MB Quart tuning

[CHUCKmfnNORRIS 10+ year member]

got a few questions on what some of the adjustments are. i know what the phase, sub sonic, low-pass filter, and gain. i have never seen "level" 6v-.2v, "bass eq" 0db-9db. what do they do? my guess would be that the "bass eq" would be the bass boost but i have non clue on what the "level" adjustment is.

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[pieper88 10+ year member]

the level adjustment gets set to the output on your deck. So if you deck puts out 4 volts you set your level to 4.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Level = gain

 

[CHUCKmfnNORRIS 10+ year member]

my head unit puts out 4. what is the "bass EQ", it it the same as a bass boost adjustment?

 

[DarkScorpion 10+ year member]

Yes, bass eq = bass boost. I'd leave it alone.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Yeah level and gain are the same thing.

Bass EQ is just a bass boost and you should leave it at 0, it will only distort what the music should actually sound like...

 

[Pauliesnite93 10+ year member]

i am so glad i found this because i just installed a mb quart 1500.1 on 2 diamond audio d6 12 so i dont blow them. so one more time.

LEVEL = GAIN

BASS EQ = BASS BOOST

 

[Pauliesnite93 10+ year member]

also do u set the level like a gain or do u set it to the head unit v out thingy.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

also do u set the level like a gain or do u set it to the head unit v out thingy.

Both, it's the same thing. Setting the gain with a dmm is still just matching your amp to your HU's pre-out voltage. It's much more precise to do it with a DMM than to look at the knob and say "Oh yeah I think this is about 4v"

 

[CHUCKmfnNORRIS 10+ year member]

sorry for sounding like a noob but what is a DMM?

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

Digital Multimeter

 

[CHUCKmfnNORRIS 10+ year member]

Alright, never seen anyone abbreviate multimeter. where do you check, the rca's for tuning into the right voltage setting?

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Gain Setting Tutorial

 

[CHUCKmfnNORRIS 10+ year member]

nice, just what i needed, the ones on the forum are not as great on describing how to set the gain.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Yep, no prob.

The only thing I don't like about that tutorial is that is tells you to set your HU volume at 3/4. Don't do that. You obviously have a feel for what volume you usually go to as your max. Like for instance on my current Pioneer HU, I rarely turn it past 55 (speakers start distorting after that). So figure out whatever your max volume is for your HU and set your gain with it at that. Then when your driving around bumping, the max volume you can go to on your HU is what you decided your max was.