special wiring for 2 channel?

[blimblam 10+ year member]

i saw the kicker special from diymobile i think and one of the kits said 2 channel signal cable and another said 4 channel signal cable. do i need these "special cables" or can i just use any amp kit?

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

The difference between one and the other will be that one kit has a 2ch set of interconnects included with it (2 connectors on each end of the cable) and the other has a 4ch set (4 connectors on each end of the cable)

Neither is inherently better than the other but if you're hooking up a 4ch amp the 4ch cables simply make for a more convenient install only needing to run the one 4ch set of interconnects rather than two separate 2ch sets.

That's the only difference - there's nothing "special" about them.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

can i just use a mono amp kit? i didnt know there were special wires for a 2 channel amp...

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

can i just use a mono amp kit? i didnt know there were special wires for a 2 channel amp...

I guess I'm a bit lost as to what you're meaning with the "special wires."

An amp, regardless of how many channels it is (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more) needs power, ground, remote activation, signal input (these are your RCAs) and speaker output wires.

The exceptions would be if your HU/amp conbination uses some sort of proprietary communication cable from one to the other - like the 2004 and newer eXcelon amps will connect to the eXcelon HUs via the same cable you would use to connect a CD changer and this allows for various functions unavailable otherwise.

Alpine's Ai-Net connection works much the same...

But as far as just getting it hooked up and working?

I'm not getting what you're meaning by "special" wires...

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

well, lets just say can i use any amp kit to install a 2 channel amp? sorry for the confusion lol.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

So long as the kit contains power wire, ground wire, remote activation lead, a 2ch set of RCAs, and some speaker wire then yes. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLM-K8

thats the kit i got. it has everything but im not sure about the RCA.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

One 5 Meter eKo InterKonnect Blue OFC RCA Cable with Built in Turn On lead

Yep.

They're there as well.

You're good to go, fella. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

ok, thanks for all your help man. really appreciate it.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

No worries. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif