Got the 800PRS

[tiny tim 10+ year member]

So anyway my head unit was stolen outta my car last week so I had to decide on a new one that the insurance would cover.

I ended up getting the pioneer 800PRS, came in the mail today. Now the only thing left is to get it in there.

I'm a complete newb to installation, the most I've ever done is rip the system out of my totaled car (hah) and install an Ipod adapter to the back of my old 8600MP.

I want to take it active cus everyone's telling me it will sound way better, but have no idea how to do that. I also have pretty much free installation to anywhere of my choice (insurance agreed to cover it) so will they do an active set up? Any of you 880/800PRS that convinced me to get it have suggestions on what to do?

As far as the rest of my set up i have a 2003 chevy silverado with all Memphis mclass speakers throughout and 2 10"s under the back seat in sealed box. Thanks for advice

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[ebrunn 10+ year member]

Seems like a active setup is a little over your head at this time.

 

[tiny tim 10+ year member]

yeah youre probably right. but thanks for the advice tho buddy!

 

[danz24 10+ year member]

What exactly are you asking here? The point of active is to have more customization so it sounds better for you. Figure out which drivers you want first.

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

Lot to do and get rid of the coaxes.

 

[tiny tim 10+ year member]

this is prob dumb but im dumb with car audio (hence im posting right now) but can coaxials not go active?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

coaxs cannot.

i will agree and say that you don't seem ready to go active quite yet. do LOTS of research on it first. it's not for everybody.

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

Your typical car stereo installation bay (best buy, CC, sound advice) is gonna look at you like you are crazy if you mention being active.

You should probably give that unit to me, and buy something else. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[danz24 10+ year member]

Your typical car stereo installation bay (best buy, CC, sound advice) is gonna look at you like you are crazy if you mention being active.
You should probably give that unit to me, and buy something else. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

ahha so true. I explained to them that all the crossover settings were being handled by the HU and such I that I did not have a passive crossover and such. After all that explaining they asked where I put my processor....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[krisfnbz 10+ year member]

With your setup now you wont gain anything going active, I dont even think you can because you have coaxes. You would need to get a good set of components, to which you would be able to cross your mids, and tweets.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Unless you have bi ampable coax, then you can't currently run active.

 

[tiny tim 10+ year member]

so is this head unit pretty much useless without an active setup? should i have got something else?

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

No. You still hve 16 band LR eq, and a bunch of other stuff.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

it's still an awesome unit regardless. but when the time comes for you to go active you will have the right stuff.