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Red_SXi
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31st Mar 03 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've just got a Vibe 10" Sub, with built in AMP its 600w, and was only £159

Anyway, cos i'm not changing the HU in my New shape Sxi, i've got a RCA Adaptor, which i realise i'm going to loose 2 speakers (which will be the back ones) i'm not sure what wires to disconnect, and swap for the RCA adaptor wires.

Does anyone else know what wire i need to look for ?

I would have posted this in ICE/Electrics section, but i need a quick reply cos i want to do it tomorrow.

Thanks guys
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not gonna tell you cos i hate vibe
Red_SXi
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31st Mar 03 at 21:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Please,
Makarus
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Be nice.
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Wont sound as good without a decent Head Unit
corb
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i already suggested an upgraded h/u but he wasnt interested. and after my advice yesterday, went and bought Vibe, i mean of all things
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just get a an amp that u can run the sub and 6x9's from then you'll be laughing and you can fit the RCA Adpt without any problems
Red_SXi
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31st Mar 03 at 21:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am going to change my HU, just not yet, please can someone answer my question about which wires i need to replace with the RCA wires
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you dont have to loose the back speakers though. you just splice the rca wirtes into the existing wires, keeping youre back speakers and letting you use the sub too. best of both worlds
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Ahhh, i didnt' know that. Any idea which wires i'm looking for? Or any way of finding them
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the easyest way of doing it if you're feeling lazy is just splicing into them off the 6x9's in the shelf. otherwise you'll have to splice into them right by the cd player and run the cables all the way to the boot. its easyer than splicing them right up by the HU, and then running two extra cables that are carrying exactly the same signal as the sables that are going for the rear speakers. might as well just use the existing cables!!!
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Very good suggestion mate, you've also given me the idea that if i look at the wires going into the rear speakers from the stereo, i'll see what colours they are.

I'm not sure about splicing them near the speakers because the RCA adaptor lead i've got only had abuot 3 inches length of wire on each wire, so i think it may be easier to do it at the HU end of things, but very good suggestion.
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31st Mar 03 at 22:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So what wires have you bought? Because the head unit gives an amplified output, but the inputs on an amplifier for say a sub need a signal that has no "volume", just high current signal. if you put a normal volume signal into an rca input of an amp, you're gunna blow it, or its just gunna switch onto protect mode and not work.

[Edited on 31-03-2003 by DJ_Voodoo]
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31st Mar 03 at 22:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've bought the Autoleads RCA adaptor, it has the normal RCA leads, and 5 wires that replace speaker wires, (so i was told)

Does all this sound ok?
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5??? what are these wires labeled?
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just got off my lazy arse, and the lead i'm talking about has 2 RCA connections (red and white, quite wide) and 5 thin wires all are grey sort of colours. It must be the right thing cos on the wiring kit it refers to this RCA adaptor, and product code which is exactly the same, wot u think ?>
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i think you got the wrong bit. what you need is something that converts a high signal, that would driver the speakers, into a RCA signal, which is very low. what it seems liek you have is just something that would put an RCA fitting onto a normal speaker wire, without changing the signal strenth. you have a pic of it by and chance?
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No i dont have a pic, but i belive (what they told me in the shop) that this is to turn high level input into RCA, i would connect the wire from my amp and wiring kit onto this. Would this mean that when i turn my HU up and down that it'll change the volume of the Sub ? Should this happen?
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yeah, if they said that it converts it from the high signal into the low signal then there should be no problem at all!
and yeah, when you adjust the volume on the HU, the sub will go with it, keeping it all equal. let me know how it goes any way. you have msn?
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Yes i have msn, my addy is blackie_uk@hotmail.com add me, i'm going to bed now mate, knackered
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sound. just added ya

 
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