reciever amp gain control

[darudeone 10+ year member]

Hi everyone, new to car audio. I recently bought a JVC KD-S100 CD reciever @20 rms per channel. It has a built-in amp gain control to match speaker rms (+/- 50rms); either hi power or low power. It also has an "off" that deactivates the built-in amplifier. I also bought two sets of 6.5 component speakers (100rms each) and a Eclipse 4200 amp @ 60rms x 4 @ 4ohms. My question is will the reciever's 20 rms built-in amp add to the 60rms from the Eclipse? Or does it shut off automatic?

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[dappa5 10+ year member]

you should not have both hooked up lol

the amp works off of the rca (low level output)

and the speaker wires out of deck are high level output (not used when using an amp)

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

so in short the signal goes from the deck to the amp via the rca's and then from the amp to the speakers through speaker wire (either directly to each speaker /or use 9 wire to oem wire behind deck

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

some people use the amp gain control as a volume knob...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[djarmy2004 10+ year member]

Just use the 4CH you bought and you will be happy

 

[darudeone 10+ year member]

thanx guys. I don't have that amp hooked up yet; I'm thinking of bridging it for two RF 10" subs and get an Infinity 475a for the comps. lol