How to install amps and sub/factory head?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: April 27, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Topic: How to install amps and sub/factory head?
Posted By: fishing
Subject: How to install amps and sub/factory head?
Date Posted: August 03, 2003 at 9:59 PM
Hello: I would like to install a amp to power the four speakers and a amp to power two subs. How can I do this and keep the factory head unit? Its a 2000 Ford Exployer it has the 6disc cd changer. What parts would I need ? Can I do this? Please help!! Thanks for any help! ------------- 12 volt rules
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Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: August 03, 2003 at 10:01 PM
Do you have a factory subwoofer? What about the factory premium/JBL sound system? ------------- Ethan
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Posted By: Himself
Date Posted: August 03, 2003 at 10:04 PM
Easiest , yet not the best for sound quality, is to use high to low adapters behind your factory deck to change the high level speaker outputs to low level rca's.
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Posted By: kenmci
Date Posted: August 04, 2003 at 12:22 AM
if you want to, but a forward and reverse harness for you deck, use high to low converters for the front and rear so that you have to sets of RCA's going to amps, hook one up to the speakers and the other to the amp, this way when you fade to the front you'll get more bass or more treble, however you set it up. Also with this setup you aren't cutting any wires.
Posted By: ViperATC5
Date Posted: August 04, 2003 at 6:55 AM
Most explorers are factory amplified, therefore you will have to get a hi-lo converter that is capable of getting a low level line out RCA signal from a low level speaker wire output which is coming from your factory radio. Best Buy sells a PSI2 converter made by Install Edge (rockford) for $40.
However, the easiest thing to do is going to be to locate the factory amp behind the rear side panel on the passenger side of the truck, and grab all your speaker connections there. This will allow you to use a regular Hi-Lo converter (grab the signal coming from the output side of the amp) cut the wire, and then connect your speaker wires coming from your 4ch amp to the wires that go to the speakers.
Posted By: fishing
Date Posted: August 04, 2003 at 9:55 PM
Great Help! Thanks !!
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