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A Simple Installation Process To Wire A Dual Voice Coil Subwoofer

Posted on February 1st, 2010 by by Sally Thompson

There are two ranges of sounds. One is the high range sound and the other is the low range sound. The high range sounds can be handled at speakers in the rear end, dash and door panels of the vehicle. But the lower tones and the bass effects are generally handled by the sub woofer which has got no other substitute. One should ensure that the sub woofers are wired properly. But how to wire dual sub woofer?

There are few tools required for accomplishment of this task. The usage of such tools will reduce the man power required and makes it easy to complete the task. It may include amplifier and dual speaker.

The first step is to check the impedance of the sub woofer. They come in many ranges of resistances or impedance. Four ohm and two ohm are the most common ranges available. This sub woofer may also be of dual voice coil they don have variations that are unusual. The very common type of sub woofer under using is the four ohm range. And so the plans for wiring are all designed so as to match this kind of sub woofer.

The woofer can be placed either in the cargo area at the rear back or the car’s trunk in the case of models like hatch backs or SUV .There are channels in the amplifiers. Then the amplifier position is located after which the manual is gone through for any kind of procedure to be followed.. To these channels the wire from the sub woofer is connected. The ends of these wires are stripped by an inch.

There are many types of terminals available in an amplifier. The most common type of the amplifier terminal is the”push” terminal. In this type for making a connection you have to press a lever and pass the wire through the hole that appears.

Amplifiers and sub woofers have different kinds of terminals. Push terminal is the most common type of terminal. This terminal pushes a small lever an a hole is generated. And the wire is slipped through this. A mono amplifier can also be used to wire a sub woofer. The step 2 is followed once again. The amplifier’s positive terminal is connected to the first sub woofer’s positive in the same way the negatives are also connected. These are repeated and also known as Daisy chaining often.

Check your sub woofers by playing a track of your choice. If you feel that the bass is not good enough check for all the wiring so as to ensure that there is no wrong connection made between negative and positive. Such a wrong wiring may lead to poor sound quality and also make it play out of phase. This should be avoided.

By following these simple easy to follow steps you can get a good quality sound output from your car`s audio system. After wiring a dual sub woofer you can hear even a very low bass sound.

Extremely Simple Instructions How To Bridge A Car Stereo Amp

Posted on January 31st, 2010 by by Chris Green

People who like to listen to loud music are the ones who are likely to bridge car amplifiers. By doing this the volume of the audio is increased to a great extent and also improves the clarity of the sound. More power is also provided to the speakers. Its function is similar to that of the subwoofer. The very important fact is that the connection should be done properly the first time before testing it. It is very important to know how to bridge two car audio amps since if the connection is done in the wrong way damages can be made to speakers and also the amps itself. Due to the high power the circuits can get burnt and damage it.

The easiest way to improve and enhance the sound of speaker is to connect two car amplifiers together . This also gives lot of power for bigger speakers such as woofers. We may need few things before we start doing this job . They are wrenches, pliers, wire strippers, wire rated for the amplifiers and of course the two amplifiers which we are planning to bridge.

The first step to be done before performing the task is to thoroughly check the manuals of both the amplifiers given by the manufacturer. Only the amplifiers which has got same characteristics like power etc can be bridged. If amplifiers with different power rating are bridged it may lead to malfunction or even damage to the amplifiers. Thus one should ensure that both these amplifiers have same power rating. In case there is any doubt of performing the task or in determining the match among the two it is better to drop the idea of bridging them both.

Before attempting to perform the operation please make sure to power down both the amplifiers. It is as simple as it is just disconnection of them from the power supply. There is one easy way to do this. It is just disconnecting from the car battery the positive cable clamp either with wrenches or pliers so as to keep it inactive throughout the process of bridging.

There will be a bridge switch at the rear end of each amp usually. Turn on that switch in case if it is there. Take a wire . Remove the insulation to about half inch in both the ends of the wire taken.

The most important thing to be done is the connection of the wires. The positive terminal of one amplifier holds one end of the wire while the other end is held by the negative terminal of the other amplifier. This can be performed by wrapping them around its corresponding terminal and then screwing them down. There is a clear distinction between the positive and negative terminals which is given by its color difference where red indicates positive and black indicates negative terminal.

The other terminals that are free are connected to the speakers. The positive end of one of the two amplifiers is connected to positive end of the speaker. Similarly, the negative end of the amp is connected with the negative end of the speaker.

With this article the question of how to bridge two car audio amps becomes easy. Though the instructions are enough to carry out the bridging it is very important to keep in mind that if there is any uncertainty the bridging must not be done. Since this might lead to damage in the speakers and also the amplifiers.

Installing A In Dash CD/MP3 Player Done By You

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by by Henry Woody

Those days only a cassette player was available in a car. But these days music has taken the predominant form in CD and DVD. If you still own a cassette player in any car you can easily switch over to a CD player and modernize your car yourself. This can be done at a low cost as an after market CD player can be installed. But how to install a CD player?

One of the things to be noted while buying a new CD player is its size. Make sure that the CD player is of perfect size as provided in the dash board. While searching for a new in dash CD player care must be taken so that the model of your car as different cars have different make based on their model. It is also important to buy a car stereo connector for the wiring and an in dash CD player kit. This makes the work look more professional.

The first step in the process is to find the things we must need to complete the task. Few things are very essential to build up a dash player kit and they are around twenty pieces of butt splices. They must have insulations done and wire strippers are must as during installation the pliers and strippers play a very important role. Lastly the most important is the wire which connects the stereo.

Insert an end of the orange wire coming out of the wiring connector of the car stereo into the vinyl insulated butt splicer. Now close this side of the splicer. This can be easily done using the nose pliers. Make sure that the butt splicer holds the wire firmly. Now insert the end of the orange wire that is coming out of the rear end of the CD player into the other end of the butt splicer and close this end with the use of the nose pliers. Be sure that there are no loose connections and the wire is held firmly by the butt splicer. Repeat this step for all the wires that can be seen in wire connecting the stereo. Make sure that each wire is matched very well with the similar colour and size of the player.

In the next step in the process we should remove the insulation from all the wires that comes from the wiring connector for car stereo. The insulation should be removed for about 1/8 to quarter inches and here also care should be taken so as to avoid the damage caused to the internal wiring.

Now remove the dash board covers and fix the CD player to it, you might need to follow the procedure given in the Car manual or CD player manual regarding the removal and re-fixing of the dash board which varies with each make of the vehicle.

Next thing to be done is to repeat the above step for all the wires that is present. Make sure that each wire is matched with the corresponding wire or it could lead to other faults. Then in order to install it, you can remove the dash board. But before doing this you should first go through the compact disc dash kit manual instruction. After that you can push both the player and the connector inside until a click sound is heard. The last steps include putting the screw back in its place and then starting the vehicle and check the functioning of the player.

One can modernize the car by knowing how to install an in – dash CD player, and these steps helps to know it.