Amplifiers / Head Units / Processors / Electrical

I just got a quick question. I just bought a Pioneer Avic f90bt for my 2008 scion tc. Now i just dont know what to buy for a installation kit. i found two kits on crutchfield but no reviews say that they fit for a scion tc. i was wondering if anyone had any experience with installing a deck too a scion tc or if they have use the kits that i have listed below. any information will be awesome. http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142SCN2059/Scion-tC-In-dash-Receiver-Kit.html http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120958202/Toyota-Scion-In-dash-Receiver-Kit.html?tp=3121&avf=N&tab=review if anyone got anything post up Thanks.

I'm strating a new project and was wondering if JBL gto 1201is a good amp for 10" L7's. Budget's not so big hehe, so i'm tryin to get something that can feed L7 at a decent price.

What should I set the phase to on my mono amp if my 4ch. has no phase adj.

I'm going to be doing a big three. I'm going to have 1-2 batteries in the bed of my truck. I've got to wire up the Orion 2500D, which is also going to be in the bed of my truck. Theres gunna be a camper shell over my bed, and the rear window taken out of the cab,and the front window out of the camper shell, and the box/amp/batteries is gunna be in the bed. Should I just buy so much, like 25ft or what? What gauge or gauges should I use? I can't remember what the amp can accept in regards to power wire size.

Anyone know where I can get a new plug and wires for the Pioneer FH-P6200? Looked everywhere without any luck. Help please. Thanks. JR

Any body know how to hookup your steering wheels controls to your aftermarket head unit? I just installed my Kenwood KDC-138 and the only thing that could make me happier would be to control the volume with ease

I need a new pair of rca cables. Right now i have a really cheap pair of cables on it and they finally broke can anyone tell me some good brands or something? i was looking at a pair of monster cables but im not really sure what to look for in rca cables. Thanks

alright, my girlfriends car has a rf 300.1 to a rf punch P2 12. single 4 ohm(not sure why the place let her buy that combo, 150Wx1@4ohm) I bought a new sub for her birthday, just a resonant engineering REX 12 dual 4. nothing special but it will be getting twice the power at least. it is a ~2.5 ft^3 ported box tuned to 28 I think it was, that I built for her a while back, and I still need to carpet it. RE I havent told her that I got the sub for her, and dont want to tell her. I planned on in the middle of the night going out and pulling the box, carpeting it, and dropping in the RE. obviously I wont be able to bump the system in the middle of the night. I want her to turn…

Well I recently (2 weeks ago) purchased a Brand New Volkswagen GTI and it just turned 1000miles so it's time to play (I told myself that I'd at least drive it for 1k miles before tearing it apart.) Anyhow, I'm looking into processors, line level converters, ect.. I'd like to keep the factory deck, It's a in dash 6 disc with aux in and Sirius so I'd like to keep it for now (I've never ran a stock so this will be a new adventure) What I'm looking to do is just get some better sound.. I'll probably throw a five channel amp in there with a single 10 and leave the stock mids intact for now . Currently the stock setup sounds terrible... I've never heard a factory set sound so …

anyone have any luck switching to a smaller alternator pulley? Were there any noticeable gains in output?

i finally installed my system and im looking to get another hu. I currently own a JVC KD-AVX2. I've been looking at other radios and i want a lil more out of my hu. I kinda want a screen, too. I've looked at these models and i cant decide what might be best... Clarion: VRX785BT, VRX585USB JVC: NX-5000, KD-AVX44J

I need some new battery terminals for the optima red top under the hood. I currently have some nice tsunami terminals. They have 2 0 gauge inputs and 2 8gauhe inputs. Id like terminals with 3 or 4 0 gauge inputs and 2 8 gauge inputs. Can some hook me up? Help is much appreciated Fellas!

