Setting the Levels on my Amp (

[Davess4 10+ year member]

Hey guys,

I got my new Alpine 12" Type-Rs, 2 of them, in a sealed box, hooked up to my Hifonics BX1000D and I need some assistance setting up my levels.

My head unit has a 2.5v pre-out

I have my head-unit sub-woofer output set at +2

The subwoofer level is set at about halfway, the nob just has 9v-.2v

The Bass EQ on the sub is set at about half way, I'm not exactly sure what that is, is it bass bost?

Then there is the phase control, I left that at 0

There is also a Bass remote control for the sub that I have mounted up front.

I have read some tutorials on setting gain levels with a volt meter, but I don't have one, and I'm not sure I could figure out what voltage needed to go to my amps.

if you guys have any advice it'd be great, thanks

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[Davess4 10+ year member]

A Panasonic MXE CQ-DFX572U.

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SupportModelImage?storeId=11251&itemId=61892

P.S. Would you guys recomend that I get my hands on a voltmeter to do this?

 

[Davess4 10+ year member]

Does the control on the head unit have to do with how much of the 2.5v is being sent to the amp? or am I way off.

 

[Davess4 10+ year member]

So if I set my head unit at +6 which is the max, you were right, I will have 2.5 volts coming out of the pre-amp. 2.5 was the voltage listed in my manual I think.

Ok, well I will borrow one a multimeter, do you recomend and tutorials or do you know how I can figure out what voltage I need.

Thanks.