Adding a Rockford 3sixty.3 DSP

[AndrewHD 10+ year member]

Hey guys, I am thinking of adding a RF 360.3 to my Eclipse AVN726E. This is new to me. Has anyone installed one of these that can tell me how. It seems to be installed in the same fashion as an amplifier. I just want to know if I can install one of these myself and if it is any different than installing amps. I will deal with the tuning later. That is a whole different story though, that I would like to learn more about as well in the near future

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[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Take a look at the installation manual online and decide if you can handle it.

 

[AndrewHD 10+ year member]

Take a look at the installation manual online and decide if you can handle it.

I just did and it seems pretty straight forward. I'm pretty sure I should get an experienced person to help tune, but do you know if I should set the full range amps to All-pass and use the 360's crossover only? Or will the amps crossovers be bypassed automatically?

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

do you know if I should set the full range amps to All-pass and use the 360's crossover only?

Yes

 

[AndrewHD 10+ year member]

Yes

Ok that's what I was thinking. One last thing I am unsure on is should I just use the passive x-overs? I wouldn't want to damage the tweeters by going active when I don't really know what I'm doing yet. I know you can put a capacitor inline before the tweeter but I would rather not get into that right now. So my question is will I be able to use and tune a passive x-over with a DSP? Sorry for all the questions

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Ok that's what I was thinking. One last thing I am unsure on is should I just use the passive x-overs? I wouldn't want to damage the tweeters by going active when I don't really know what I'm doing yet. I know you can put a capacitor inline before the tweeter but I would rather not get into that right now. So my question is will I be able to use and tune a passive x-over with a DSP? Sorry for all the questions

My system is a mix of active and passive crossovers to run more speakers with only 8 channels on my DSP. You can still tune your passive components, but you won't be able to take advantage of separately EQing the mids and tweeters.

 

[AndrewHD 10+ year member]

My system is a mix of active and passive crossovers to run more speakers with only 8 channels on my DSP. You can still tune your passive components, but you won't be able to take advantage of separately EQing the mids and tweeters.

Ok thanks for your time. I will read more on going active and DSP's. Thanks for the info

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Ok thanks for your time. I will read more on going active and DSP's. Thanks for the info

I forgot to mention independent level control and time alignment. These are good advantages.

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

Going fully active was the best thing I did in my system. You can still use your passive crossovers but if you really want to take advantage of what you got, you might as well ditch them. You will not damage your tweeters as long as you set your filters correctly and gains as well.. It definitely is more of a challenge to tune an active setup over a passive but it's not impossible to do it on your own. Tweeters don't need as much power so start on the low side. What I did was put the gain on the tweeters the lowest I can put it, then try to match the mids from there. It's more efficient on power so you don't have to use as much of your gains as you would on passive setups. Way more louder and cleaner overall but will require more time getting it right. I would suggest starting with -12 db slopes with the front stage to help blend the highs and mids and see what you need from there.

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

Make sure the DSP goes BEFORE any amplification so you have full control of all speakers. Set full range/all pass on all your amps so there's no interference.