Silly me. I studied electronics back in the day and completely forgot about 'band pass filters'. Of course this is how you 'sift out' the sub-woofer signals. Well done son! Very useful tip and reminder.
@@Work_G Unfortunately for you it's basically a dead industry in the West. Unless you are an engineer working with CAD and Bots, you're never going to be involved in anything of interest. However, people do spend big on their car stereo systems nowadays. Sometimes more than the 'go fast' items. Working at a 'high end' Car Audio place would make for a great first job, while you're putting yourself through Uni!
@@sunvol4503 LOL> If you have a ground loop, then you have an issue anyway. Forget about everything else. Fix your ground loop and help your amplifier out. A filter is just a bandaid. Fix all the ground issues by reseating all the vehicles ground connections until the background static goes away. Use copper spray if you need too..
Almost any speaker will work, and that's the point on this install to take signal via converter with stock head unit, because rarely they come with necessary outputs. Sure there is some quality loss but you have to be real super into music to notice it
@@jerkface8051no he's right the dumb fk used the wrong colour cable. Stud fkn setup anyway, he'll have to disconnect his amp etc in order to get the spare tire out.
If he's an actual electrician then it's different. Yes, red is still a power wire but it goes black, red, blue. Black comes first and if there's switch legs then you use red and/or blue
Hello! Cant tell exact but if you have cd changer you need to look there. Or probably most basic method to bring wire from the ignition. And lastly from rear light like I did (but it will work only when lights is on and don't recommend for powerful audio system)
The way I did it was to use an LOC (line out converter) that has a remote wire that powers on when it senses an audio signal. An extra 12volt outlet was used for the power source of the LOC.
@@factsoverfeelings21 you can go into the fuse box and use a 3 way connection and connect the remote on there. Find a fuse that turns on when the car is on but not started. Another way is have a on/off switch that turns on the amp. Run power to the switch and then from switch to the amp.
@@badboytilltheend13 Oh no, my message was just because while watching the video, I had to take a double take cause I didn’t see the remote wire get spliced in. But when I seen his placement of it, I was confused. But I know the installation processes. I just enjoy watching people’s videos to see how people have different methods. Feeding the brain. Hahahaha
Thanks! Sometimes you just have to make the most of what you have. Also color of the insulating material doesn't affects the technical properties of the cable
Noticed that @ 2:55 RCA cables are not fully inserted. The female RCA connectors on the line converter are inside the housing, and the outer edge of the male RCA jacks does not fit through the opening on the line converter. I would have used different style RCA cables.
Thanks for comment ❤ It holds in place pretty good. Those RCA cables came from cheap universal kit that I had laying around but now I ordered better quality right length cables
So many issues with this install. Yes you could technically so it the way you show. There are better ways. I would have used a T harness over soldering and cutting into factory wire. Also the turn on lead is suspect and the ground is not the most secure.
@@Work_Gthere’s always someone that criticizes others work once they viewed your entire contents. But they won’t go make a video because they don’t want to get criticized! But they’ll be the first to talk shit about what u did! Nm these fools..they will always b on the sidelines right where they belong! Good job! 👍
My only niggle is u taped ur first splice then used heat shrinks after 😅 should have heat shrinked the first splices aswell. as electrical tape will lose its adhesion and start to unravel in the summer heat 😅 we all know how hot cars can get in summer u may get a short if it does 😅 but yeh definitely safe even if u did use whatever wires u had laying about 😅👌😎thanks for the ideas lol I’m guna do similar but may add the lc2i pro for the rca as I want to keep as much sound quality as I can with my bose system 😎don’t over do ya amp tho as it could het hot tucked away with no air flow 👍
Wanted to replace the factory sub in my car with a new sub amp set up. If I use the wires going to the factory sun as my input for an LOC would that mean that the sub control on the head unit would still control the sub? If not is it possible to somehow have my head unit still control my new sub. I really don’t want to have to an a knob control.
