Confused Girl

gain means input sensitivity, so yes sens is what that is it is probably in volts as well, going from like .5 to 6 or so The way to set that is to turn the radio volume up to a maximum that you would listen to it (remember that number, thats your new max volume) and then adjust the dial upwards until you hear some distortion, then turn it back down until it goes away and sounds good, then you are there. 1/2 way up is a good rule of thumb though, as long as it does not sound distorted (popping sounds or other bad noises can indicate distortion). The way I set this on my amp was by using a song that had a continuous bass tone; i would have used some rap but usually it is more of a beat and I found it harder to tell the difference while I was setting the gain. The "gain" is not a volume control though, it simply adjusts the amp to meet the signal strength of from the cd player. Hope that helped, peace.

icu400 wrote: gain means input sensitivity, so yes sens is what that is it is probably in volts as well, going from like .5 to 6 or so The way to set that is to turn the radio volume up to a maximum that you would listen to it (remember that number, thats your new max volume) and then adjust the dial upwards until you hear some distortion, then turn it back down until it goes away and sounds good, then you are there. 1/2 way up is a good rule of thumb though, as long as it does not sound distorted (popping sounds or other bad noises can indicate distortion). The way I set this on my amp was by using a song that had a continuous bass tone; i would have used some rap but usually it is more of a beat and I found it harder to tell the difference while I was setting the gain. The "gain" is not a volume control though, it simply adjusts the amp to meet the signal strength of from the cd player. Hope that helped, peace.

Exactly right. Also don't use the bass boost heavily because it can also make the amp go into clipping and then your subs will distort and if the distortion is bad enough your subs can eventually blow. I would set your bass to 0 or -1 and then put the sub control on about 10. Then, set the gain on the amp like icu400 said.