Hello,
Step 1
Disconnect
the ground (negative) cable from your battery first and foremost. NEVER
work on the electrical system of your car with this connected.
Step 2
Install your new speakers. Start by removing the paneling of the
speaker enclosure. Unscrew and disconnect the old speaker.
Ideally
the speaker wire will be connected to the old speakers with a metal
clip that can then slide right on to your new ones. If not, cut the
wire off the old speakers, strip about half an inch of it, then cut the
last 6 inches or so off the speaker wire that came with your speakers
so you have the proper connectors with a little wire attached, strip a
half inch of those wires and twist connect them to the existing speaker
wire. Bend the twists so they are in-line with the wire and wrap each
connection in electrical tape so no wire is showing to protect them.
Attach
the connectors to your new speaker. Make sure to connect the negative
wire (-/black) to the negative terminal on the speaker and the positive
wire (+/red or white) to the positive one. Screw the speaker in place.
If you have component speakers, and therefore a crossover, make sure
the crossover is secured in the speaker compartment so that it does not
bounce around while you drive.
Step 4
Attach
the thick positive (+/red) power cable for your amplifier to the
connector on positive terminal of your battery. The kit you purchased
should have come with an o-ring on one end of the wire (you may have to
crimp it on yourself, if so do it on the end with the fuse), this ring
can be sandwiched in the bolt on the connector that connects your car
to the battery.
Step 5
Put the fuse in the fuse holder.
Step 6
Run
the power cable through the firewall of your car (there is usually an
opening on the drivers side) and along to the back of the car where
your amp is. It is usually best to run this wire under the plastic
molding that goes along the bottom edge of your car, you never want the
power cable to come near any speaker wires. At the same time run the
remote on wire (a really thin wire from the amplifier wiring kit),
through the dash where the head unit will sit, along with the power
cable to the amp.
Step 7
On
the other side of the car run the RCA signal cable through the dash
from the head unit to the amp (it's a pair of wires together with
connectors on each end).
Step 8
In
the back of the car pick exactly where your amp and subwoofers are
going to go. Part of choosing this is that the thick black ground cable
(negative) needs to have a place to connect to the metal frame of your
car. This should be as short as possible, you never want the ground
cable to be longer than 3 feet.
Step 9
Find
a good screw or bolt, take if off and sandpaper the metal surface that
the o-ring will make contact with, then screw it down tightly.
Step 10
Attach
the RCA signal cable and the remote on cable to your head unit and
attach the power, ground, RCA signal, and remote on wires to your amp.
Step 11
If
you have not already done so, place your subwoofer box in the trunk and
attach your amplifier to it if that is what you are doing. If you are
not going to screw your amp to the subwoofer box then it must be
secured to something else.
Step 12
Attach
the 14-gauge speaker wires to the left and right channels of the
amplifier and to the speaker connectors of the subwoofer box.
Step 13
Mount
your head unit into the dash. Double check all of the connections on
the back of it to make sure they are secure. Then slide your head unit
into its slot in the dash and screw it securely in place. Before you
re-attach the dash, reconnect the ground (negative) cable to your car
battery and turn the stereo on and move around the car listening to
each speaker to make sure everything is working properly. Then put the
dash back on. That's all!.
Take care.
thank you but thats not what i asked. i need to know step by step installing my equalizer to my unit and tieing in my amp. i dont know what rca go into what. there is front back sub where do i plug in at. step by step installing equalizer and amp to head unit. i have a newer kenwood unit the ports in back are labeled sub front back aux where do my rca go.
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