Balance/Fade questions

[Dmac1991]

Whenever I set my fade towards the front of the car, it lowers the output of my subwoofer. Anybody know why it does that?

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[Side Show 10+ year member]

you need to change the rear rca output from full to sub....

what deck is it?

 

[Dmac1991]

Factory. Sony headunit that came with the car

 

[Jepalan]

Factory. Sony headunit that came with the car

Factory sub, or did you add one? If you added one, how is it wired?

 

[Dmac1991]

yeah I have an Audio Technix Strato 12 and it's wired to 2 ohms

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

is it running from the factory amp?

 

[Dmac1991]

no I have an aftermarket amp i bought aswell

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

to clarify, its a stock factory sony headunit???

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

How did you connect the head unit to the amp?

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

my guess is you used a line output converter off of the rear speaker wires because it was easier. however, using the fader will change the signal to the rears and thus affect sub output.

simply wire the LOC to the front speaker wires (easily accessed behind head unit) and you can now fade to front without loss of signal (but will lose signal if you fade to rear - no reason to do that though).

 

[Dmac1991]

Yes I have a 2012 Focus. I bought the premium 10 speaker factory package and it's Sony.

 

[Dmac1991]

my guess is you used a line output converter off of the rear speaker wires because it was easier. however, using the fader will change the signal to the rears and thus affect sub output.
simply wire the LOC to the front speaker wires (easily accessed behind head unit) and you can now fade to front without loss of signal (but will lose signal if you fade to rear - no reason to do that though).

I had a local audio shop wire my system so I guess that's what they did

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Yes, rear speakers are easier to access and thus cheaper to do.

I only tap rear speakers if I disconnect the rears. If I leave the rears I will tap the fronts behind the head unit.

 

[Jepalan]

Yes, rear speakers are easier to access and thus cheaper to do. I only tap rear speakers if I disconnect the rears. If I leave the rears I will tap the fronts behind the head unit.

^^^ this, and too many factory systems have limited rear channel level and/or factory EQ. I like to start with the cleanest full range signal I can get and the factory front channel is going to be closest to that.