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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1997327" data-attributes="member: 561023">//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gifWelcome to the forum.You&#039;re absolutely right...how will you know if you don&#039;t ask? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifIf you&#039;re planning on running your door speakers as well as your 6x9s off of that amplifier then you won&#039;t need any speaker wires run to your head unit. Is this Power Acoustik amp a 4-channel unit?What you&#039;ll need for the amplifier is power cable and ground cable. You will also need a lead (can be little bitty wire...doesn&#039;t need to be huge for this purpose) for your head unit to tell the amp to turn on and off when the HU turns on and off....this is commonly called a remote turn-on lead. You will also need RCA interconnect cables to carry the audio signal from your head unit to the amplifier so that the signal can be amplified before it is sent to the speakers (the entire purpose the amp serves) And finally, you will need speaker wire to carry the amplified signal from the amp to the speakers.Here&#039;s a fairly decent tutorial video for first-time amplifier installation:<a href="http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-f897fPHDjRN/learningcenter/car/amplifiers_movie.html" target="_blank">Link to Video</a>If the tone of my post seems condescending I apologize as that was not my intent. You admitted to being somewhat of a newbie to the hobby and I sometimes get in &quot;n00b education mode&quot; which sometimes has a tendency of seeming like I am talking down to folks (vocal inflections do not carry well online, sadly) but I assure you that is not my intention.Good luck with the install and if you need any more advice please feel free to come back and ask!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1997327, member: 561023"] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif[/IMG] Welcome to the forum. You're absolutely right...how will you know if you don't ask? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] If you're planning on running your door speakers as well as your 6x9s off of that amplifier then you won't need any speaker wires run to your head unit. Is this Power Acoustik amp a 4-channel unit? What you'll need for the amplifier is power cable and ground cable. You will also need a lead (can be little bitty wire...doesn't need to be huge for this purpose) for your head unit to tell the amp to turn on and off when the HU turns on and off....this is commonly called a remote turn-on lead. You will also need RCA interconnect cables to carry the audio signal from your head unit to the amplifier so that the signal can be amplified before it is sent to the speakers (the entire purpose the amp serves) And finally, you will need speaker wire to carry the amplified signal from the amp to the speakers. Here's a fairly decent tutorial video for first-time amplifier installation: [URL="http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-f897fPHDjRN/learningcenter/car/amplifiers_movie.html"]Link to Video[/URL] If the tone of my post seems condescending I apologize as that was not my intent. You admitted to being somewhat of a newbie to the hobby and I sometimes get in "n00b education mode" which sometimes has a tendency of seeming like I am talking down to folks (vocal inflections do not carry well online, sadly) but I assure you that is not my intention. Good luck with the install and if you need any more advice please feel free to come back and ask! [/QUOTE]

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