Hook up amp in car

How to Properly Hook Up a Car Amplifier Inside the House

Estimated wait for next available agent :. Sending the audio signal from a receiver to a 4-channel amplifier 's inputs via RCA cables or the amp's speaker-level inputs is straight forward and simple enough, but getting the amplified signal back to the speakers—well that's another matter. This article discusses adding an amplifier to an aftermarket stereo. For tips on connecting an amplifier to a factory stereo, read this article instead. The speakers are usually in four different corners of your vehicle, and running separate new speaker wires to each one presents many challenges, including how to get the wire past the car door hinges to the front door speaker locations. Normally, when you install a new stereo, all the wires from the stereo would connect to the car wiring adapter. The wires would run from one black connector to the other the right side of the photo below. But since we're using an external amplifier for the speakers, the speaker wires from the car get diverted to the amp — that's the bundle of wires on the bottom plug heading left to the amplifier. The speaker wires from the new stereo aren't used. You can either cut them off like we did in the photo below or just tape them up — each wire individually — so that none of the wire ends can touch anything else.

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Hello everybody, recently i bought car amplifier for repair and decided that im gonna replace my Sony XM that i have been running as my subwoofer amplifier for a year now. I took this opportunity to write instructable on how to properly hook car amplifier for use inside of your house connected to mains voltage and what you should be careful about. There are many reasons why you would want to use car amplifier, but if you can choose between proper vv amplifier and car amplifier i would suggest you to pick house amp, its power supply is well designed and you will get proper power output out of it. Car amplifiers are mostly rated at 14,4V and lower impedances 1 or 2 ohm for example while some home amplifiers can only go as low as 4 ohms. Since you will be running it off 12V power supply more about that in further steps you might not get as stable power as you would in your car. If you however still choose car amplifier then continue reading as i will try to provide as many information about it as i can. I've been running car amplifiers in my room for 6 years or so, it used to be hard to get proper amplifier and if u were like me you probably had spare ATX power suplies so you could save a few bucks on that.

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We purchase all the products we test — no freebies from companies. Buying through our links may earn us a commission, supporting our testing efforts. It can be difficult to find audio equipment that is good and works well. Sometimes it can also be confusing to figure out how to connect the audio equipment properly. One way is to use an RCA adapter for car audio.

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Car amplifier installation guide

This is a great opportunity to learn more about how your stereo works and how to get the best sound from it. Installing an amplifier and accompanying speakers also lets you develop a few handy skills you can use for future upgrades and tweaks. While this job is tricky, if you feel confident in your wiring capabilities, go for it!

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