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Old July 7th 03, 06:34 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car
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Default Help! I wanna buy my 1st sub

If it doesn't, amp wiring kits are really not that expensive..
Halfrauds or your local Motorworld should do the job...

Fuse wise, the "instructions" should give you details of what you need to
use

HTH,

Wil
"James" wrote in message
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Cheers for the help, I think I understand now. is the sub likely to

include
the two phono leads? what about the power and remote on leads? also, what
size fuse should I use? its a built in 100w amp.

cheers
James.

"Dave Batt" wrote in message
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"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)