Connecting a subwoofer
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:06 pm
Hi I hope you can give me a few tips before I wire my subwoofer up ?
Here are my questions
1. I am connecting to a stereo amplifier with a bridged mono output . Should I use a Y splinter at the head unit and run stereo cables down the car or just run one cable and split it at the amplifier ?
2. I don’t see any controls on my head unit to control cross over frequency or line level to the sub output so assume my model doesn’t have any control ? Is the subwoofer output controlled in any way ie by the graphic equaliser or just by the main volume control ?
3. I have heard that the output from the subwoofer out is very low . The amplifier I am getting has a gain control on its input . Will this solve the issue or should the signal be boosted in some way at the subwoofer head unit output , ie before the cable run ?
I hope you can clarify these questions for me and if you have any other hints or suggestions I would be very grateful
Regards
Andy
Here are my questions
1. I am connecting to a stereo amplifier with a bridged mono output . Should I use a Y splinter at the head unit and run stereo cables down the car or just run one cable and split it at the amplifier ?
2. I don’t see any controls on my head unit to control cross over frequency or line level to the sub output so assume my model doesn’t have any control ? Is the subwoofer output controlled in any way ie by the graphic equaliser or just by the main volume control ?
3. I have heard that the output from the subwoofer out is very low . The amplifier I am getting has a gain control on its input . Will this solve the issue or should the signal be boosted in some way at the subwoofer head unit output , ie before the cable run ?
I hope you can clarify these questions for me and if you have any other hints or suggestions I would be very grateful
Regards
Andy