how to wire dual voice?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: how to wire dual voice?
Posted By: BangBang
Subject: how to wire dual voice?
Date Posted: May 23, 2004 at 8:54 PM
i got two 12 inch "SUBWOOFER" that are both dual voice coil.how the heck do i wire it to my amp.im running a xm-2200gtx amp. i wired it up like thishttps://international.jbl.com/car/SubwooferWiring/2-4-4.asp?language=ENGLISHbut no sound. The amp is showing power.. so wut the heck am i doing wrong?
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Posted By: xThumPx
Date Posted: May 23, 2004 at 11:58 PM
Make sure that you are connecting a lead between one pos&neg of each woofer, then wiring the other two remaining pos/neg poles into the amp, putting them in parallel so the amp is running two subs off of only one bridged channel. And, oh yeah, make sure the amp is bridgeable ;)
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 24, 2004 at 12:07 AM
what are your subs? have you checked the rca cables, they may be bad. or just not plugged in, the best of us do that some times. if its not rca and the connections at the amp are correct it may be your head unit. most likely your amp is in protection mode tho.
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Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 24, 2004 at 12:56 AM
Protection mode is when the power light is a different color . like fo example red right?
yeah i'm pretty sure its not in protection mode. the rca cable are cool, i just upgraded my sub woofers form 10" XS-L101 to these 12" ZX-4712 DVXand all i did was switch the box, and subs and wired them like shown on that onejbl website. another thing that i'm not sure about is that is my amp bridgeable.wonder if anyone can tell me if my xm-2200gtx amp is bridge and wil work on these subscuz my XS-L101 has only one set if coils. all i did was hook those from chan 1 pos to negsame with chan 2so yeah i'm about to go and kick that damn thing spent$250 on it. i should have just spent it on 12w7 not the point though ^_^so anyone can help me with out me having to put more money out?
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 24, 2004 at 3:12 AM
1. the amp is bridgeable. with a sony-500wrms at 4ohms. 2. assuming the subs are dual 4ohm then you have them wired correctly. if your still experiencing problems i would suggest you take a once over on all of your systems connections. head unit, rca's, amp, speaker wires...etc. ------------- Quad L Handyman services
Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 26, 2004 at 2:44 AM
ok everything is working perfect, i messed with it by trying all sorts of ways to wire itbut i'lll just leave at this.oh yeah i put the volume up on my head unit. I forgot up to where did i put it before the sub just stopped playing music.so i checked the fuse, and it was burnt. y does that happend? what can i do to prevent it from happening again?
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 26, 2004 at 3:35 AM
don't play the music above the level where it blew.... what fuse blew on the h/u in the car, on the amp? ------------- Quad L Handyman services
Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 26, 2004 at 3:20 PM
Ketel22 wrote:
don't play the music above the level where it blew.... what fuse blew on the h/u in the car, on the amp?
Ok i wont. but im so tempted to do it.The fuse that blew is the one on the amp kit wire.The one by the battery terminal. The fuse on the 8 guage power wire that is under my hood.????
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 26, 2004 at 8:13 PM
what is the fuse rated at?
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Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 9:59 AM
the fuse is rated at 30 amps its a balde fuse
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 12:19 PM
depending on what fuse you have in the amp, you may want to put a 40a fuse in your power line instead of a 30a ------------- Quad L Handyman services
Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 12:35 PM
i can't seem to find a 40a every auto shop store i went to only had up to 30a blade fuse. auto zone
kragen
98+ store
99+ only store and if its a 40a its a really big fat one that dont fit into my fuse holder. SO i'm not sure.. i mean i can take one from my amp but my amp wont work then ahhaha so i'm not sure
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 1:57 PM
what fuse or fuses are currently in your amp? you may need to upgrade your fuse holder if you can't find a fuse.
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Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 2:06 PM
the fuses that are on the back of my are (2) 40 amp orange blade fuse the fuse under my hood that is about 35" away from my battery terminal is a green 30a fuse blade.
i'm kidding about my fuse holder being 35" away from battery terminal its really 48" away
nah i'm kidding again ahha its only 17"
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 2:23 PM
well with two 40a fuses on the amp the company is suggesting that the amp can pull up to 80a which would most likely require a different fuse holder due to the fact that maxi fuses don't go up to any where near the 80a range, sorry i mis-lead you with a 40a fuse earlier i was looking at the specs for the wrong amp.
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Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 2:27 PM
Yeah so my best chance is to cut the current fuse holder and just attatch a agu fuse holder with a 60a amp agu fuse. and everything will most likely work fine?
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 2:31 PM
yes that will work, i would suggest an 80a agu fuse to coinside with the two 40a maxi on your amp.
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Posted By: BangBang
Date Posted: May 27, 2004 at 2:36 PM
ok sweet and dandy just like kAndy! thanx!
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