I cannot answer this question from experience, but probably you will control your overall audio and you will notice difference on new sub but it shouldn't be as factory
@@laboyx4753 didn’t get around to it before the winter hit. I read a post on acurazine someone was saying they just replaced the factory sub with a higher quality one and that it sounded much better. Probably was going to do that first and if it sounds better leave it at that. I’m trying to avoid aftermarket wiring as possible.
Ignore that. It was temporary crappy rca cables that I had at the time and that brown cable was just extended original remote cable which I don't use in this car because remote comes from tail light.
Hi Iv installed an amp with a couple of locs to my factory stereo, when I turn the gain up on the amp the lowest volume setting to the head unit is to loud is there a way around increasing the gain but being able to listen to the stereo on a low volume?
@@Work_G it has a gain on which is the only thing that reduces the volume but I’m thinking the more I reduce the gain the less the speakers will be powered?
It depends on the converter, sometimes they are made for 1 speaker. I never tried that, but I think it should work, only the quality could be worse. Anyway connect from 2 speakers is the way to go
Hi can u tell me what are the controls for on the rca converter they like 2 holes u put a small screw driver in to adjust. Any idea whats the adjusting for. Theres a + - simble on them to. Im fussed. Help. Cheers pal
Hello! They are for audio levels, if you adjust them, why the music is playing, you will definitely understand: more bass less bass, other are more for quality and volume
So can I do this without having to disconnect my battery and losing all my PCM settings for inspection? It takes me thousands of miles to reset them so I'm trying to avoid having to disconnect the battery and hoping I can just hook it up to the positive terminal ,and to the amo
Honestly you can do it, but you have to be extra careful when you connect the positive wire from the battery to the amplifier so as not to touch the car body
I got a bose factory system in my truck i wanna add 2 voice speakers in a box and an amp and use the factory radio but also the music still play from the door speakers and stuff too
It looks like you have to do the same thing as in this video. But you can take audio signal from bose amplifier instead of speaker itself (if it is in more comfortable location than speakers)
@Work_G hmm I haven't looked into it much, the bose is loud don't me wrong but I wanna be Louder lol, like hear my music from 2 blocks away not huge on bass so they'd be like pro audio PA speakers and a nice Amp. Nothing crazy. I never knew you could do this on a factory radio though but also still use your door speakers and any factory tweeters and such. I thought it'd like shut off all the factory speakers
It is made for that, to get rca connection with radios that don't have those outlets. I have no experience with your specific active subwoofer, but if it's for cars, it's fine
@@BudDunbar it has many names but I am sure that you will find it if you search for car audio RCA converter high to low level line output converter and so on...
No, you need it. Cheapest you can find online for 10 - 15 $ I am not professional in this are but I don't feel like it could work also it may cause damage.
@@ravi3457 It's tail lights - running lights. My car has an auto function, so as soon as the engine starts running lights turns on (headlights and tail lights) and amplifier activates from the same source. If you will use brake or reverse than your system will work only when you are braking or reversing the car. It would be best to take the remote from ignition key, fuse box, or make a separate switch that you can control from the driver's seat. (I used the taillights for remote power only because my car don't have 12v that turns on from the ignition in the back and I didn't want to run wires to the front of the car)
Okay, now I have a question. I didn't think I would. I fully understood this video. Only thing is I have a Kia soul, and I don't have rear speakers. My speaker seem to stop at the doors. What do I do? Do I have to go to the radio itself? I really didn't want to do that. I want to do your method.
That is probably the only way in this case, splice in nearest speaker wires (if no speakers in trunk, use door speakers) maybe in your car is some kind of factory amplifier where all speaker wires meet. And if none of two ways doesn't work for you you have ho to the radio itself or even replace it with aftermarket one
That is ok that I do know what I am doing. And if I sell this car or something I will remove all system so no one gets in "danger". And that is just a life when you use what you have and saving money ✌
Sorry if that triggers you. But color of the insulating material doesn't affects the technical properties of the cable and the purpose of use. Sometimes you just have to use what you have
Ok that was a great video but.....he used nice 12 gauge wire for the factories to the line voltage converter which he probably didnt need but 16 or even 20 gauge on and then he used 16 gauge to go to the sub?????🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️. Then the part where black was positive and red was ground? Thats just not good practice lol. Otherwise though that vid was done really well!!!
I see this shit all the time. I wouldn't suggest fucking with your factory harness like this. I mean, you can, but why are you "Jimmy Rigging" your stereo? Why did you not buy a head unit? Why are you not grounding it securely? So many questions lol just why would you do this in general? How bad do you need bass? Lol just save up your allowance and get yourself the proper setup. Once you own all the components install it. I mean, it's your vehicle, you do you, but I wouldn't be doing this type of setup.
His ground wire is questionable, plus color red, wow. But the way he tapped into the factory harness is good. Atleast he did not cut it off and tapped into it. Plus the car is off, there is no need to worry about solderiñg the wiring from the speaker out wire, it ís just speaker wire and not power wire. Àlso with some new vehicles, the stock radio does a good job with android auto and car play and there is no need to switch it out. I added a sub and amp to my stock radio in my crv and it bumps really good!
Silly me. I studied electronics back in the day and completely forgot about 'band pass filters'. Of course this is how you 'sift out' the sub-woofer signals. Well done son! Very useful tip and reminder.
Thanks! I am learning myself and trying to share my knowledge 🤩
@@Work_G Unfortunately for you it's basically a dead industry in the West. Unless you are an engineer working with CAD and Bots, you're never going to be involved in anything of interest. However, people do spend big on their car stereo systems nowadays. Sometimes more than the 'go fast' items. Working at a 'high end' Car Audio place would make for a great first job, while you're putting yourself through Uni!
So I just need my ground loop isolator, inline converter and band pass filter and I'll be all set right?
@@sunvol4503 LOL> If you have a ground loop, then you have an issue anyway. Forget about everything else. Fix your ground loop and help your amplifier out. A filter is just a bandaid. Fix all the ground issues by reseating all the vehicles ground connections until the background static goes away. Use copper spray if you need too..
Very clear and simple and formative video thanks man
Thank You 🤗
You basically just get signal from the speakers? Am I able to do this with door speakers without any sound loss?
Yes, if you get a decent output converter. Something like the LC2i Pro, would be your best bet for a clean signal.
Almost any speaker will work, and that's the point on this install to take signal via converter with stock head unit, because rarely they come with necessary outputs. Sure there is some quality loss but you have to be real super into music to notice it
The black cable is ground. And the red cable should go to positive post on the battery. Common sense. 😂
Everyone knows that. Why state the obvious? You just had to have something to say didn’t ya?
@@jerkface8051no he's right the dumb fk used the wrong colour cable. Stud fkn setup anyway, he'll have to disconnect his amp etc in order to get the spare tire out.
@@jerkface8051 ROFL !
If he's an actual electrician then it's different. Yes, red is still a power wire but it goes black, red, blue. Black comes first and if there's switch legs then you use red and/or blue
Thanks for the video 😊
hey man, got an 1 series. where did u connect the remote cable?
Hello! Cant tell exact but if you have cd changer you need to look there. Or probably most basic method to bring wire from the ignition. And lastly from rear light like I did (but it will work only when lights is on and don't recommend for powerful audio system)
The way I did it was to use an LOC (line out converter) that has a remote wire that powers on when it senses an audio signal. An extra 12volt outlet was used for the power source of the LOC.
Hey bro awesome video. But Do I have to use both speaker wire sets on rca in order for this to work or can I just tap into one speaker thanks
Thank You. It depends on converter, sometimes there made for 1 speaker. I never tried that, but I think it should work just quality might be worse
Was just noticing the remote wire ,where did you take that from please?
From tail lights, because my car has an auto function, so as soon as the engine starts amplifier is active too
Yep that remote wire placement had me super confused. But if it works without issues, then good sht.
@@factsoverfeelings21 you can go into the fuse box and use a 3 way connection and connect the remote on there. Find a fuse that turns on when the car is on but not started. Another way is have a on/off switch that turns on the amp. Run power to the switch and then from switch to the amp.
@@badboytilltheend13 Oh no, my message was just because while watching the video, I had to take a double take cause I didn’t see the remote wire get spliced in. But when I seen his placement of it, I was confused. But I know the installation processes. I just enjoy watching people’s videos to see how people have different methods. Feeding the brain. Hahahaha
I Bet IT was fuelpump😂
good video, apart from using a red wire for ground and black cable for positive. in no part of the world is this a standard.
Thanks! Sometimes you just have to make the most of what you have. Also color of the insulating material doesn't affects the technical properties of the cable
@Work_G I know. Iv done this in the past. But I put the correct colour heatshrink on each end to avoid some confusion 😅
Noticed that @ 2:55 RCA cables are not fully inserted. The female RCA connectors on the line converter are inside the housing, and the outer edge of the male RCA jacks does not fit through the opening on the line converter. I would have used different style RCA cables.
Thanks for comment ❤ It holds in place pretty good. Those RCA cables came from cheap universal kit that I had laying around but now I ordered better quality right length cables
So you don’t have to go behind the unit the vehicle?
That is correct, if you have easily accessible speaker cables
Hey, important question, can I just split my rca cable from the amp and connect it to the speaker wire without a converter?
Hello, I don't think that's a good idea
@@Work_Gwhy would it be a bad idea?
@@brendenhooper5614 It probably won't work or may even damage the oem system
So many issues with this install. Yes you could technically so it the way you show. There are better ways. I would have used a T harness over soldering and cutting into factory wire. Also the turn on lead is suspect and the ground is not the most secure.
Thanks for notes, I am not pro in this area but I know that everything is safe and works great
@@Work_Gthere’s always someone that criticizes others work once they viewed your entire contents. But they won’t go make a video because they don’t want to get criticized! But they’ll be the first to talk shit about what u did! Nm these fools..they will always b on the sidelines right where they belong! Good job! 👍
@@clos7400 Thank you for your support
My only niggle is u taped ur first splice then used heat shrinks after 😅 should have heat shrinked the first splices aswell. as electrical tape will lose its adhesion and start to unravel in the summer heat 😅 we all know how hot cars can get in summer u may get a short if it does 😅 but yeh definitely safe even if u did use whatever wires u had laying about 😅👌😎thanks for the ideas lol I’m guna do similar but may add the lc2i pro for the rca as I want to keep as much sound quality as I can with my bose system 😎don’t over do ya amp tho as it could het hot tucked away with no air flow 👍
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Hey what is the the black device called which you installed for the amp cables?
You'll find it called one of those: RCA Converter - Line Output Converter - High Level To Low Level Audio Converter
Wanted to replace the factory sub in my car with a new sub amp set up. If I use the wires going to the factory sun as my input for an LOC would that mean that the sub control on the head unit would still control the sub? If not is it possible to somehow have my head unit still control my new sub. I really don’t want to have to an a knob control.
I cannot answer this question from experience, but probably you will control your overall audio and you will notice difference on new sub but it shouldn't be as factory
Hey did u ever figure out if it did work with the stock unit? Trying to do the same thing you were doing basically
@@laboyx4753 didn’t get around to it before the winter hit. I read a post on acurazine someone was saying they just replaced the factory sub with a higher quality one and that it sounded much better. Probably was going to do that first and if it sounds better leave it at that. I’m trying to avoid aftermarket wiring as possible.
What is that brown cable that you taped to the rca cable going to the amplifier?
Ignore that. It was temporary crappy rca cables that I had at the time and that brown cable was just extended original remote cable which I don't use in this car because remote comes from tail light.
Hi Iv installed an amp with a couple of locs to my factory stereo, when I turn the gain up on the amp the lowest volume setting to the head unit is to loud is there a way around increasing the gain but being able to listen to the stereo on a low volume?
most amplifiers have adjustments, so try changing the amplifier settings while listening to music
@@Work_G it has a gain on which is the only thing that reduces the volume but I’m thinking the more I reduce the gain the less the speakers will be powered?
Do i have to use left and right door speaker cables or i can just conect the adapter to the one speaker?
Yeah I'd like to know as well
It depends on the converter, sometimes they are made for 1 speaker. I never tried that, but I think it should work, only the quality could be worse. Anyway connect from 2 speakers is the way to go
Is there a delay at all in the base?
I had this before in my wrx running a stock head unit and there was about a 0.2sec delay with base
I wouldn't say so. No complaints about sound quality
Hi can u tell me what are the controls for on the rca converter they like 2 holes u put a small screw driver in to adjust. Any idea whats the adjusting for. Theres a + - simble on them to. Im fussed. Help. Cheers pal
Hello! They are for audio levels, if you adjust them, why the music is playing, you will definitely understand: more bass less bass, other are more for quality and volume
So can I do this without having to disconnect my battery and losing all my PCM settings for inspection? It takes me thousands of miles to reset them so I'm trying to avoid having to disconnect the battery and hoping I can just hook it up to the positive terminal ,and to the amo
Honestly you can do it, but you have to be extra careful when you connect the positive wire from the battery to the amplifier so as not to touch the car body
So the amp is always on? Because remote is connected to battery ?
No, I wired amp remote to tail lights, whenever car is on - lights is on, due to auto function and amp is activated
I got a bose factory system in my truck i wanna add 2 voice speakers in a box and an amp and use the factory radio but also the music still play from the door speakers and stuff too
It looks like you have to do the same thing as in this video. But you can take audio signal from bose amplifier instead of speaker itself (if it is in more comfortable location than speakers)
@Work_G hmm I haven't looked into it much, the bose is loud don't me wrong but I wanna be Louder lol, like hear my music from 2 blocks away not huge on bass so they'd be like pro audio PA speakers and a nice Amp. Nothing crazy. I never knew you could do this on a factory radio though but also still use your door speakers and any factory tweeters and such. I thought it'd like shut off all the factory speakers
Hi. Can I use this adapter for active subwoofer? I dont have rca in my factory Radio. Tnanks for help
It is made for that, to get rca connection with radios that don't have those outlets. I have no experience with your specific active subwoofer, but if it's for cars, it's fine
@@Work_Gthanks for answer. Subwoofer is alpine SWE-815
What is this rca device called?
@@BudDunbar it has many names but I am sure that you will find it if you search for car audio RCA converter high to low level line output converter and so on...
Hi. Were did u connect the remote wire ??
Hello! From tail lights, my car has an auto function, so as soon as the engine starts amplifier activates
If I don’t have a rca converter can I plug the rca from amp straight to a positive and negative wire on my car speaker?
No, you need it. Cheapest you can find online for 10 - 15 $
I am not professional in this are but I don't feel like it could work also it may cause damage.
@@Work_G okay I just ordered one thanks. Another question what’s the wire with the red stripe called ? Or can I use extra speaker wire?
@@MakeMoneyG59 It is speaker wire. It pretty much doesn't matter what wire you will use just not thinner than original speaker wires
@@Work_G perfect thanks a lot man. Keep up the good videos 🔥definitely helped me out
Could i connect the remote wire to any 12v source
You can, but the amp will be on all the time and can drain car battery. You can also splice there a switch and then you can control it manually
Just use t taps instead of cutting into those wires. Safer.
Hej. Can I ask where you are from ?
My question is?what kind of vehicle is this ?
its a BMW 3 series
where did he connect the remote wire ??
Tail lights, not ideal but it works good for simple and pretty low power system
@@Work_G oh.. which light ? Brakes or reverse ??
