This wire is called the "drain" wire its meant to be for earthing the amp to reduce noise (if any), but most people use it as a remote wire.Originally Posted by HMG1K
This wire is called the "drain" wire its meant to be for earthing the amp to reduce noise (if any), but most people use it as a remote wire.Originally Posted by HMG1K
Galant 2.5 V6 24v Elegance 2003
Blistein B12 Suspension Kit, Short Shifter, VR4 Front Strut Bar, Rear Spoiler, Amsoil Oil & Filter, Wind Deflectors, Sound Deadened, Stainless Steel Door Sill, Black Diamond Rear Brakes Discs & Pads, Headlight HID Kit, ICPC & ICE, Custom Centre Console - 8" Touchscreen LCD
& DVD slot loader.
Good news Philip
Stereo install is complete (amp, sub, graphic, head unit, tweeters, speakers) - thank you for all your help along the way...!
I'm so happy! And I'm WOW'd by the Kenwood tweeters and their supplied crossovers... (mentioned earlier in this thread)...
Their clarity is awsum and a million times better than the stock fit tweeters! If you get a chance to get hold of KFC-HQT15ie, then you're on to a winner! They go for around £80 - but you can easily find them at the moment for £45!
as I need to strip down my driver's door to sort out why I now have no sound at all I may well invest in some new speakers. I am more of a (Infinity) Kappa slapper fan so will get the equivalents.
Incidentally I found I have all of the cables in the box in the cellar here so I am hatching yet another plan. I reckon I may order all the bits I need at once and go on a strip the interior out craze one weekend.
Oh and
VR-4 #1 : Ernie, Pyreness Black, 98 Legnum Type-S, Leather, Moonroof & Stainless Sills, Fujitsubo cat back, Apexi RSM - Sold under duress
VR-4 #2 : Wallie, Finesse Green, 96 Legnum Type-S, Erebuni CF bonnet, Profec E-01 & EMB, TRE fuel pump, RPW Downpipes, De-Cat, Fujitsubo Super Legalis R, LC-1, NGK Iridium Plugs, SARD Radiator, Greddy Hard Rad Pipe, ATF Cooler, FMIC, Forge Recirc BOV, KAD 6 Pot 330x28 Brakes, HEL Braided Lines, 17"X8.0 Rota Torques with Wintrac Xtremes, Fully Synth Oils, Ultimate 102RON Fuel, Stainless Sills - Sold after 4 great years
Just updating this thread - and for anyone looking to buy an amp.
I have fitted the other day a Pioneer PRS D-420 4-channel amp and am wow'd by the depth and clarity of my system now. I highly recommend it. I bought it to replace my old Kenwood amp that lost power on one channel.
http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/products...420/index.html
This Pioneer isn't cheap as it's from its high end range (£399 but I found a audio shop online that does it for £279) but this was my 'only' option as its dimentions fit nicely under the passenger seat without poking out or getting in the way of rear passenger's feet. It also compliments nicely the Pioneer TS-E1796 3-way speakers I put in all round earlier this year.
I've recently replaced my 10-disc autochanger for a 10-GB Kenwood MP3 hard drive auto changer which is great too - they're going for around £50 on eBay and were around £400 new 6 years ago.
So my full ICE set up now is:
Kenwood KRC 759R headunit
Kenwood KGC 9044 11-Band Graphic Equaliser
Kenwood KGD C710 10-GB Hard Disc MP3 auto-changer
Kenwood KSC-SW10 active subwoofer
Kenwood KFC-HQT15ie component tweeters
Pioneer TS-E1796 3-way speakers (x4)
Pioneer PRS D-420 amp
Change some more of that Kenwood kit to pioneer and it will get better and better. I've used various Kenwood items, and lots of Pioneer, and price-per-price, Pioneer wins every single time, especially on a CD player.
Unfortunately, Pioneer (or anyone) don't do a decent HardDrive headunit or MusicKeg alternative.