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thewayofdouce
05-16-2005, 07:02 AM
alright, i have 2 pioneer 6X9's, and two Kicker CVR 10's. I have a BOSS 2000W amp and i need to know how to wire this. on the amp it has slots for 4 channels. i have ground, i know what that is, and power, i know what that is, and i have REM, i don't know what that is. and i have 6 input slots, 2 for each channel. also, i have no idea how to adjust this, i have Lo Pass Frequency, Bass Boost, Gain Level, Phase Shift, X-Over Mode, and High Pass Frequency. the guy that sold it to me told me told me i needed a splitter. i already had an amp hooked up in the el camino already, but it wasn't near this serious. I have the power, and the ground and those two wires that go to ther radio, the black and red wire. so i hope thats enough for someone to be able to tell me how to wire it. thanks alot.

XbeasleyX
05-16-2005, 05:14 PM
Rem = Remote aka Accessory. Makes the amp turn on only with the car. Now I am no audio expert but I don't think you can run speakers and subs off the same amp (unless you can tune the channels seperate) because the gain/freq. settings that make the subs sound good will make the speakers sound horrible and vice versa. Hopefully someone can back me up.

thewayofdouce
05-16-2005, 09:14 PM
well i don't care if i can't hook up just the 6X9's, they sound good without it on an amp. So BTW, i would suggest to anyone that Pioneer 6X9's are awesome and i would reccomend them to anyone. they are a great little speaker.

06-14-2005, 11:31 AM
Concerning that REM input, there should be a wire coming from the back of your headunit that plugs into that hole. Make sure it is fused!! Do not skip the fuse! If you want to be able to turn the amp on and off at your discretion, hook the wire up to a switch and mount it in an accessible place.

Your Power and Ground cables should be pretty large too but I am sure you know that. As for the channel find a left and right on the same channel and plug in the cord that plugs into the two outputs on the back of the headunit.

As for all the adjustements.
Turn your head unit to a volume where it is loud, but no distorting your interior speakers and have all the adjustements to a minimum on the amp.
Lo Pass Frequency=use this to tune the amp to where the speakers pound at the desired frequency you want. Think Low and High bass frequencies.
Bass Boost=Does what it says. Start with this low and turn it up sowly until the speakers bump pretty good, but not overly hard.
Gain Level=This is a tricky. It's very sensitive and can mean the difference between pounding and distortion. After you set the previous two to where you want, use this to help the speaker get a bit louder and pound on hard hits. Problem is, if you go too far it'll distort and sound bad. Just take your time with Bass Boost, Lo Pass and Gain to find a desired level. I recommend never turning your Gain up all the way cuz it'll sound horrible and makes the speaker move more than it already does.
Phase Shift=This one is a new one to me. I think it has something to do with the shift from lows to mids to highs. Just play with is and watch and listen to your speakers to see what it does.
X-Over Mode=Since you weren't specific I am going to name two things that this could be. On the Boss 750 Watt amps there are three settings on this switch; high, x-over, low. If your powering interior speakers you want it on high, it'll give you all treble. If you are pwering both subs and interiors put it on X-over; this give bass and treble. If you are powering just subs, put it on low. Low with filter out all treble frequencies and limit the sound to just the bass. "Low is the way to go" I always say. 8-)
Ok now the second thing this could be is for running your speakers bridged or regular. Since you said you have two subs I'd say stick to regular setup. If you decided to bridge the subs (which you can do on Boss amps without a switch) the amp should have markings that say "bridged" and then "+" and "-" corrisponding to their correct terminals. BTW regular keeps the stereo left and right, Bridged gives you mono sound, but alot stronger.
High Pass Frequency=This is to set the subs for higher frequencies. You can put this where you want, but if the x-over is on low, it won't make a big difference.

I hope this helps and helps others too who have questions about this stuff. Good Luck!!

ElkidminoLTU
06-14-2005, 11:33 AM
Oops I forgot to log in so it left me as a guest. :oops: That was me by the way^^^^^

ElCee
06-21-2005, 10:33 PM
I was going to say something stupid like, "I'm a girl and I hooked mine up all by myself" and then I was going to throw one of the smiley faces w/ the tongue sticking out just after it, like this :P , but I decided not to do that. It would be childish of me.
I don't think it was mentioned, but try to make sure to run the rca cables on the opposite side from any other wiring (not counting the speaker wire). It is ultra sensitive and can pick up undesired sound.