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[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

pretent the big (+) (-) in the diagram is your terminal for each sub. simple as that. you are out thinking this whole thing! lols. simple is better

[MChalmers0891 0]

pretent the big (+) (-) in the diagram is your terminal for each sub. simple as that. you are out thinking this whole thing! lols. simple is better

so just wire it normally? lol i am thinking it more then what it is, but lol. I still don't get it haha.

[MChalmers0891 0]

pretent the big (+) (-) in the diagram is your terminal for each sub. simple as that. you are out thinking this whole thing! lols. simple is better

wait i think i get what you mean. i'll wire it up and take some pics and see if im right.

lol i hope i never have to do this again, lmao.

Edited June 20, 2009 by Matt C.

[MChalmers0891 0]

pretent the big (+) (-) in the diagram is your terminal for each sub. simple as that. you are out thinking this whole thing! lols. simple is better

so is this right? or do i need to criss cross the wiring between the two terminals to the subs??

Edited June 20, 2009 by Matt C.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

need to see the other side of the sub wiring now..

[MChalmers0891 0]

need to see the other side of the sub wiring now..

i didnt wire the other side i was wiring this like this to see if i had the right idea, that's why I have the picture going to the back of the sub showing where the wires were coming from. like do i wire it like that for the other side as well? or do i take one wire from each terminal to each sub?

Edited June 20, 2009 by Matt C.

[MChalmers0891 0]

need to see the other side of the sub wiring now..

this is what i was talking about like crossing the wiring to the subs from the terminals, is this right or wrong?

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

nope. you have it all confused. just wire one side at a time. take the wire from one terminal and wire that to one sub. just like the last diagram I posted. Do one at a time. The wires should criss-cross between subs.

[MChalmers0891 0]

nope. you have it all confused. just wire one side at a time. take the wire from one terminal and wire that to one sub. just like the last diagram I posted. Do one at a time. The wires should criss-cross between subs.

ok I got everthing you said but he last part threw me off. because if there suppose to criss cross then I should have it right. I have a wire from each terminal going to one of the sub terminals. now if im suppose to take both wires from one terminal to a single sub then I understand where im wrong. but the criss crossing threw me off cause the way I have them they are criss crossing. and if there not to you then maybe I just have them in the wrong way? cause I followed the diagram I have the negative terminal wire to the sub negitives and the positive terminal wire to the positive sub terminals. so where am I going wrong im all confused up now. I know im probably gonna hate myself cause this is probably so simple its stupid, but excuse the inconvience of my understanding lol. im sorry that I am, but I o appreciate the help.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

yah, you have it all wrong. just take the wire from one terminal and wire that sub on that side of the box. then repeat with the next sub.

just like this per/sub

[MChalmers0891 0]

yah, you have it all wrong. just take the wire from one terminal and wire that sub on that side of the box. then repeat with the next sub.

just like this per/sub

gotcha, lol it was the simple way that I thought and I was like the rest of this was a pain it can't be that easy, but i was wrong lol. Alright well Thanks a bunch i'll upload pictures of everything before i turn it on to get the ok, and just wanted to let anyone who is reading this know, lmao my street is flooded well everyones are and I went walking around, it was up to my ass... and up to most doorways lmao.

[Jay-C76 333]

LOL, It's been pouring here everyday too...

No flooding but the rivers are up and muddy as heck.

[MChalmers0891 0]

LOL, It's been pouring here everyday too...

No flooding but the rivers are up and muddy as heck.

lol yeah been raining here off and on, mostly on since like 8amish lol. But whatever going to be nice tomorrow supposedly , better be lol, i got a tigers game to go to and get seen on TV lmao.

My dad has ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease, so there throwing this thing at the game for ALS patients, and my dad, my mom and i get to go on the field and shit or some garbage and there supposedly announcing our names since my dad is like the worst patient, meaning he's progression is more then anyone's in Michigan. I didn't get the full detail by my mom on about the game shit though. But take a look out if anyone is watching the game for me. Name is Matt Chalmers, I dunno how they'll be introducing us alls I know is there suppose to say our names or some garbage lmao.