Hello, I am in the process of deciding what I should do. I used to have a 180A alternator and it went bad. I sent it back to get fixed, and they quoted me $170 to build it back to 180A, or basically to fix it. However, they said that for $100 more, they can rebuild it to 200A. (I took it apart just for fun when I sent it back to them, just for fun, and it looked like it was a completely stock alternator which I thought was weird, but then again, I don't know what, besides rectifier diodes, is used to make an OEM alternator a high output alternator. What I do know is that I must've paid close to $350 for it back in 2006.) Anyways, when my system will consist of, will be: …

1) Low voltage. Most car charging systems aren't equipped to handle the extra strain of amplifiers without some sort of help, if this is the case you may need to add, a capacitor or battery. 2) Blown sub. Sometimes when you blow a subwoofer, it can take your amp down with it, most amp's will go in to protect before this happens, but not always. 3) Over driving the amp. If you max the gain, and bass boost on your amplifier, you can cause all sorts of problems, including blown fuses. 4) Loose or bad connections. Check your connections to the battery, and ground, sometimes a loose connection will play, but cause your amp to over heat by working to hard to produce it's power.…

I was on Knu Konceptz and was looking at an In-Line Waterproof ANL Fuse Holder w/ Fuse and KonFUSED 2 Way Digital Distribution System. I was wondering what fuses i would need? i have a 1/0AWG power that will split into a 4AWG and 8AWG for the two amps. the fuses on each of the amps is 40 and 90.

Today I'm going over to Best Buy to buy a new head unit. I would normally buy from Crutchfield or Amazon but I don't want to mess up my new car. Anyway there were a few different ones that I was looking at and I wanted some opinions on them. Here are the ones I was looking at: JVC KDHDR20 JVC KD-HDR50 Kenwood KDC-MP242 Sony CDXGT540UI I'm also open to suggestions. Thanks. By the way, I have a Chevrolet Malibu.

hi i'm between a second battery or an alternator both will cost around the same my only problem with the 2nd alternator is that my car is a piece of sh@t and not sure how long it is going to last me and dont want to put parts into it i cant transfer to a new vehicle when i get one my audio ive got is a saz2000d, 12" fi btl with daily, cooling dual 2ohm wierd at 1 ohm big three with 1/0 gauge stock alt is 110amp and main battery is a 24 ah canadian tire thing lol oh and my buget is 250-325

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I bought a new Pioneer z110bt and have been messin with installing it into my 2006 Nissan Xterra SE. I keep getting this high pitched whine. The factory Rockford Fosgate system is still in, and I have the bypass harness' and everything is hooked up right but it still makes this high pitched whine noise. Keep in mind this is WITH the key off...........I am lost as to why its doing this........The whine is still present with the RCA's unplugged. Any ideas guys? J

Sorry for sound like a retatard but what is Big 3?

i got 2 amps (soon to be 3) and one of those things with the flashy light... i think they call it a cap.... forget what the does... but anyways. ive always heard that you should ground to the same location but its getting harder to mount all the components close enough that i can reach a common ground location. amps: kenwood excelon (600rms for the sub), kicker 250.2, (adding second 2 channel or 4 channel amp after xmas) Questions? 1) can i ground to different locations? if so how? 2) does the ground wire have to be like 18" long or less? can it be more? if i use a ground distro is there a max length in this application? 3) do you need more info on the install?

Lately my cars "radio" fuses have been blowing not the fuse on the hu but the cars radio fuse. First time the fuse blew when I first turned the car on.. Which was weird since I never had a fuse go out on me since I had the hu a year or so now. So I went and pick up more fuses (8amp Volvos standard) put one in worked fine at idle went down the road turned the hu volume up half way and just as the bass hit the fuse popped!. So the next day I took the hu out looked around checked ground power etc nothing was wrong ( besides a big mess Of wires and rcas) placed another fuse in with the hu out and banged on it for 20mins zero problems. Put it all back in. Worked perfect for 4…

So while I was deployed to the middle east I acquired my car audio equipment. But now I'd like to know what amp alternators and batteries would work best for my system. I'll be running a 15 BTL off of a Soundstream DTR2200 which should push 2200 watts to 1 ohm. I'll also have a 4 channel Soundstream amp pushing 100 watts a piece to 4 6.5s in the doors of my Tahoe. It'll be ran off of a Pioneer deck. I've heard al lot about Optima batteries but have read mixed reviews on them. As far as alternators, I'm open to any decent brand that audiophiles have had luck with. Thanks in advance for the help.

So I have a friend that wants to replace her amp and sub that came with her 07 Ford Edge. The sub sucks and the amp just doesn't have enough power for her. Is there a way to install an after market amp wihout having to buy a processor like a RF 3sixty or AudioContro DSP? Sorry if this is a silly question, I would like to tell her all her options. Thanks.

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