What is the Auxilary function?

[SilverStang 10+ year member]

I know what auxilary is of course. But on my head unit when I go through the settings theres Auxilary and I can turn it anywhere from -15 to 15 and by default it is at 0. What does it do?

Also, what is the difference between Low and Sub?

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[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

what deck are you running?

 

[SilverStang 10+ year member]

Sony Xplod CDX-GT250MP

 

[lionfamlee Premium Member]

It's most likely a stereo jack that plugs into the 3.5MM jack on MP3 player.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

It's most likely a stereo jack that plugs into the 3.5MM jack on MP3 player.

He's not asking about that, he's asking what the auxiliary setting is on his deck since he can go from -15 to 15 with it.

 

[SilverStang 10+ year member]

My personal guess is its volume for just anything plugged into the Auxilary jack so that it can have its own separate volume..not sure

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

The difference between "Low" and "Sub" is that Low will affect all bass output whereas Sub only affects the bass output from your SW preout

 

[AndyWood7 10+ year member]

My personal guess is its volume for just anything plugged into the Auxilary jack so that it can have its own separate volume..not sure

^^This

I have an Xploded head unit also. This is basically just a volume adjustment knob to help match the aux. output volume (like an Mp3 player, iphone, etc.) to the normal head unit volume. Like when I plug my phone into the head unit, I can only turn it up so loud. Then I have to start cranking up the master volume on the head unit to compensate. This helps that. Ever crank your volume way up on aux and then plug in the 3.5mm jack and it gives you a monsterous boom.....lol

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The difference between "Low" and "Sub" is that Low will affect all bass output whereas Sub only affects the bass output from your SW preout

^^That.

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

Basically a "Gain" off the aux. unit like everyone here has said.

 

[tobey 10+ year member]

My personal guess is its volume for just anything plugged into the Auxilary jack so that it can have its own separate volume..not sure

Correct! It's a gain offset. You use it to tweak the volume level from your aux device so that it better matches the rest of your sources.

EDIT: Heh, a little late on this one... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif