wiring

i recently installed my pioneer head unit in my 1996 chrysler sebring jxi convertible and i wired everything to the best of my knowledge correctly. The front speakers were working fine with the stock head unit. i you have any helpful info please post. Thanks!

how do you wire the opti 1535d down to .6 ohms or if anyone can send me some wiring diagrams i would greatly appreciate it

Whats the best way to do a chasis ground. i have the paint ground off and down to steel. I rana bolt through it with my ground wire attatched. is there a better way.

Alright, guys, so I have three DVC 10s that are 2ohm/coil and a monoblock amp. I need to split 1000w x 3 subs. They are rated 250 RMS a piece/500w max. What I need to know is how to wire them to change the 2ohms to 1ohm. They will be running from only one channel. I have searched around all over...

Item(s) for Sale: StreetWires 8 gauge wiring + fuse Item(s) Description/Condition: - 4 feet of 8-gauge brown ground cable with ring terminal - 13 feet of 8-gauge red power cable with ring terminal - AFS in-line fuse holder with 60-amp AFS fuse *the black on the wiring is just electrical...

I have a dual 2 ohm 15'' Fi BL Fully Loaded (2000 watts). And the amp i have is a Rockford Fosgate Prime R1000-1D the specs are (4 ohms 500 watts x 1 chan. & 2 ohms 1000 watts x 1 chan). And i have the sub wired like the pic below. Is the sub receiving the full 1000 watts? And i plan on...

ive had a system for a while with no problems at all. i went and bought a new amp it is a Quamtom Audio QA2000D 1000w rms amp so i can upgrade my speakers to something more high end in the future. now the guy i bought it from owns the store and it was used and i had him hook it up infront of me...

I have a pioneer gm-d8400m amp and a 12" sub. What type of wiring kit do i need? 4 guage? I also plan on buying 6x9's and 6.5's. Do i have to power those through the headunit? Is it better to upgrade to an aftermarket one? Sorry im a newbie to car audio.

Hey I'm new here! I've read the forum for.like a year now but never joined! Anyways, I have a JL 500/1 running on a 20 dollar supposedly 6 gauge wiring kit. at high volumes the amps power will actually shut off until I turn the radio back down a notch . When I looked under the hood my fuse...

I currently have a '95 Toyota Corolla equipped with four speakers; (2) 4" Pyle 180W 2-way speakers in the front doors and (2) 5.25" Pyle 200W 3-way speakers on the rear deck. I just finished putting these in along with a new head unit. I'm happy with the head unit, but feel as though my speakers...

I'm about to put a system in my '76 ramcharger. The configuration i have chosen is putting an alpine IDA x100m reciever in an ammo box that i have replaced my center console with. I also plan on putting in 4 JBL MS9200 6x9's (2 in the rear and 2 up front). The subs i have chosen are 2 JL audio...

This problem is kind of long but please bare with me. A few months ago I was replacing my trunk light and it sparked when I disconnected it. Long story short, my trunk light and all accessories in the car are on one fuse and when I replaced it a while back, everything was fine. However, earlier...

I figure while im upgrading the audio system in my truck i should toss out the cheapo **** i was using temp. and go with some decent **** (2-4 guage). If anyone knows where i can buy a new kit online at a good price feel free to link me in the right direction. Or if you got a kit lying around or...

What size wire do i need to wire a pair of 60 watts rms tweeters?

i just bought a pioneer avh-p3400 double din deck and i am installing it in my 2007 silverado classic and am wondering if it would use the same wiring kit and interfae as a single din deck would?

Ok so im about to upgrade my system and im going to get a new car soon, either a corolla s or a scion tc, kinda irrelevant, so currently i have a SSA dcon on a focal red 1 amp and a arc audio kar 400.4. Im about to get a ppi art series 404 to replace the kar, as i think the kar is a clone and...

Im gonna use 2 amps in my car one is a 500.1 jl mono amp and the other will be some 4 channel amp that will be probably 60-75 rms a channel. Im gonna use all 4 for my speakers. Can i use different gauge wires say 4 gauge from the battery to the distribution block then 8gauge to the amps. same...

I'm installing an amp in my 97 B4000 and need to get a power wire from the battery to the extended cab portion. Any ideas/suggestions/proven methods of getting a 8ga power wire through the firewall without drilling? It looks like I *might* be able to share the hood latch release grommet but it...

I have a 2001 oldsmobile Alero Gls (2 door) and i need some help with my speakers. I got this car from my dad for free and the rear speakers didn't work when i got it. I just assumed that they were blown out or something but sometimes a sound will come out kinda like a farting sound. So i...

OK so Im not stupid Im just a chick who bought a new car and the cd player isnt hooked up. There was a system in the car and the previous owner removed the amp and the subs (boo) now the CD player wont even power up. There's a wire that hangs down in the trunk that was hooked to the amp and I...

