4 Channel Amp Installation HELP!

[TeeRay]

Hey everyone, I need a breakdown on wiring a four channel amp to the front door speakers and the read deck/rear doors and the head unit. I know that i need to wire it to the battery just like a sub amp, I'm just confused on everything else. Thanks in advance!

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[Jepalan]

List exact make/model of your head unit, 4ch amp, and all the speakers.

 

[TeeRay]

List exact make/model of your head unit, 4ch amp, and all the speakers.

HU: Kenwood KDC-BT558U

AMP: RF R400-4D

Speakers: Mtx tdx692

 

[brafferty]

ill let the pros do a step by step, they helped me do mine, just make sure your rcas arent flipped when you hooked them up, i did that and it took me a little over a month to realize, so much better now, just go slow

 

[TeeRay]

ill let the pros do a step by step, they helped me do mine, just make sure your rcas arent flipped when you hooked them up, i did that and it took me a little over a month to realize, so much better now, just go slow

Thanks man! By the RCA's being flipped, you mean having them in the Sub output instead of front and rear outputs?

 

[Jepalan]

How many speakers do you have exactly? You only listed a 6x9 model, but you mentioned fronts, rear doors & rear deck.

Do you have a sub?

 

[BloodyGuts335i 10+ year member]

Connect all power and ground wires with remote wire. Back of your h/u should have 6 rca inputs 2 front, 2 rear, 2 sub.

Sub in puts go to the sub amp and front inputs go to the front inputs of the amp. Make sure that you coordinate the colors. On the hu red of the rca on the right and then on the amp red rca on the right as well. So on for all the other chanels. That's it.

 

[TeeRay]

Connect all power and ground wires with remote wire. Back of your h/u should have 6 rca inputs 2 front, 2 rear, 2 sub.Sub in puts go to the sub amp and front inputs go to the front inputs of the amp. Make sure that you coordinate the colors. On the hu red of the rca on the right and then on the amp red rca on the right as well. So on for all the other chanels. That's it.

What about the speakers? Like how would I run each speaker to the amp? (How would I run the wires from the door to the amp, without the wires showing?) And why connect the power and ground to the remote wire, instead of grounding to metal, and attaching the power to the battery?

 

[TeeRay]

How many speakers do you have exactly? You only listed a 6x9 model, but you mentioned fronts, rear doors & rear deck. Do you have a sub?

I have two subs already hooked up to a mono amp and 4 speakers, 2 front and 2 on the rear deck. And sorry bout the confusion, I included both rear doors and the rear deck for either or; if i had a car with rear door speakers instead of a rear deck.

 

[brafferty]

Thanks man! By the RCA's being flipped, you mean having them in the Sub output instead of front and rear outputs?

naaaa i guess i meant the speaker wires, i had my fronts hooked up to my rear outputs and the backs to the fronts, and i also had this switch that completly changes frequency. Just little things to watch out for.

 

[BloodyGuts335i 10+ year member]

Wiring the speakers to the amp discretely is something you have to figure out as you remove the seats and carpet. Ground to metal, positive to the positive of the battery and remote from the back of the hu

 

[TeeRay]

Wiring the speakers to the amp discretely is something you have to figure out as you remove the seats and carpet. Ground to metal, positive to the positive of the battery and remote from the back of the hu

Okay thanks, but how would you get the wires from the door speakers? That's the part that's really killing me, do I just leave the wiring harness for the speakers hanging in the door or?

 

[TeeRay]

And do I tie all three remote wires together?.(HU Remote, high's amp, and sub amp)

 

[BloodyGuts335i 10+ year member]

There should be a groumet that all the factory wires go through. You would have to stick a hanger or something through to get it to through.