MP3Car.com - View Single Post

pancit175 · 03-31-2008, 01:59 PM

My first question to you, is your car equipt with the factory bose system? If so you need to bypass the factory amp in order to use the 4-ch amp.

Quote: Originally Posted by TeamRSX

I bought a wire harness to fit into the stock one. I tried running 16awg speaker wire from the positive speakers on my harness to the positive in my amp for chanel one and the same for the ground.

So, i have 4 wires altogether running from wire harness to the 4-channels on my amp.

When running a 4 ch amp you need to have a total of 8 individual wires going out of the amp (2 wires per speaker). And you should never have a speaker wire going to ground. The positive of the speaker must go to the positive speaker output of the amp, and the negative of the speaker must go to the negative speaker output of the amp. Although if you are refering to the negative speaker lead as ground, please dont call it a ground. The "ground" is defined as the power ground or chassis, and should never be confused with anytype of signal negative or the soil/dirt type ground (I'll save the story for another time). I'm just trying to help you define your terms so you can get better help.

03-31-2008, 01:59 PM	#2
pancit175 Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: chicago, Illinois Posts: 652	My first question to you, is your car equipt with the factory bose system? If so you need to bypass the factory amp in order to use the 4-ch amp. Quote: Originally Posted by TeamRSX I bought a wire harness to fit into the stock one. I tried running 16awg speaker wire from the positive speakers on my harness to the positive in my amp for chanel one and the same for the ground. So, i have 4 wires altogether running from wire harness to the 4-channels on my amp. When running a 4 ch amp you need to have a total of 8 individual wires going out of the amp (2 wires per speaker). And you should never have a speaker wire going to ground. The positive of the speaker must go to the positive speaker output of the amp, and the negative of the speaker must go to the negative speaker output of the amp. Although if you are refering to the negative speaker lead as ground, please dont call it a ground. The "ground" is defined as the power ground or chassis, and should never be confused with anytype of signal negative or the soil/dirt type ground (I'll save the story for another time). I'm just trying to help you define your terms so you can get better help. __________________ " In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts mind there are few. "- Shunryu Suzuki "Do it right or don't do it at all" PROGRESS: [DONE&DONE] (Considering a redesign) Last edited by pancit175; 03-31-2008 at 02:05 PM.