rattle I hear when I play the sub and it's not the sub I know that for sure so I'm starting...

I know that a 4ch amp is good but what watt amp should it be, ive seen pioneer’s 1000w amp and heard people say its good for the mid range speakers just want to be sure

I’m fairly new to aftermarket audio components but I have used them before. Recently I just got some new subwoofers for the car and they use a lot of power. 2000w to be exact. They work how they are supposed to but I have to connect them to my starter battery because I have no other battery. My...

I installed my system several years ago. Recently, it started to cut out at high volume. I thought that one of the amplifiers was going bad. All the amp fuses were good. While troubleshooting I noticed that the fuse holder in the trunk had melted. The fuse and the connection were still good, so...

Hey everyone, I've just joined this great forum. Sometimes it happens to find the best forums when we are in troubles and desperately need for help..! I have a Kenwood DNX521VBT sat nav on a VW Amarok truck. As it recently stopped working, I have performed a so called 're-flow' to try solving...

Is it OK to have three components share the same remote on wire?

I've got the Audiopipe TXX-BDC1-12 | 12 Inch 1200W DVC 4 Ohm Car Audio Subwoofer | TXXBDC112&oq can it be wired to 2ohm....??? I've heard yes and no

So, this diagram is from the user manual. Are they saying that front speakers left/right rca go into channels 1/3? And rear go to 2/4? That doesn't make sense to me, because you adjust the crossover for 1/2 and 3/4. Anyone familiar with this RP 600.5 from Skar?