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[lawrie124]

This thread won't set the ICE world alight, but I am posting this mostly by way of a massive thank you to Ruckus for all his help and advice.

The aim is to get some quality sound in the van, but at the same time keep it discreet and if possible leave the rear free for all the camping gear!

So far I have a set of Genesis components, a Genesis profile 2 amp, and some Optimise Automotive speaker pods.

My taste in music is mostly rock (think AC/DC) so time will tell if I add a base unit.

A couple of hours of fiddling today saw the stereo installed (cheap eBay kenwood head unit for now) and the speaker pods mounted.

My mate who did all the welding and rebuild had the foresight to fit an earth point and some permanent and switched live points on a fuse box in the inner wing.

Next job is to get a wiring kit later this week, and find somewhere to place the amp, as space under either seat is limited.

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Edited by lawrie124, 21 June 2014 - 05:12 PM.

[Petrol]

That's a very similar setup to mine. I have the same speakers & amp but am using an old Alpine head unit. I'm also fitting a small Alpine sub under the passenger seat.

 

Pete

[lawrie124]

That's a very similar setup to mine. I have the same speakers & amp but am using an old Alpine head unit. I'm also fitting a small Alpine sub under the passenger seat.
 
Pete

Great. Just need to try mine running cd quality rather than mo3 before deciding if I want a 4v per out head unit.

How are you running the amp? Mine is a 2 channel amp.

[Petrol]

I'm no expert on this but I have bridged the amp to run just the front speakers. I have been advised not to fit speakers in the back. I can get some pics up if you want.

 

Pete

[Ruckus]

I'm no expert on this but I have bridged the amp to run just the front speakers. I have been advised not to fit speakers in the back. I can get some pics up if you want.
 
Pete

Bridging gives you a mono signal, the front speakers need to be Stereo...

Might want to rethink that setup. :)

[lawrie124]

I'm no expert on this but I have bridged the amp to run just the front speakers. I have been advised not to fit speakers in the back. I can get some pics up if you want.
 
Pete

Would be good to see some pictures.

[Petrol]

Amp is under the parcel shelf

 

 

 

Looking at this pic, and having read up on it a bit, I don't think the amp is bridged

 

 

Speakers are going here

 

 

 

Loom

 

 

 

Sub under passenger seat.

 

 

 

Pete

 

Pete

[lawrie124]

Thanks Peter

Can you tell me what your sub is connected to?

Mike

[Petrol]

Hi Mike, the sub has it's own amp and controller. It's just a case of power and 2 phono's from the head unit. There are better subs but this one is light and fits out of the way.

 

http://www.alpine.co...oxes45/swe-1200

 

Pete

[Ruckus]

Pete
So are you running the front end mono?

[Petrol]

Not now, I wired the fronts up bridged by accident but have swapped the speaker cables over for stereo.

 

Thanks for your help

Pete

[lawrie124]

Hi Mike, the sub has it's own amp and controller. It's just a case of power and 2 phono's from the head unit. There are better subs but this one is light and fits out of the way.
 
http://www.alpine.co...oxes45/swe-1200
 
Pete

Apologies for the dim question but what does "2 phonos from the head unit" mean? If I recall correctly my head unit has the 2 jacks being used to feed the amp so the only spare connections are the speaker wires?

Mike

[Ruckus]

A lot of head units have more then one set of RCA's.

Front full range, Rear full range, subwoofer is normal.

Some highend units have each frequency range as an output. High, mid, mid woofer and sub...

[Tait]

Did you build the front speaker pods yourself? And how big are the speakers?

[lawrie124]

Did you build the front speaker pods yourself? And how big are the speakers?

 

get them from here: http://www.theminifo...dio-enclosures/

 

not sure about size of speakers; can check.