I should have bought the sub amp.
Thank you for keeping us updated. I hope it gets dialed in for you.Well, I put the interior back together and plugged everything in after getting the 6x9's done.
The stereo works.
The sub does not.
800Watts? BS
Volume is no greater than it was before, might even be lower though it does have better range. I'll play with the PAC settings and see if I missed something. But at the moment, I'm feeling like my grand was thrown away.
The PAC would have cost $350? The front pods maybe another $80? At the moment I'm not very impressed. Will see after I update the PAC and click some options.
I tried turning the the gains all the way down and then all the way up with no effect. So I believe I need to play with the PAC. Didn’t touch the dip switches so I thought I had 5v?
You can set a minimum volume on the PAC. That may be your problem.
In addition to the other recommendations, make sure you have updated the PAC to the latest version, and after that, reset and recalibrate the device. It's a PITA, but should hopefully help.Well, I put the interior back together and plugged everything in after getting the 6x9's done.
The stereo works.
The sub does not.
800Watts? BS
Volume is no greater than it was before, might even be lower though it does have better range. I'll play with the PAC settings and see if I missed something. But at the moment, I'm feeling like my grand was thrown away.
The PAC would have cost $350? The front pods maybe another $80? At the moment I'm not very impressed. Will see after I update the PAC and click some options.
I did plug those two plugs into each other on the PAC wire harness and my factory sub still works. I have the gains up at about 75% and when I run a bass test from YouTube it hits pretty hard. Now I am not super impressed with the sound of music from satellite radio. I literally just finished up the install tonight so I still need to play around a bit. I did order the sub and plan on first connecting it to the alpine sub in the Jeep and see if I need to upgrade that. I feel like the system improved but still needs that solid kick from a sub really round out the system. I am not a bass heavy music person. I’m looking for solid sound that is full of that makes sense. I’m still on the fence if this system was worth the $1000 investment especially with how long the whole install took. I will keep everyone updated. I plan on calling PAC amp about the plugs in the back of the unit and see if they are supposed to be plugged in or stay unplugged. Here is a picture of the plug I am referring to.
Let us know how it goes plugging in the switch and turning on the #4 dip switch. I am hoping the sub amp will help the system. So far I have been very under whelmed.Following Jon’s lead.
I just stopped by a car audio store and had the tech listen to the system. If I run a bass test song through Bluetooth I can get it to hit very hard and it sounds great. When I play music through xm radio it sounds like garbage. The tech said it was the differences in signal and audio files. He basically said that even upgrading the sub might not fix the sound quality issue when listening to music on xm radio. Any thoughts from my audiophile friends?
That’s a very true statement. XM is even more compressed than MP3’s. CD’s were a bit better but still lost a bit off the analog of old. Today’s music is fine until you get a system with a bit of clarity.
