Newbee needs a little help

[ChaseinBass]

I have a small system in my truck JVC hu and Kicker 500.1 mono to a single 4 ohm 10" Kicker sub down to 2 ohm and was running two sets of polk audio 2 ways off my hu and just got a Kicker 400.4 amp to use on them till i upgrade to seprate speakers but anyway i have put it in and have one question concerning rca inputs on the amp it has two sets one says amp1 other says amp2? Is this because a 4 channel amp is just basically 2 2 channel amps ? I hooked it up plugged into amp one and all speakers are working as far as using the ballance and fader control they are anyway or am i just using half the amp and by hooking up the other set of rca s get full power ? My hu has 2 sets of rca s and a set for sub .

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[ChaseinBass]

Anyone ? Please ?

 

[RedDiamond 10+ year member]

It's technically two different channels. 1 set of RCA's covers the front speakers, Channel 1/2, while the other set covers the rear speakers, Channel 3/4. The third, or the first set of RCA's on that amp, is so you can hook another amp to that amp.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

Use a splitter for the 4 channel amp. But the fader won't work on the speakers so you'll need to set the gains on the rear speakers lower than the front

 

[ChaseinBass]

Huh lol i am new to this Red and thanks for you help but does that mean i have it hooked up correctly or not?

 

[ChaseinBass]

I am confused as usual ha ha but i only have one set of rcas plugged into hu and into amp1 ? so how am i getting audio in my front and rear speaker?

 

[ChaseinBass]

And also Thank you mylows10 but what is the splitter you mentioned ? or is it simply a rca y cable plugged one into each amp input ?

 

[RedDiamond 10+ year member]

Do you have 2 or 3 sets of RCA's on your HU?

 

[ChaseinBass]

3 sets two reg i guess i dont know what there called lol and one set for sub

 

[RedDiamond 10+ year member]

If you only have one set other than subwoofer RCA outs, then do what Mylows said, and use a simple RCA splitter, and take two RCA cables to the amp

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

two channels are each controlled separately so you need a set of rcas for both amp1 and amp2 if your using all 4 channels of the this amp. You could use the splitter as mentioned or run 2 sets from your head unit, one being for front chs and the other set for the rear chs in order to keep fader balance controls

 

[RedDiamond 10+ year member]

Ahh alright. One set is for your front speakers, and the second is for your rear speakers. All four go to your 4-channel amp.

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

3 sets two reg i guess i dont know what there called lol and one set for sub

the two rca outputs aside from the sub output should be labeled front and back

 

[ChaseinBass]

No i have sub plus two more sets. So i should run another set from hu to amp ?

 

[RedDiamond 10+ year member]

No i have sub plus two more sets. So i should run another set from hu to amp ?

Yea, that will allow you to control both the front and rear