Anyone know how to fit subs

[adammichael]

Had a sub in my clio fitted to the standard stereo. Ive took it out and put it in a new car with new stereo only I dont know what lead goes where to the stereo. Can anyone help, Heres some pictures of the back of the stereo and the wires. Cheers

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[AlexG]

There should be a remote lead coming in behind the stereo. That needs to be crimped onto the blue and white one with a yellow sleeve on it.( should say rem 0.3a iirc sony headunit?)

Then the rca plugs need to go into the holes which say sub or rear. match up the colours too. red with red etc...

 

[Struggler]

the last picture of the wires,
are the other end of those wires connected to the amp or the car??

i think u have to put the blue one back on the amp,
and tape up the other 4 to stop them shorting out,
and run a set of rca (phono) cables to the headunit and plug it into either the rear or sub output,

depending where your current remote is, you may have to replace it,
simply wire a piece of blue wire to the rear of the headunit,
should be a wire labeled remote (rem) or something along those lines,
its inverably the blue one

 

[adammichael]

the end of the wire are connected to the amp. All I know is the red goes to the battery and the black one to metal which arent on the picture. So what colour wires need to go to the rca cable, also will I obviously have to get some rca plugs to attach to the end of the wire

 

[adammichael]

There should be a remote lead coming in behind the stereo. That needs to be crimped onto the blue and white one with a yellow sleeve on it.( should say rem 0.3a iirc sony headunit?)

Then the rca plugs need to go into the holes which say sub or rear. match up the colours too. red with red etc...

the blue wire on the stereo says amp REM max 0.3A.

So this yellow crimp neeeds to be crimped onto the thin blue wire and the thin white wire coming off the amp

 

[agithegreat]

I don't know much about subs TBH.... but.....What a silly mess!

Just run black to ground. A good contacting point on the vehicles chassis.
Red, with a fuse in between to the psitive battery terminal.
Blue (the middle one) To the blue wire on your HU ( the REM as you call it....)
White RCA via an RCA cable to the white RCA on your HU, labeled SW or sub or whatever.
Visa versa for red
Then remove all other cables from the amplifier, such as the high inputs which were used before, you are now using low inputs (RCA's).

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

just wire the remote wire to any switched live which goes off when the ignition is turned off, its only to turn the amp off when the ignition isnt on.

Get a 12v tester and find a switched live wire

 

[Robclio98]

remote wire (blue) goes into the wire on the back of the HU saying ampe rem. also RCA leads go into either sub or rear pre outs. then run them into the boot or where your amp is. remote wire goes into remote etc etc... you need to earth it aswel, i earthed mine behind the rear bench on the bar running across it. then the power cable runs straight from the battery with the inline fuse to the amp

 

[adammichael]

so which wires are the rca one, the guy that wired it last time has made a right mess

 

[adammichael]

?

 

[Will.]

RCA cables look like cables that you put into the tv inputs from a ps3 or xbox.

 

[Riley!]

sorry to spam, but do the standard stereos have a sub out? if now how are they wired in

 

[Robclio98]

nope dont think standard oens have sub out mate. not that ive seen anyway. some people get an adapter i think??? bbut ive seen some people wire it in to the rear speakers

 

[l3ogroll]

i have modded this for you if you carnt follow it your best off goig to get someone to fit it for you

 

[l3ogroll]

sorry to spam, but do the standard stereos have a sub out? if now how are they wired in

there wired in off low levels insted of phono they come of your rear speaker feeds off the back of your cd player or like mine i have a low level to phone converter and i still take phono leads round to the back of the car

 

[l3ogroll]

sorry i didnt know what you was asking i'll explain phonos are high levels and speakers are low levels

some amps have 2 types of huck ups low and high lever but both have a diff wiring configuration

if your wiring high levels its just a phono lead and the amp boost's the signal a lot to get the bass

if your wiring low levels you have to take 4 wires from the back of the cd player wich are rear L+ rear R+ and rear L- rear R- these will plug into the low level inputs and and boost the signal a little and you still get the same sound. also with low levels you have to watch turning the cd player up tomuch it means its getting the amp louder too so its more likely to pop a sub or you will get cutting out if your amps got a level protector

hope this helps

jay

 

[wallop]

For the novice...

Typical cables;

Inter-connects, RCA leads, Phono leads

Line Output Converter;

High level, (speaker), to Low Level, (Pre-out Plug)...

sorry i didnt know what you was asking i'll explain phonos are high levels and speakers are low levels

With regards ^this^; Wrong way round...

if your wiring low levels you have to take 4 wires from the back of the cd player wich are rear L+ rear R+ and rear L- rear R- these will plug into the low level inputs and and boost the signal a little and you still get the same sound. also with low levels you have to watch turning the cd player up tomuch it means its getting the amp louder too so its more likely to pop a sub or you will get cutting out if your amps got a level protector

With regards ^this^; ?????

The Amplifier Gain control should be set to match the head units out put voltage, this should be done at max safe volume, (no signal 'clip'), if the Amp is matched in this manner you should have no problems, (although to be fair this is where experience wins the day)....

Going by your previous posts I would say the best advice would be for you to start from scratch....Remove all previous wiring completed by your mate....

If you feel you can't manage this alone then request help from a member who knows his/her way round an audio system....

 

[l3ogroll]

For the novice...

The Amplifier Gain control should be set to match the head units out put voltage, this should be done at max safe volume, (no signal 'clip'), if the Amp is matched in this manner you should have no problems, (although to be fair this is where experience wins the day)....

