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<blockquote data-quote="i2ain2thunder" data-source="post: 7301978" data-attributes="member: 631331"><p>Lol ok we'll take it slow. first take the subs out of the box and undo the wires from the subs to the amp. take one of the subs which you will notice has 4 inputs for wire probally 2 on each side of the sub. Each side should have 1 + input and 1 - input. Now you should also notice on the amplifier there is also 4 inputs 2 of them will be + and 2 will be -. They will probally be alligned like so + - + - and they might even say + - channel 1 and + - channel 2. What you want to do is take the subwoofer. Now wire the + on one end of the subwoofer to the + on the other end of the subwoofer. take some more wire and wire the - of one side to the - of the other side. Then take some more wire and on one side of the subwoofer, wire the + (which also has wire in it from the other side) to one of the + on the amplifier input. Then repeat this with that same side's - to the - for that channel in the amplifier. So it should go Wire from positive 1 on the sub to positive 2 on the sub to positive 1 on the amp. and the negative should be the same wire from negative 1 on the sub to negative 2 on the sub to negative 1 on the amplifier. This is what we call wiring the sub in parallel and what it does is bring you're 2x4ohm voice coils into a 2ohm load. then that 2ohm load is hooked up to one of you're amplifier channels which operates safely at 2 ohms. this will test the subwoofer and the amp channel. Do this and listen to the sub, then take the sub and wire it the same way to the other channel.(move the wires from + - channel 1 to + - channel 2. and listen to the sub. if it sounds different when you do this then one of the channels is mest up. If it sounds the same and you don't hear distortion from your subwoofer then you're subwoofer is probally fine, you'll want to repeat this process with the other subwoofer if that sub sounds different from the other sub then you know theres a problem with one of the subwoofers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="i2ain2thunder, post: 7301978, member: 631331"] Lol ok we'll take it slow. first take the subs out of the box and undo the wires from the subs to the amp. take one of the subs which you will notice has 4 inputs for wire probally 2 on each side of the sub. Each side should have 1 + input and 1 - input. Now you should also notice on the amplifier there is also 4 inputs 2 of them will be + and 2 will be -. They will probally be alligned like so + - + - and they might even say + - channel 1 and + - channel 2. What you want to do is take the subwoofer. Now wire the + on one end of the subwoofer to the + on the other end of the subwoofer. take some more wire and wire the - of one side to the - of the other side. Then take some more wire and on one side of the subwoofer, wire the + (which also has wire in it from the other side) to one of the + on the amplifier input. Then repeat this with that same side's - to the - for that channel in the amplifier. So it should go Wire from positive 1 on the sub to positive 2 on the sub to positive 1 on the amp. and the negative should be the same wire from negative 1 on the sub to negative 2 on the sub to negative 1 on the amplifier. This is what we call wiring the sub in parallel and what it does is bring you're 2x4ohm voice coils into a 2ohm load. then that 2ohm load is hooked up to one of you're amplifier channels which operates safely at 2 ohms. this will test the subwoofer and the amp channel. Do this and listen to the sub, then take the sub and wire it the same way to the other channel.(move the wires from + - channel 1 to + - channel 2. and listen to the sub. if it sounds different when you do this then one of the channels is mest up. If it sounds the same and you don't hear distortion from your subwoofer then you're subwoofer is probally fine, you'll want to repeat this process with the other subwoofer if that sub sounds different from the other sub then you know theres a problem with one of the subwoofers. [/QUOTE]
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