Here's a picture showing the two wires sets ready to connect
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speakers to the amplifier. |
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I used the same wiring techniques to make up one very
short 12 gauge
ground wire. The split terminal end was attached to the
sheetmetal
supporting the rear seat with a self-tapping screw. |
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Next, I attached each speaker wire to each 6x9.
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Using the existing stock wire looms, I routed the both
pairs of
speaker wire towards the amp. |
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Once it was time to attach the speaker wire to the amplifier,
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realized the advantage of tinning bare wire ends, no frayed
strands. |
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This is a shot of the amp, speakers, and gound wire all
hooked up. At this point it was timne to get power to
the amp.
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Because an MP3 player, Ipod, or laptop computer cannot
trigger the amp as it is designed, I chose to power the
amp with a "key-on" 12V power source. I found
an unused terminal in the fuse box under the dash. |
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The only problem with the amp connected to continuous
"key-on" 12V
power was that the amp would be powered up whenever the
car was on,
whether the chosen sound device was on or not. This intermediary
switch to
be installed between the igntion and amp was the perfect
solution. |
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I made up and connected a 12 gauge wire to the unused
"key-on" 12V power source in the fuse box. |
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The switch required a ground wire so I made up one of
those in 12
gauge as well. |
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Theoretically, with the "key-on" and both the
12V power source and the ground wire connected to the
switch, I should see the light illuminate once the switch
was toggled to its "on" position. It worked.
See the green light? |
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As I mentioned earlier, the amplifier has both a continous
power and a switched power terminal. In this set-up, both
were to be connected to the "on" terminal found
on the switch. |
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The doubled-up terminal end was then connected to the
switch. Now it was time to feed the power back to the
amplifier from the switch
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For Pete's sake! This move was for testing purpose only.
I ran the wire outside the car and into the trunk |
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I temporarily connected the wires to the continous power
and switched power terminals. Because the wires were doubled-up,
the red and white wires were interchangeable. |
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If everything was wired correctly, with both the key and
switch on, the amp should have come to life |
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The red arrow-shaped LED indicated I had power. The system
was now ready for a sound device. |
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