hookin up a rca converter

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: hookin up a rca converter

Posted By: pa4ul
Subject: hookin up a rca converter
Date Posted: September 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM

I have a 2003 audi stock radio. I want to hook up a rca converter so i can get low end to my amp. I have a stock subwoofer in the rear deck of my car and wanted to know if i can splice into that speaker and still achive the same output as tapping into a rear door speaker? The reason i ask is because the rear deck is easier to access then tearing open a door panel.

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Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: September 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM

Usually they are installed behind the radio...

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 18, 2009 at 9:19 PM

You really need to get a pac-audio.com SNi-35. This is a line out converter that is designed to handle the power coming from your factory amp. If it has a sub, chances are the other speakers are crossed over and do not receive the low frequencies that you need for your amp. If the factory sub is a single voice coil you will need to connect both input channels of the line out converter to the single pair of wires going to the factory sub.

Posted By: pa4ul
Date Posted: September 19, 2009 at 11:38 AM

okay well my stock sub only has two wires comming outta it. the rca conveter has 6 wires comming outta it. So i get the 4 gray ones and hook two to each wire coming outta the sub correct? Becuase recently my system sounds like its playin a little bit of trebble outta the subs and it never use to do this. Could they have hooked up the rca wrong. They have it hooked to a door speaker on the driver side of the car.

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM

On the converter, connect the white and grey to one speaker wire coming from the factory amp. Connect the WHITE/ black and grey/black to the other speaker wire from the factory amp. Diseregard the 2 brown wires.

Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: September 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM

On some of them...The brown wires LOOK grey...!

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Posted By: micrors4racer
Date Posted: September 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM

tommy... wrote:

On some of them...The brown wires LOOK grey...!

+1 I installed a LOC yesterday and the "brown wires" look more grey.