I was surfing honda-acura.net and found this diagram which might help out some of you guys. I needed it since I am a total audio noob.

 

uhh bump? or does any1 actually need this?

 

bump. simple diagram for beginners w/ basic stereos

 

That diagram is correct but if i were a beginner i wouldnt know where to put the fuse. make sure the fuse is within 10 inches max of the battery terminal. On the picture it looks actually closer to the amp than the actual battery. whenever i do installs, i try to put it as close as i can to the battery terminal, closer than 10inches.

Just my .02

 

heres some help:


remote is the blue/white wire from the back of the head unit.

run the power and remote on the left side of the car and the rca's on the right. never run them on the same side.

theres a little hole on the drivers side firewall. run the power wire through there.

take a wire brush and make sure you clean all the paint away before you ground the amp. (only grind away the paint where you grounding the amp)

dont drill through your gas tank.

take your time.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silentblackhat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That diagram is correct but if i were a beginner i wouldnt know where to put the fuse. make sure the fuse is within 10 inches max of the battery terminal. On the picture it looks actually closer to the amp than the actual battery. whenever i do installs, i try to put it as close as i can to the battery terminal, closer than 10inches.

Just my .02 </TD></TR></TABLE>

forgot about that. Also, put your ground as close as possible to the amp.

 

simple... cool.. im gonna go install mines now..

 

Can anyone help me with the diagram for a 2 Channel Amplifier connected to my 4 interior speakers. The Amplifier has 1 RCA input and my headunit has 3 RCA outputs. Should I use a power distribution block for my 12 volts or should i just run two 8 gauge wires from the battery.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jvcnyc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can anyone help me with the diagram for a 2 Channel Amplifier connected to my 4 interior speakers. The Amplifier has 1 RCA input and my headunit has 3 RCA outputs. Should I use a power distribution block for my 12 volts or should i just run two 8 gauge wires from the battery. </TD></TR></TABLE>

if i get this right you have one 2 channel amp and you want to power up 4 speakers.

In your case what i would do is get a 4 channel amp and connect 1 speaker per channel.

youll be using the front and rear out puts on the head unit.

You dont need a power block for just one amp. Just run a 4 awg cable from the battery.

 

hooking up 4 speakers to a 2 channel amp is better than wasting the money for a 4 channel amp. just hook up the speakers corresponding to which side they are on. that's how I roll using my iPod as the imput. but I'm not sure what you are asking about the distribution block for unless you have another amp.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silentblackhat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That diagram is correct but if i were a beginner i wouldnt know where to put the fuse. make sure the fuse is within 10 inches max of the battery terminal. On the picture it looks actually closer to the amp than the actual battery. whenever i do installs, i try to put it as close as i can to the battery terminal, closer than 10inches.

Just my .02 </TD></TR></TABLE> I'm sorry but I really don't understand the purpose for putting the fuse so close to the battery can I get help on this

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Like Butter &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I'm sorry but I really don't understand the purpose for putting the fuse so close to the battery can I get help on this</TD></TR></TABLE>

well, the poine of a fuse is to break the circuit incase there is a short. the fuse isnt to protect the amp, it is to protect the wire. the fuse inside the amp is the fuses that protect the amp.

Here is a good example:

Lets say you put the fuse for the power wire in the trunk. a few months into your install ur system sound great, ur totally happy with it. but through that few months, the rough hole in the firewall has been cutting away at your power wire with every vibration your car has. as it cuts through the outer casing, it gets closer to the wire inside, then one day it cuts all the way through and grounds out the power wire. The fuse wont blow because the fuse is all the way in the back of the car and the short is well b4 the fuse. since theres nothing from cutting the short, it heats up your wire(if u know ohms law and voltage law, the 'short' has to have the 12v drop across the wire since that becomes the resistor now, since the wire has VERY little resistance, lets say .05 ohms, putting that into ohms law it lets 240 amps flow through that wire) and causes the casing to melt and other bad things.....in other words, that would be not good at all. any short that happens between the fuse beginning and the battery terminal wont be cut off at all


2nd Example:
Take the same situation, except you have an 80amp fuse just a few inches away from the + battery terminal. Driving along, and your power wire shorts against the fire wall. exactly the time that more than 80 amps flow throuh the fuse(which is instantly), it will blow, cutting the circuit leaving the power wire not connected to the battery anymore. no heating, no melting....good thing

I have seem MANY installs in this situation, that the fuse is in the trunk and not right by the battery. The shorter the lenth the wire is between the fuse and the battery, the better

does that help?