good evening, i am wondering how to set up gain/volume levels for my car stereo set up! this is what it consists of: sony head unit 6.5" hertz splits 6.5" rear 2 way coaxials 4X200W amp 12" pioneer sub - sealed enclosure the splits and sub are run off the amp and the rear 2 ways off the head unit. the head unit has front and rear rca outs do i run the rear or front rca outputs of the head unit to the bridged sub channel? then how do you set aprropriate gain controls? what about the high pass filter for the splits? what frequency? AND the low pass for the sub channel any hints or info would be appreciated thanks

Ill give you a couple of links, you may or may not have read them, but i cant provide any better information than is on these sites. http://www.mobileaudio.com/rac-faq/ http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/ Mick

there will be a lot of us on here that know a good amount about stereos etc but it might be easier just to pop in to northfield or bcs and get their advice. if ya nice they might even have a quick look etc and fix it up.

Just my point of view.... If you are going to drop in anywhere, drop into Northfield before Brisbane Car Sound. BCS know ****! They have some good products but they have a bad reputation work tech info and installations. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

definately agree , id be at northfield b4 anyone then id prefer gcs to bcs

thanks, might go to capalaba

The splits should be set on full pass, as they are designed to provide the full frequency range rather than just low or high. Sub is defiantly set on low. It dosent really matter if u have the front splits set to the rear channel or not, itll only be wired when fading. I would personally set them on the front. Set the sub on the rear. The rear fill can go on either the front or rear speaker outputs, id put them on the rear. Im no expert, but this how i believe it should be done. correct me if im wrong.

the front splits should be set on high pass so you don't try to produce bass with these little speakers. the sub channels should be set to low pass. i would personally run the rears off the head units rear channels and the amp off the front rcas. then set the level for the front speakers so when you dial up about 75% on the volume control these speakers are as loud as you are ever going to want (adjust using the gain control for these channels). then turn it down again . now adjust the gian control for the sub channels to the level that you like (make sure the bass is set to zero gain). once this is all set you can add/cut bass with bass control and the fader does the front/rear fading like it should. this is not the most technical way to do it but it works, would be most happy to go through the right procedure but it takes time and a lot of gear to to do it properly. hope this helps, any q's just ask....

As JungleJuice has said, That would be how i do it... Infact thats how i have. The splits and sub run off a 4 channel amp and the rear fill off the head unit. The amp has 2 channels bridged for the sub and then just one for each slpit. I just adjusted the fading in the head unit a little to the back and then use the gains on the amp to bring in the power for the front. Just another thing for rear fill.... don't waste your money on 6x9's... they don't produce the affect that a good set of 6" 3-Ways will. If you want more bass in the back, buy a bigger sub... or another sub. Hope its a help/