michaels214
Junior Member
Aloha,
I just joined the forum, and just wanted to see how I did. LOL. Basically, a brand new bazooka BT6024DVC (6.5 inch passive, and dual voice model) just fell into my lap. So I thought to myself - "hey, im not really into car audio, but it seems like a fun project to get this thing hooked up". So I go onto ye olde listing of craigs (craigslist), and see a sony xplod XM-GTX6040 600 watt amp and the guy wants $50. I text him, lowball him at $35, he says $40. I say OK. I go over to wal-mart and buy a $20 12 gauge wiring kit, and some 16 gauge speaker wire from home depot. Im up to $60 and have no idea what Im doing.....
After some research and some tutorials - I get this stuff hooked up in a few hours. I turn it on, and what do you know - it works lol. I then realized that theres so much more into just slapping it altogether. I know nothing about this electrical car audio stuff - ohms, dB's, DVC's, RM's, etc...
So you now know exactly what materials I used (My car also has a sony xplod deck). Im assuming I did everything right, considering the amp turns on/off with the key (tapped into remote wire), and I can get some bass out of the bazooka. But is everything I did safe, as far as the amp/speaker/wire sizes go?? I'm not planning on cranking this thing hard - Like I said, I just wanted to do it as a cheap project, while adding a little low end to my cars stereo. But I want to be sure this setup is safe and my car wont burst into flames, or ruin the amp or bazooka.
If you want specific details as to how I hooked it up, read on. Excuse my lack of proper terminology.......There are 4 ports on the back of the bazooka - 2 positive, and 2 negative (assuming for this DUAL voice coil). I connected the amp to the 2 outside ports (one negative and one positive), and I took one piece of wire and connected the other positive and negative ports in the middle. On the amp I used the rear channel, and I did not bridge it. I turned the filter on...the one that takes away the higher frequencies, and turned the little knob thingy about halfway up. LOL.
Like I said, I dont know anything about this....Just please let me know if something is done wrong, or if you have any suggestions to make it better.
Thanks so much.
Mike
I just joined the forum, and just wanted to see how I did. LOL. Basically, a brand new bazooka BT6024DVC (6.5 inch passive, and dual voice model) just fell into my lap. So I thought to myself - "hey, im not really into car audio, but it seems like a fun project to get this thing hooked up". So I go onto ye olde listing of craigs (craigslist), and see a sony xplod XM-GTX6040 600 watt amp and the guy wants $50. I text him, lowball him at $35, he says $40. I say OK. I go over to wal-mart and buy a $20 12 gauge wiring kit, and some 16 gauge speaker wire from home depot. Im up to $60 and have no idea what Im doing.....
After some research and some tutorials - I get this stuff hooked up in a few hours. I turn it on, and what do you know - it works lol. I then realized that theres so much more into just slapping it altogether. I know nothing about this electrical car audio stuff - ohms, dB's, DVC's, RM's, etc...
So you now know exactly what materials I used (My car also has a sony xplod deck). Im assuming I did everything right, considering the amp turns on/off with the key (tapped into remote wire), and I can get some bass out of the bazooka. But is everything I did safe, as far as the amp/speaker/wire sizes go?? I'm not planning on cranking this thing hard - Like I said, I just wanted to do it as a cheap project, while adding a little low end to my cars stereo. But I want to be sure this setup is safe and my car wont burst into flames, or ruin the amp or bazooka.
If you want specific details as to how I hooked it up, read on. Excuse my lack of proper terminology.......There are 4 ports on the back of the bazooka - 2 positive, and 2 negative (assuming for this DUAL voice coil). I connected the amp to the 2 outside ports (one negative and one positive), and I took one piece of wire and connected the other positive and negative ports in the middle. On the amp I used the rear channel, and I did not bridge it. I turned the filter on...the one that takes away the higher frequencies, and turned the little knob thingy about halfway up. LOL.
Like I said, I dont know anything about this....Just please let me know if something is done wrong, or if you have any suggestions to make it better.
Thanks so much.
Mike
