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    Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Hey, i plan on getting a pioneer GM-6400F amp to run my 4 6.5'' speakers, but i have a couple questions,

    ok so i already have a GM-5400T running my 2 10'' subs and as it is my car seems to have a hard time producing enough power cause just about anything will reset my system, such as turning the AC on, and my lights flicker noticeably with the bass hits, so should i go with something like a power cell or a capacitor???

    And also when i actually get all the speakers hooked up to the amp and the deck do i disconnect the the +/- speaker connections in the wiring harness??

    well thanks for any comments



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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    well your gona find it easier to run you amp speaker wires to the wires in the harness behind your deck instead of running new wires yes its the ghetto way

    but it will save tones of time and not make that much difference

    so your best bet is to take 4 wires and label them with the speaker they will connect to
    bundle them up and run them to the deck make sure you dont run them with your 12v power line

    then just connect them to the amp and to the stock wires in the harness leaving the deck speaker wires hanging (of course cut the open ends off and or cap them)

    as for the low power you can first try a larger battery if that does not work you can go with a batt cap, its 100 fared worth of cap but has the starting power of a batter and there small



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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    i would just run new wires.. when i changed the speaker wires in my 3g the sound was clearer and its damn cheap as for everything else i agree with geddy

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda View Post
    i would just run new wires.. when i changed the speaker wires in my 3g the sound was clearer and its damn cheap as for everything else i agree with geddy
    ya but your car wa sa demon spawn
    lol

    oh i forgot i had ran new wires to the rear speakers but that's simple

    if you dont want to mess with removing the door panel i would just run them form the stock

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    ya but your car wa sa demon spawn
    lol
    haha soo truee im good at picking cursed cars!

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda View Post
    i would just run new wires.. when i changed the speaker wires in my 3g the sound was clearer and its damn cheap as for everything else i agree with geddy
    yeah i will probably just run all new speaker wire to the amp, then run 2 sets of RCA cables from the amp to the back of the deck into the front and back outputs, make sense??

    and does anybody know anything about hooking up a second battey?? cause im thinking about getting a battery and hooking it up in the trunk, i cant seem to find any articles on it though, but is it bacsically just easy as hooking up my existing power cable to the battery, hook up ground, then run another power cable from the battery to a distributor block and then 2 wires from that for each amp? or do i have to hook up some kind of battery isolator or something???

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    no you need an insulator in order to run a 2nd bat cause if you dont you will constantly be charging 2 battery's and that's hard on the alt

    now to ask a good question do you have 3 outputs on that pioneer sub rear and front

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    no you need an insulator in order to run a 2nd bat cause if you don't you will constantly be charging 2 battery's and that's hard on the alt

    now to ask a good question do you have 3 outputs on that pioneer sub rear and front
    hmmm...
    well it should be constantly charging 2 batt's while its running.
    but while the engine is off you only want to draw from 1 batt.
    i thinks its a batt isolator.
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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    no you need an insulator in order to run a 2nd bat cause if you dont you will constantly be charging 2 battery's and that's hard on the alt

    now to ask a good question do you have 3 outputs on that pioneer sub rear and front
    haha, yeah i have 3 sets of RCA outputs on my deck: front, back, and sub, lol, that was a requirement when i was buying my deck, 3RCA outputs, and usb input, haha

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by zack_attack2010 View Post
    haha, yeah i have 3 sets of RCA outputs on my deck: front, back, and sub, lol, that was a requirement when i was buying my deck, 3RCA outputs, and usb input, haha
    just making sure lol

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    Re: Hooking up a 4-channel amp

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    just making sure lol
    haha yup, and are these what im looking for in terms of an isolator???

    Expensive: http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/S...id/0/SFV/30046

    Budget:
    http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/S...id/0/SFV/30046

    or maybe something inbetween?? haha

    http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/S...9420/SFV/30046

    Oh and also i got some pics up finally, just click on the link, it should work, it worked for me

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