looking to wire 2 amps off one HU

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

ive got a kenwood mp-338 headunit (one in sig) and it has 2 sets of preouts on the back, one for subwoofer and one labled rear. ive had a sub amp wired to it for a while now, on on the deck it gives me an option of choosing either subw, or rear for my preout. i want to wire another amp to power my components on, but it only gives me the options on my HU to run either the subwoofer preout or rear, not both

anyway i can wire this so i can use my sub amp and my other amp?

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[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

You could maybe use a RCA splitter. Your deck should have the option for Preout: Full.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

it doesnt, and if it does im not sure how to get to it cuz when im in the menu it only says preout: rear, preout: subw.

 

[BloodyGuts335i 10+ year member]

wow.. thats weird.. if you do a splitter wouldnt that mean that you will control both amps from the deck at the same time? if so, I wouldnt recomend that. It has to be a way to have both on at the same time. look on the manual

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

dont see anything on it in the manual..

http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/113/113MP338.PDF

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

It says it has a selectable LPF.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

It says it has a selectable LPF.

are you sure thats on the one i have? the manual is for like 4 different units, mines the mp-338 cuz i dont see where it is

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Positive.

http://www.kenwoodusa.com/KDC-MP338

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

have no idea how to get to it then, i think by selectable LPF, it means the choice between sub-w or rear..

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

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[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

alright, so maybe you're right maybe it does say front

so i have the ones for the sub-w/rear.. then the front one, so 2 preouts

i can run my component amp off the "front" preout and my subs off the sub/rear preout and i wont have to do anything different? and what if i run a 4 channel amp? just use RCA splitter for the front preouts?

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

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[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

genious...