Wiring four front speakers?

[Jazz 10+ year member]

Hi

Sorry for the noob question.

I have a 4 channel amp to power my 2 dash and 2 door speakers.

I have a 2 channel amp to power my 2 rear speakers.

My question is how do i wire the 4 front speakers using the four channel amp?

The Head Unit has 2 RCA OUT for the Front and 2 RCA OUT for the rear.

If i only send the 2 Front RCA OUT wires to the four channel amp, how will the other 2 front speakers work?

Thanks for any help

J

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[Duke 10+ year member]

Because your amp has 4 outputs for the speakers on it... meaning you can hook 4 speakers up to it. It just takes the signal from your head unit and splits it up to 4 channels.

 

[Jazz 10+ year member]

thanks for the reply...

but my amp has four RCA Inputs and i will only be using two of them, dont all four RCA inputs need a signal for all the channels to work?

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

Ok, yeah probably. Does your amp have an output on it also? If it does, you can run a short RCA from the output to the second set of inputs, and bam, all 4 channels work off the one output from your head unit.

 

[x1le 10+ year member]

You could use some rca splitters. 1 female to 2 male.

 

[Jazz 10+ year member]

Ok, yeah probably. Does your amp have an output on it also? If it does, you can run a short RCA from the output to the second set of inputs, and bam, all 4 channels work off the one output from your head unit.

it has two RCA Pre Out. CH-1+3 and Ch-2+4.

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[Duke 10+ year member]

Example:

Is your amp similar to this, with an input and and output labeled accordingly? I know I'm showing a 2 channel here, but just as a reference. Most amps will have an output on the also so, you hook up your first pair of rcas from your head unit to the first two inputs of your amp, then you can run some rcas from the output(ON THE AMP), to the second set of inputs on the amp. Also, what x1le is saying will probably work.

 

[Jazz 10+ year member]

 

[Jazz 10+ year member]

It would seem that i have two wiring options. Which one would be better of the two?

thanks

 

[Duke 10+ year member]

Just run your RCAs from the head unit's output to the "CH-1 and CH-2" inputs on the amp. After than, run an RCA cable from the "Pre output" to the "CH-3 and CH-4" inputs on the amp. Adjust settings, and it should work.

 

[dennit469 10+ year member]

thats a pretty nice little amp, it doesnt have enough power for me tho. im trien to get somethin a little better. maybe 2 2 channel amps.