RCA polarity
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 16, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Topic: RCA polarity
Posted By: Thuan
Subject: RCA polarity
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 5:46 AM
Is it important the they match up from the HU to the amp? The subwoofer RCA kinda got mixed up. It's color coded (RED / white) but it sounds the same either way I flip it.
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Thuan
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Posted By: astro88
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 7:18 AM
Dont matter , I always go by, (red is right),Works for me
Posted By: furflier
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 8:35 AM
Subs won't matter but for your mids & highs it will not sound the same as it was made.
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 11:58 AM
worst that can happen is if your running a 4 channel and your front and rears are reversed with the left and right channel kinda gets wierd that way but you can just switch the rcas around
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Posted By: Thuan
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 3:07 PM
Oh yeah, I was playing around with the balance and instead of going to the right everything went to the left...so I flipped those around at my HU and it works fine now. I just wasn't sure if it really mattered for my subs though because it didn't seem like either one of those cables really were polarized...they just carry signal right?
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Thuan
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 4:07 PM
They're left and right, for sure. When they connect to the amp is where the signals are summed.
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Posted By: audiopro111
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 11:05 PM
red is right channel and white is your left channel thats all to it.
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AudioPro111
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