Going by your previous posts I would say the best advice would be for you to start from scratch....Remove all previous wiring completed by your mate....

If you feel you can't manage this alone then request help from a member who knows his/her way round an audio system....

1 for the record i never set out to sound like any kind of amp installing god such as yourself!!!!! so dont be so Condescending

2 sorry for getting them the wrong way round i just wrote what i thought to be true to help a fellow CS member out.

3 i still stand but what i said without all the "Amplifier Gain control" balls bottom line is its your amp and sub have it as loud as you want if you can take the power use it i know i do and theres nothing wrong with my installation and never has been with amps subs and speakers in the 10 cars i have owned over the years


and 4 "although to be fair this is where experience wins the day" dont mean didaly if you dont blow a sub you have done a good job if you do its a learning curve and theres always a new shiny bassy sub you can buy


have fun with your install

jay

 

[wallop]

Here we go again

1 for the record i never set out to sound like any kind of amp installing god such as yourself!!!!! so dont be so Condescending

I'm not an amp installing god, I'm not condescending either....I was merely pointing out flaws in your previous statements....

2 sorry for getting them the wrong way round i just wrote what i thought to be true to help a fellow CS member out.

I assume the apology is aimed at the OP....

Unfortunately there are a large number of people frequenting forums such as this who believe everything they read must be factual, they simply don't follow the logic that most info supplied is third hand or worse....Its also fair to expect peoples opinions to differ, so little disagreements are going to occur....

Don't get a strop on about it, prove the other guy wrong....works everytime:approve:

3 i still stand but what i said without all the "Amplifier Gain control" balls bottom line is its your amp and sub have it as loud as you want if you can take the power use it i know i do and theres nothing wrong with my installation and never has been with amps subs and speakers in the 10 cars i have owned over the years

Sorry mate, the 'Amplifier Gain Control Balls' has everything to do with system set up....Too much 'gain' will induce 'clip', too little 'gain' will result in lost 'performance'.....

Get the 'gain' set correctly & your amps output will mirror your head units output from minimum to maximum volume....Set the 'gain' too high and possible premature speaker failure becomes highly likely....

Not going to get techy about it, suffice to say, a 'clipping' amp kills coils....

I didn't state you had a problem with your system, in fact I'm happy your happy....

and 4 "although to be fair this is where experience wins the day" dont mean didaly if you dont blow a sub you have done a good job if you do its a learning curve and theres always a new shiny bassy sub you can buy

:lolup:Experience will always win mate, as you attempted to point out in 3 above,

and theres nothing wrong with my installation and never has been with amps subs and speakers in the 10 cars i have owned over the years

, and 4,

its a learning curve

Tell you what, I'm an amicable guy;

Please accept my humble apology for sticking my oar in....:cheers:

 

[adammichael]

this is just getting confusing now

 

[l3ogroll]

life to short :cheers:

 

[l3ogroll]

this is just getting confusing now

just have a go if you f**k it theres always someone who can fix it

 

[wallop]

@ the OP....You already have all the info anyone can supply, (unless you can ask your mate exactly what he put where)....

How can anyone assume to know how it was wired from a few blurred pics showing basically nothing....

Like I said previously, rip it all out and start again, this way you will find and remove any previous bad practices....

Just spent 30 seconds on google, this Page may help you....Just one small point, When using screwdrivers on amplifier terminals you need to realise that amps actually contain capacitors which retain a certain amount of electrical energy, so although the amp is isolated from any supply it is still possible to short it out and cause internal damage....

To reduce the risk of this happening, wrap insulating tape around the screwdriver from the head upwards, (so when you look at the screwdriver the only metal you can see is the fluted end).....

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

1 for the record i never set out to sound like any kind of amp installing god such as yourself!!!!! so dont be so Condescending

2 sorry for getting them the wrong way round i just wrote what i thought to be true to help a fellow CS member out.

3 i still stand but what i said without all the "Amplifier Gain control" balls bottom line is its your amp and sub have it as loud as you want if you can take the power use it i know i do and theres nothing wrong with my installation and never has been with amps subs and speakers in the 10 cars i have owned over the years


and 4 "although to be fair this is where experience wins the day" dont mean didaly if you dont blow a sub you have done a good job if you do its a learning curve and theres always a new shiny bassy sub you can buy


have fun with your install

jay

Here we go again

I'm not an amp installing god, I'm not condescending either....I was merely pointing out flaws in your previous statements....

I assume the apology is aimed at the OP....

Unfortunately there are a large number of people frequenting forums such as this who believe everything they read must be factual, they simply don't follow the logic that most info supplied is third hand or worse....Its also fair to expect peoples opinions to differ, so little disagreements are going to occur....

Don't get a strop on about it, prove the other guy wrong....works everytime:approve:

Sorry mate, the 'Amplifier Gain Control Balls' has everything to do with system set up....Too much 'gain' will induce 'clip', too little 'gain' will result in lost 'performance'.....

Get the 'gain' set correctly & your amps output will mirror your head units output from minimum to maximum volume....Set the 'gain' too high and possible premature speaker failure becomes highly likely....

Not going to get techy about it, suffice to say, a 'clipping' amp kills coils....

I didn't state you had a problem with your system, in fact I'm happy your happy....

:lolup:Experience will always win mate, as you attempted to point out in 3 above, , and 4,

Tell you what, I'm an amicable guy;

Please accept my humble apology for sticking my oar in....:cheers:

:lolup::lolup::lolup: Wallop you really got a nack for getting peoples nickers tied in a not, only to call a truce and reach a common understanding at the end of it..brilliant lol, was a very humourous read :rofl: