"James" wrote in message
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Ok, I think I understand. I like the look of the Pioneer TS-WX10LPA. I
think
it's an active sub, so I guess all I do is buy one, buy cables to wire it
in
and bingo! what I don't understand is the power rating of the sub. the
pioneer says its gtot a "Built in 100W max Monaural power amplifier", but
the manual for my head unit says nothing about the max output of the sub
sockets. it says the speaker output is 52W x 4, do I take it this is the
same for the sub? also, how do I get power to the sub? where do I run a
power lead to and from?

thanks,
James.


James

I'm no expert at this but this is my understanding: (excuse the lack of
structure, i've tried bulleting it)

-The rating (4 X 52) from the head unit is irrelevent as that is only the
internal amplifier of the H/U. Don't worry about a power rating for this as
i'm sure an active sub would be well matched with an amp. BTW the TS-WX10LPA
is an active sub

- Wiring - To install you will need to run you live cable directly from the
battery +ve terminal (don't forget to put an inline fuse as close to battery
as poss. You will need to find yourself a good ground point (try looking for
a bit of bare metal e.g. bolt's etc...) in the boot; i've always found it's
best practice to keep the gnd wire as short as possible. You will also need
to run a RCA signal cable & a remote cable (i use generic 5 amp cable for
this) from the H/U. Apart from that it should be well marked on the amp
where to connect everything.

- If your like me and eventually end up start playing - GET YOURSELF A
MULTIMETER (this is one of the most important/useful tools you can buy)

- Lastly enjoy. You will not realise how poor stock car speakers bass
response are until you sub'ed a car.

Hope this helps

DB

(excuse the rambling , it's 01:00)