How does it all work?

[boarderjosh10 10+ year member]

I am new to the car stereo world. I posted a post the other day about some equipment I wanted to get in my car. I was wondering how the whole car stereo thing works. I get a head unit, some new speakers and eventually a subwoofer in my trunk. I need an amp too I guess. How do I connect everything/what is the process of making everything connected and work properly. What should I buy first if I am going to do stuff in steps?

please help me get my head around this stuff!

thanks

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

How do I connect everything/what is the process of making everything connected and work properly.

Most product manuals are available on the manufacturers websites. The simplest way to figure out how everything is connected is to read through the manual. Figure out what product(s) you want, find the manufacturer's website and scroll through the manual. If you have any questions after that, feel free to ask. But most are pretty well detailed on how the equipment should be connected. Plus there are too many different scenarios/etc for us to give a detailed explanation in one post, especially when all of this information is easily accessed via the product manuals.

What should I buy first if I am going to do stuff in steps?

Depends on what you currently have, and what you want to enjoy first.

If you drive an old hooptie that only has AM/FM, start with purchasing a CD player so you can enjoy new music. If you have a CD player, but all of your speakers are blown, buy some speakers first so you can actually hear the music. If your stock stereo is fairly new (CD player, decent speakers) but you really want to add some bass, start with an amp and subwoofer.

 

[boarderjosh10 10+ year member]

Well I have an 01 Chrysler sebring, it has a decent radio with a cd player and then it has a 4 disk cd hanger unit towards the bottom of the dash. I was looking at that new alpine x100 unit to replace the stereo, but no one has been able to tell me if I could use the existing changer with it.