Posted August 10, 200916 yr I am installing a Jensen MCD 6115, and two Jensen power 760 amps in my boat. The reciever has output of 200 watts ( 50 x 4 ). After I hook up amps through rca preamps at reciever does that reciever 200 watts transfer through the amp? or can I still use those reciever speaker leads for 50 x 4?
August 10, 200916 yr no, the 200 watts does not transfer to the amp. The RCA outputs on the deck are low level outputs. They only have an actual few tenths of a watt going through them. The speaker leads, however, are the high level outputs and have the 50 x 4 rating, which is a max rating. They're actually about 20 watts RMS each. But yes you can use the RCAs to send a signal to an external amplifier and also use the speaker leads to power speakers directly from the deck.
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