@@ravi3457 It's tail lights - running lights. My car has an auto function, so as soon as the engine starts running lights turns on (headlights and tail lights) and amplifier activates from the same source. If you will use brake or reverse than your system will work only when you are braking or reversing the car.
It would be best to take the remote from ignition key, fuse box, or make a separate switch that you can control from the driver's seat. (I used the taillights for remote power only because my car don't have 12v that turns on from the ignition in the back and I didn't want to run wires to the front of the car)
@@Work_G tnxx mate..everyone here had the same question..thxx alot bro 😇😇
Hello 👋 🫂 nice day to you good job thank you for sharing 📹 good luck with regards to you 😀
Hi 😀 Thanks, you too
Chose the amp over the spare?😂
It's just a compartment, the spare wheel underneath it
Okay, now I have a question. I didn't think I would. I fully understood this video. Only thing is I have a Kia soul, and I don't have rear speakers. My speaker seem to stop at the doors. What do I do? Do I have to go to the radio itself? I really didn't want to do that. I want to do your method.
Do I go to the speaker wires through the boot in the door?
That is probably the only way in this case, splice in nearest speaker wires (if no speakers in trunk, use door speakers) maybe in your car is some kind of factory amplifier where all speaker wires meet. And if none of two ways doesn't work for you you have ho to the radio itself or even replace it with aftermarket one
How would I do it without the amp? There shark subs
If you want to install aftermarket subs you should get amplifier too
Power and ground is not the correct color. Very dangerous if you dont know what your doing.
That is ok that I do know what I am doing. And if I sell this car or something I will remove all system so no one gets in "danger". And that is just a life when you use what you have and saving money ✌
All was good until the ground 😂
Some are even angry about the colors of the wires 🙂
Ground cable be red
Remote is yellow
Power black
"Some people just want to watch the world burn"
Sorry if that triggers you. But color of the insulating material doesn't affects the technical properties of the cable and the purpose of use.
Sometimes you just have to use what you have
Soldering with the battery connected smh
Please tell me this is satire.
Didn't even show where you got the control wire from 😂
If you are talking about remote wire here it is 3:27 (pay more attention) 🤣
Ok that was a great video but.....he used nice 12 gauge wire for the factories to the line voltage converter which he probably didnt need but 16 or even 20 gauge on and then he used 16 gauge to go to the sub?????🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️. Then the part where black was positive and red was ground? Thats just not good practice lol. Otherwise though that vid was done really well!!!
Thank You! I used what I had, I know it's a little messy, but it's safe and everything works great.
Where are the remote cable???
I connected it to rear light (it will only work when the lights are on) Not the best place for remote but works fine for my low power system
I see this shit all the time. I wouldn't suggest fucking with your factory harness like this. I mean, you can, but why are you "Jimmy Rigging" your stereo? Why did you not buy a head unit? Why are you not grounding it securely? So many questions lol just why would you do this in general? How bad do you need bass? Lol just save up your allowance and get yourself the proper setup. Once you own all the components install it. I mean, it's your vehicle, you do you, but I wouldn't be doing this type of setup.
His ground wire is questionable, plus color red, wow. But the way he tapped into the factory harness is good. Atleast he did not cut it off and tapped into it. Plus the car is off, there is no need to worry about solderiñg the wiring from the speaker out wire, it ís just speaker wire and not power wire. Àlso with some new vehicles, the stock radio does a good job with android auto and car play and there is no need to switch it out. I added a sub and amp to my stock radio in my crv and it bumps really good!
Blue - positive
Brown - negative.
wtf?
Sus
😅
More like "how to start a fire in your car"
Why is that?
Chill
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Bad install for beginners you you use black for power and red for ground horribly done my guy
Please explain how the color of the insulating material affects the technical properties of the cable and the purpose of use
Beginners need to learn how sometimes wire color doesn't mean shit
@@jesses.7107 lol, so true😄 Use what you got 🤪