Help with controls on 1000D and 100.4

[themerc 0]

Alright, my 2 amps came in. My kicker amps never had this many controls, so I'm going to need some help...

How do I hookup the RCA's on the 1000D? Besides the gain, how should I set the other controls? Why are there 2 speaker terminals if it's a 1 channel amp? Which terminals do I use for a single dual 2 ohm sub?

How do I hookup the RCA's on the 100.4? ...All the controls?

The manuals say practically nothing.

1000D...

100.4...

If you need a better picture of something please let me know.

[thacarter546 0]

Hook your rcas into the inputs like any other amp. On the 1000d the two speaker terminals are paralleled internally it doesnt matter which you use. Set the crossover on the 100.4 to hp and set it around 80hz or so

set the low pass on the 1000d to 80 hz and the subsonic filter to one octave below your tuning frequency (around 5-10 hz lower)

Leave subsonic and bass boost at 0

Edited December 5, 2007 by thacarter546

[themerc 0]

Alright, my headunit has 3 separate plugins for RCA's... front, rear, and subwoofer. My headunit also has a LPF, but not a HPF.

For the 1000D,

1. Should I use the positive and negative for sub A? or the positive in sub A and negative in sub B?

2. My sub box is going to be tuned to 31-32 Hz, so I should set the subsonic filter to around 20 Hz?

3. What do I set the phase to?

4. I use the top left and bottom left inputs for my RCA's correct? Does it matter which is which?

For the 100.4,

1. Should I use one set of RCA's from my headunit front to channels 1 and 2 on the amp inputs and another set of RCA's from my headunit rear to channels 3 and 4?

2. Are the top half controls all channels 1 and 2? and bottom half all channels 3 and 4?

3. Should I set both controls to HPF?

4. My front speakers are 5.25" components and they can't take midbass. My rear speakers are 5x7" coaxials and they can take midbass better. What should I set the HPF's to for each of them?

5. What should I set the ranges to?

6. Do I leave all 4 of those bass boost controls at 0?

7. I leave both LPF's at 0 I'm assuming?

8. What should I set the subsonic filters to?

For both amps,

I leave the bass boosts at 0. I don't use the remote bass control.

For the headunit,

1. What should I set the LPF to?

Sorry I have so many questions, I just want to get this right the first time. I have a Panasonic CQ-C7103U headunit with 2V preamps by the way.

Edited December 5, 2007 by themerc

[sundownz 197]

1000D:

1) It doesn't matter which way you do it, either way works the same. They are in parallel inside the amp.

2) Just nudge up the filter about 1/4 turn, that'll do it for ya.

3) Rarely will you need the phase, don't change it at all.

4) Yes, the far left set -- the other two are for strapping only. Left and Right do not matter.

100.4:

1) That will work fine.

2) Yes.

3) Yes, for your install.

4) Set the HPF on CH 1+2 to 1/4 turn up for the 5.25" set and on CH 3+4 to 50 Hz (all the way down).

5) Leave the range at x1

6) Yes, leave them alone.

7) Yes.

8) Turn these 1/3 way up for your install. It will give you a steeper HPF slope.

[themerc 0]

Thank you so much. This is one of the main reasons I bought Sundown amps... the customer service. I only have a couple more questions. Does 80 Hz on the 1000D LPF sound good? and what do I set my headunit LPF to? Thanks a lot guys.

[sundownz 197]

Thank you so much. This is one of the main reasons I bought Sundown amps... the customer service. I only have a couple more questions. Does 80 Hz on the 1000D LPF sound good? and what do I set my headunit LPF to? Thanks a lot guys.

Set your HU LPF to the same, 80 Hz.

80 Hz is about 1/2 way up on the 1000D, it's a very popular setting. If you don't like the sound back it down about 1/8th turn

[themerc 0]

Great. Thanks again.