Hey guys I have a few questions about the wiring I'm going to be doing for my sound system. BIG 3 UPGRADE First of all I'm doing the "Big 3 Upgrade" with 0-gauge wire. I'll be using wire from a welding shop as it's cheaper, and the fuse block I'll put in is this one: Raptor 1/0 Gauge ANL Fuse...

I recently bought an Alpine Type R 12", it's boxed and mounted on the box is a 1600W MTX Thunder 801D. I have a '97 Volvo 850 with the factory deck in it. I'm looking at buying a "Brand New Rockford Fosgate Rfk4x 4 Gauge Amplifier Install Kit Made of 100% Pure Crystal-oxygen Free Copper" off...

I am selling my Sony XM-1S mono subwoofer amp out of my wife's Altima. It works perfectly. She damaged the sub, and I'm not replacing it, since she doesn't care, so the amp is no longer needed. This amp has an extremely small footprint, and I was using it to run 1-8" Polk MOMO sub @ 4ohms. I am...

I have been contemplating getting either 5 or 6 subwoofers. So I am trying to estimate what ohm load (series or parallel) that would be in order to plan for sub, amplifier and box build cost. I am currently interested in: 5 subwoofers DVC (2 ohm) 6 subwoofers DVC (2 ohm) Currently have 2...

i got a 136amp alt in my truck there is like 8 mabie 10 gauge wire on the positive and negitive terminals going to the grounds and and charge im going to run 4 agauge wire for my amp and i have an abundance of 4awg wire (kicker) would it work to do the big 3 with 4awg wire or would it not matter?

So I'm very new to all of this and I want your guys input! 1) So the only part of my system i actually have is a 2004 Honda accord and two 15 inch 1500rms watt subs. I'm only going to be using one of them because i have no room or reason for two. 2) I want a good sounding system that isn't...

I was wondering if anybody knows the speaker wiring diagram for a 1999 ford escort lx? Thank you...

I was wondering if anybody had or knew the wiring diagram for the front/rear speakers of a 1999 frod escort lx 4 door sedan? thks a lot...

So I have a 2002 Nissan Altima sl, which includes the stock bose system. I'm fairly new with car audio, but I've read up and researched a good deal. I just have absolutely no idea what to do to get everything to work. Everything other than the input wires to my new amp is set up and ready to...

My battery died. My radio reset. And now when i turn on my radio i hear power running through my subs. And it sounds terrible. Whats wrong?

I have a simple sound system in my car, 4 JL speakers, tweeters, kenwood stereo, infinity amp hooked up to my speakers and my 10" JL sub. My dad doesn't use his JL 12" sub with a JL mono amp hooked on top of the box so I'm going to hook it up in my car. I know this might sound easy to any of you...

Last year I had new speakers installed and they've got really good sound quality. However, I've been listening to more bass filled music lately, and I have no bass in my system at all. I've got about $650 and I have no clue about sound systems. I'd be extremely thankful if anyone knowledgable...

I have a stock head unit in my 2004 Dodge Stratus and would really like to keep either the same stock head unit or to put a different compatible stock head unit (I do not want to intall an aftermarket head unit if I dont need to). The only problem with that is that the stock unit only has a...

Hi, I bought my car and it came with what i believe are some pretty sick sounds and I'd like to know if they are wired correctly. I don't know exactly what specifications i need to tell you as i know very little about electronics and car audio but this is a project car for me so I need to...

hey guys i just bought a 5 channel crunch power one amp and i hooked it up in my truck with one 12" pioneer shallow mount and two 6x9s.. the problem is the 6x9s only played bass and were all distored. i tried messing with all the settings on the amp the distortion went away but the speakers made...

Hello, So I'm a first-time user here and I own a 1963 Nova with pretty much original everything INCLUDING the fact that the original owner ordered it WITHOUT a radio (so there is a rare factory-installed delete plate where the radio should be). I'm in the process of installing an amp either...

Ok, I have 2 Alpine Type-E 12" connected to a Boss PH2.800 1600w amp (2 x 260rms at 4ohms) and a 3.5 farad capacitor. Now, I have a little issue with the capacitor, when I turn up the volume for more than 20 the voltmeter goes off and the capacitor start making a beep sound. I have a 4 gauge...

So i have a Hifonics Brutus amp BXI2006D its a mono amp and at 2ohm pushes 1300watts (since its mono it splits 1300 evenly into two subs right? so 650watts each?) but it has two (-) and two (+) slots like a 2channel amp i also have 2 12" Alpine type Rs - 1800watts peak / 600 watts RMS 2ohms...

So I've hooked up 4 LED strips to my amp and a switch, like this: ---LED-----LED------TOGGLE SWITCH----LED-------LED--------- |____(+)Speaker Terminal on Amp (-)Sp. Terminal on Amp___| (That's all 4 LEDs in series drawing power from the amp, with a switch in the middle.) So all 4 are getting...

Hey guys. newbie here.. im trying to wire my front door speakers to my amp but im having a problem. the amp is a rockford fosgate 201s and it works fine. so what i did was used JL audio speaker wire to rca adapters. i hooked one up to the left front speaker output on my head unit, then ran an...