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icu400

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Posted: April 15, 2004 at 8:54 PM / IP Logged

Ok, i am feeling better about this now.

As far as gain goes, when one first installs everything, is that when one would turn the gain to zero, then slowly raise it until everything sounds right, not low, but below everything exploding. How does one set the gain at the right level?

Is gain the only 'control' of sorts on the back of the amp?

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Posted: April 15, 2004 at 10:21 PM / IP Logged

A good idea for you to do, before you get to that point, is to do a search of this forum for posts on setting the gains. Go to the search button at the bottom of this page, search the Install Bay for 'setting gain'

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Posted: April 15, 2004 at 10:29 PM / IP Logged

thanks for the tip

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Posted: April 16, 2004 at 7:17 AM / IP Logged

I am having a similar problem and people have told me to use a battery isolater and 2nd battery. Would you still need a bigger alternater with this setup?

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chevyman26 wrote:

I am having a similar problem and people have told me to use a battery isolater and 2nd battery. Would you still need a bigger alternater with this setup?

This type of setup is for playing your system when the car is not running off the second battery. If your car does not have enough electrical cpacity for your amplifiers, a high-output alternator is the only answer. As econd battery (or stiffening capacitors) will HURT more than it will help if the alternator is too small.

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