LanceM
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- First Name
- Lance
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2017
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- Location
- Marion, TX
- Website
- www.bigredpawdoodles.com
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Jeep JL 2d
- Occupation
- System Admin
Let me start by saying this is an amazing upgrade. I already had upgrades to the 8" radio and the put infinity reference speakers in the dash 3.5 inch and replaced the sound bar with 5.25s. I have also added a 10" subwoofer to the jeep in the cargo area and used a line level converter at the b pillar to tap into for the amp under the passenger seat. All of this before the upgrade of adding the amp.
Rereading the entire thread once the amp and wiring harnesses came in, paid a lot more attention to the sub part of this thread as I had an existing sub already. As some of you might know or guess, the dip switch's play a very important part for me as I am getting line level signal from the high level wires for the sound bar at the base of the b pillar.
Knowing this, I had to readjust the dip switch's to allow for full signal (no filter) for the rear speakers. The installation is literally the easiest install I've done except maybe replacing the front 3.5 speakers. I had a small issue with no sound but that was due to a bad ground tape (I HATE those little blue taps, and they hate me) but it was figured out, I had delicious sound. Like the OP wanted, I mounted the amp with zip ties to the ducting above the glove box impressed it fit. Remounted the radio and looked at the ton of access wire I was going to have to hide. Well, again to my surprise it all fit, tucked behind the glove box. All took less than an hour.
Now for my issue and my question. My only issue is my sub plays for about 5 seconds and cuts out for 5 seconds, repeats forever. This is an issue. I believe it is because of the line level converter after the amp. I am waiting on speaker wire to RCA Jack's that should be in tomm to remove the line level converter completely and run the wires to the red output side of the radio. I believe this will solve my 5 second issue and allow me to readjust the dip switch's allowing me to cut the bass to the rear speakers.
My question is about the subwoofer output. There are 4 wires, implying 2 channels. But from what I have read, it appears only the brown wires have signal, which means mono, but we know that works for bass. So my question is, does anyone know what the orange wires purpose is??
I played with disconnecting the sub wires while testing everything but nothing appears to be impacted by connecting or disconnecting the sub wires. So I cut the input side harness off, and I am going to wire it to my RCA Jack's tomm and just wanted to get it all correct and double check with the experts here before.
Again, great upgrade. Super ease for even a novice to start with.
LanceM
Rereading the entire thread once the amp and wiring harnesses came in, paid a lot more attention to the sub part of this thread as I had an existing sub already. As some of you might know or guess, the dip switch's play a very important part for me as I am getting line level signal from the high level wires for the sound bar at the base of the b pillar.
Knowing this, I had to readjust the dip switch's to allow for full signal (no filter) for the rear speakers. The installation is literally the easiest install I've done except maybe replacing the front 3.5 speakers. I had a small issue with no sound but that was due to a bad ground tape (I HATE those little blue taps, and they hate me) but it was figured out, I had delicious sound. Like the OP wanted, I mounted the amp with zip ties to the ducting above the glove box impressed it fit. Remounted the radio and looked at the ton of access wire I was going to have to hide. Well, again to my surprise it all fit, tucked behind the glove box. All took less than an hour.
Now for my issue and my question. My only issue is my sub plays for about 5 seconds and cuts out for 5 seconds, repeats forever. This is an issue. I believe it is because of the line level converter after the amp. I am waiting on speaker wire to RCA Jack's that should be in tomm to remove the line level converter completely and run the wires to the red output side of the radio. I believe this will solve my 5 second issue and allow me to readjust the dip switch's allowing me to cut the bass to the rear speakers.
My question is about the subwoofer output. There are 4 wires, implying 2 channels. But from what I have read, it appears only the brown wires have signal, which means mono, but we know that works for bass. So my question is, does anyone know what the orange wires purpose is??
I played with disconnecting the sub wires while testing everything but nothing appears to be impacted by connecting or disconnecting the sub wires. So I cut the input side harness off, and I am going to wire it to my RCA Jack's tomm and just wanted to get it all correct and double check with the experts here before.
Again, great upgrade. Super ease for even a novice to start with.
LanceM
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