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I love music. I usually go to concerts, listen to music everywhere I can, and participate in my friends’ parties. Because I love music so much, I installed a subwoofer in my car, and connect it with my home stereo, laptop, and television.
Therefore, I can wallow in music whenever I want. I also have many friends sharing the same hobby, but most of them don’t have a subwoofer like me. I usually wondered why? Then one day, I found out the reason was that they have not found a proper subwoofer yet, or more common, they have not known how to install a subwoofer in their car.
When I found out about this, I also figured it out that a lot of others having the same problem. Therefore, I’m writing this HOW TO article, to guide you How to install a car subwoofer in a very short time. In addition, I also would like to show you:
I love music. I usually go to concerts, listen to music everywhere I can, and participate in my friends’ parties. Because I love music so much, I installed a subwoofer in my car, and connect it with my home stereo, laptop, and television.
Therefore, I can wallow in music whenever I want. I also have many friends sharing the same hobby, but most of them don’t have a subwoofer like me. I usually wondered why?Then one day, I found out the reason was that they have not found a proper subwoofer yet, or more common, they have not known how to install a subwoofer in their car.
When I found out about this, I also figured it out that a lot of others having the same problem.Therefore, I’m writing this HOW TO article, to guide you How to install a car subwoofer in a very short time. In addition, I also would like to show you:
It is very easy and quick. Shall we start?
A good preparation is the key to success. If you prepare well, it will get even quicker to finish. These are the instruments that you will need to follow:
Instruments to install a subwoofer in your car:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-Subwoofers-in-a-Car
If you already have a subwoofer in your car, and want to connect it to home stereo like me, these are the things you will need:
https://www.mademan.com/mm/how-connect-car-subwoofer-home-stereo.html
These are instruments for those who want to connect a subwoofer to your laptop:
https://www.ehow.com/how_8412652_connect-subwoofer-laptop.html
The last is for those who want to connect a subwoofer to a TV:
https://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-use-a-car-audio-subwoofer-in-a-home-theater-setup
This is the most complicated part, so I will explain it, with pictures, clearly and slowly.
This can be a little difficult, because you need to choose a speaker and an amp that work with their best power, without blowing each other. So I would like to share some of my experiences.
What we need to do here is to put the RMS of both the subwoofer speaker and the amplifier to be as close as possible. The RMS is the amount of power a speaker can continuously have sent to it without going bad. The RMS is also the amount of power the amplifier can continuously put out without overheating.When looking at speakers and amplifiers, do not look at the peak power.
A speaker or amp can only be run on the peak power for about a minute before it goes bad or overheats. You want to be running your subwoofers on its RMS rating rather than the peak rating.Choosing a size for a speaker is also important. Smaller speakers like the 8 and 10 inch ones, and they are very quick to respond and punch better than bigger ones, but are not very loud.
Bigger ones like 15+ inch ones, are very loud compared to smaller ones at the same wattage, but have slow response, and make the sound more mushy. The bigger ones also handle lower frequencies better too. 12 inch speakers are a good compromise for a basic system.Make sure you buy a subwoofer box that has a hole the same size as your speaker.
This is the part that you can use your wiring kit, like this one:
We will start with wiring the power from the battery, not the fuse box. Because power from the fuse box often is too strong, you may hear your engine noise amplified through your speakers. You could also easily blow a fuse by using the little ones the fuse box has.
We’ll start by finding an opening in the car’s firewall. This is the metal wall under the hood of the car, closest to the windshield. The other side of the firewall should be the inside of the car. I found a hole that was behind my glove box, as you can see the in the left picture, and was quite easy to get to from the engine compartment.
Run most of the power cable through the hole in the firewall, making sure to leave enough wire to get to the battery.Strip the insulation off of the wire at the end where the battery is. Wire the in-line fuse to this end. What we are trying to do is to lay the fuse as close to the battery as possible.
Do not connect the wire to the battery yet. Make sure you tape the place where you wired the fuse to the wire, so you don’t get a short.Run the remaining wire under the cars carpeting or through a wire channel, if there is one. The purpose is to get this wire to the trunk of the car.
While you have the carpeting loose, run the 16 – 18 gauge wire and the RCA cables from the trunk to as close to the back of the stereo head unit as possible, leave a little slack at both ends.
You now need to take the stereo head unit out. Almost every car manufacturer does it different and usually requires you either take off the front of the center console, or you use a tool to slide the stereo out of special clips.After you have the stereo out, look at the back of it.
There should be 2 RCA connections. Run the RCA cables through the back of the center console and plug them into the 2 connections on the back of the stereo.If your stereo does not have these connections, you will have to splice the wires into the rear speaker wires. Better yet, go out and buy a new stereo that has RCA. They aren’t very expensive any more.
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You will need to run the 16 – 18 gauge wire through the back of the center console too. This wire tells the amp that the stereo has turned on, and that the amp should too.If you look at all the wires coming out of the back of the head unit, there should be 1 or 2 blue ones.
These are called the remote wires.If there are 2 wires, there should be one labeled Amp. If there is just one blue wire, you can use that. If you have a power antenna, you will have to splice into the blue wire for use with the amp too. What you need to do is connect the 16 – 18 gauge wire to the correct blue wire. When the stereo comes on, so will the amp.
If it is a stock stereo on a car without a power antenna and no blue wire, then run the 16 – 18 gauge wire to the fuse box, and connect it to a fuse that turns on when the accessories are on. Your amp will always be on when your car is on, but it shouldn’t make noise, so it’s OK. If it does make noise (like from the engine), add a switch so you can turn it on or off.
If your speaker is already in a box, you can skip this step. Otherwise, this is necessary.
Put the speaker in the box, making sure the flimsy thin gasket thing is on it.If the box has its own connectors on the outside, make sure they are wired to the speaker inside.Screw the speaker into the box, using the holes on the outside rim of the speaker.Set the subwoofer in the trunk of the car.
The final step is to go and connect the power cable to the battery. I just shove my wire between the battery clip and the post on the battery.Make sure a large fuse is in the fuse holder.And we’re done.
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Step 1: You need either a 12 volt battery or a computer power supply. The latter will be much cheaper
Step 2: Find the max wattage of your amp
Step 3: Look at the wire at the back of your power supply
Step 4: Find the four pin molex connector
Step 5: Strip the yellow wire and the black wire
How To Set Up/Install Car Stereo/Subwoofer In Home
Step 6: Next, use a screwdriver to loosen the three power screws at the back of the amp.
Step 7: Use the piece of spare wire from cutting the black wire and stretch it between the positive screw and the REM screw
Step 8: Then, use some speaker cable to attach the amp and the subwoofer
Step 9: Use a red and white RCA input cable and attach it from your amp to your home stereo.
This is quite simple.
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Step 2 – Connect to the Car Amp
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Step 3 – Connect to the Home Amp
Step 4 – Connect your Other Speakers
Step 5 – Plug in the Inverter
Have you been enjoying my tutorial so far?I hope you have, and nothing was too hard for you. If you have any ideas, or suggestions you want to make for me or other people, please leave a comment. And share this tutorial if you like.Thank you for reading. Goodbye.
My name is Leroy L.Simmons. I create this blog as the way to find out my excitement and also a way to remember my father. I always love writing, I embarked on this adventure of the blog, to tell you all that I want to share about my hobby, my dream of auto, truck and journey. At MRVEHICLE.NET, I hope to tell you great stories and especially to answer some questions you might ask. And there are also many interesting and up-to-date stories of drivers on their journey everywhere in the world.
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