[MChalmers0891 0]

yah, you have it all wrong. just take the wire from one terminal and wire that sub on that side of the box. then repeat with the next sub.

just like this per/sub

So i figured just to double check, i have two setups, which one is the right one?

this one has the wires criss crossed, one wire from each terminal going to a sub.

theres ones have a terminal to each sub, i mean by that like two wires from one terminal are going to a sub.

which one is right? or are they both wrong? and if one is right, is there anything I should be double checking before I turn this system back on? becasue I don't know if it my over thinking mind but I was thinking, in the picture below, since the master amp which is the right one, is positive does that make my silver wire my positive? and my black my negative since it's on the slave amp? Like I said I am probably over thinking it but I'd rather be safe then sorry.

Edited June 20, 2009 by Matt C.

[JASON123 1]

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp This sit has everything you need go look around it will help you

[MChalmers0891 0]

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp This sit has everything you need go look around it will help you

i have no idea what i'd even be looking for man lmao.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

this looks right!

now about what you where saying about the master and slave. on the amps, simply switch the wires. put the positives coming out of the master and negitives out of the slave.

[MChalmers0891 0]

this looks right!

now about what you where saying about the master and slave. on the amps, simply switch the wires. put the positives coming out of the master and negitives out of the slave.

so im switching the wires on the subs or the amps?

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

switch them on the amps now, mount the subs, and you should be good to go

finally ..... lols

[MChalmers0891 0]

switch them on the amps now, mount the subs, and you should be good to go

finally ..... lols

ok im just switching the black witht he silver on my amps correct?

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

switch them on the amps now, mount the subs, and you should be good to go

finally ..... lols

ok im just switching the black witht he silver on my amps correct?

yupper

[MChalmers0891 0]

switch them on the amps now, mount the subs, and you should be good to go

finally ..... lols

ok im just switching the black witht he silver on my amps correct?

yupper

alright, after i do that I'll be all good with the wiring for the subs as long as i wire the subs like i have in that picture? and you said about the RCA's that all i have to do is just use 2 out of the 4 with the short RCA set and plug one in the bottom right on the slave and one on the top right on the master? and after all this I can mount the subs and turn it on and have everything correct? If so I'll do it all up and take pictures and get the OK so i can make sure then I'll mount them and let you know how they are after i tune them, I'm guessing since i had these setup wrong, once i have them set up right and tuned right there probably gonna pound a lot harder then what they did the first time?

Edited June 21, 2009 by Matt C.

[MChalmers0891 0]

switch them on the amps now, mount the subs, and you should be good to go

finally ..... lols

ok im just switching the black witht he silver on my amps correct?

yupper

ok well i plugged the RCA's the way they're suppose to be, i had the amps tuned, everything is in working order, everything is wired the way you said it to be, and IT SOUNDS OBSOLUTELY DIVINE lol, WAYYY better then what it was the first time. But I still smell that smell I described early. So I took out the subs, took them back up to the store my buddy works at he looked at them said nothing seemed to be wrong with them that they could tell, and that I should ask you why the sub makes a scratching noise when it's pushed in the center. But the way they worded it was like this basically word for word "I can honestly say there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with them they sound great the amps are tuned fine, etc. but you should ask why the subs make this scratching noise when there pushed in the center. There not blown or anything that I can tell, but you should still ask." So I'm asking lol, it only makes the sound like the first 1/8 of an inch of pushing it down, but after that it doesn't make the sound at all, would you say there's nothing to worry about or what? You want me to send them back to you so you can check them out, because I know I didn't blow them cause when even when I had everything wired up wrong I didn't have them on long at all no more then 5 - 10 mins. Also my amps are still getting hot as hell, probably has something to do with that I have a black car and there's really no breathing room, but I'm just giving you a full check up on how things went, cause I went up to the store, told the guy what I needed and how they were suppose to be hooked up etc, and he knew what was being talked about. So what do you think Mark?

Edited June 21, 2009 by Matt C.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

a little rub is normal, I wouldn't worry about it for now. As far as the smell, that also is normal with a new set of subs, they have 5 spiders on them. That smell is basically just the suspension loosening up. You really need to check your gain and sub sonics. This is out of my help area as I am not there and you'll simply have to do some research on it. Perhaps check the sundown section for better help with that.

Sound to me like everything is only a matter of adjustments now. Getting a "clean" unclipped signal to your subs is now your top priority. Glad you go this far.

welcome to high end car audio

[RobClay 20]

So when you push down on the center of the cone you hear rubbing?