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Big Install Weekend ahead of me.

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by DaveDSMer, Mar 7, 2007.

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  1. sl0wm03

    sl0wm03 Full Member

    lol, that's my point, I don't know about all of that "stuff". I'm saying I don't know about the wires, and blah blah blah.. and all that other blah.
     
    sl0wm03, Mar 8, 2007
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  2. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    so all you know is that the music comes from the speakers and the rest is magic?:lmfao:

    sorry.....had too.:lol:
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 8, 2007
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  3. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    what time are you going to start the install?you think you'll be done in one day.

    i just cant wait to see it....:lol:
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 9, 2007
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  4. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    lol Pedro tell me about it.. so much crap to do over the weekend. I am going to get as much as I can done and post the results as soon as I can. This radio is going to look so badass in this truck. In the picture when i bough it, it was all silver.. but the one i got was black with silver dials.. its going to blend right in with the stock dash.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 10, 2007
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  5. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    sweet...can't wait! get to it
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 10, 2007
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  6. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    ive been busy all morning grrr... I am hoping to get my headunit in and most of my deadener. Also going to go ahead and get my masonite marked out for when i make the cuts with the jigsaw. Going to have to check all my mounting depths and such today. Then tomorrow should go smoothe as I should have most of everything planned and mapped out by then.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 10, 2007
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  7. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    good luck with all that.
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 10, 2007
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  8. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    well i installed the radio, mounted the sirius antenna both of which look real clean. Ran into a snag though. The headunit is NOT producing any sound. It powers up.. memory works.. and i can "hear" the speakers "pop" with power when it turns on and when i switch sources.. but I am getting 0 music out of them. I pulled it out and checked my connections and its all working. So I have two scenarios in my head.. either the internal amp on the headunit is dead or (less likely) for some odd reason the internal amp turns off when I have all the pre-outs hooked up.. similar to how when you plug headphones into computer speakers they turn off. So tomorrow I am going to put my amps in and see if the headunit sends the signal through the RCA's or not. Very frustrating day today trying to troubleshoot this headunit. So the speakers and amps go in tomorrow.. man i hope they work.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 10, 2007
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  9. TheViking

    TheViking Well-Known Member

    Good luck with that! I have run a HU in the past that had crapped out internal ouputs with an external amp using only the RCA's.....it works finbe that way, sometimes!


    Curous, did you run all new speaker wire or use the factory wire?
     
    TheViking, Mar 10, 2007
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  10. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    factory wire at the moment. Planned on using new speaker wire when i hook up the new speakers.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 10, 2007
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  11. TheViking

    TheViking Well-Known Member

    nothing wrong with factory wire,,it works and works well.
     
    TheViking, Mar 10, 2007
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  12. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    i agree, factory wire will remain but going to use new wire to make runs to the amp.. that way I can return the stock speakers if i ever sell the truck.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 11, 2007
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  13. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    whats ironic is one of the reasons I wanted a Kenwood was the feature to turn off the internal amp.. I guess i got what i wanted.. in a way.
     
    DaveDSMer, Mar 11, 2007
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  14. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    well i was bored and figure i would post what ive done so far..

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    DaveDSMer, Mar 11, 2007
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  15. psycho_maniac

    psycho_maniac Full Member

    How are you going to hid the wires by the stick shift or aren't you?
     
    psycho_maniac, Mar 11, 2007
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  16. DaveDSMer

    DaveDSMer Full Member

    ill find a way.. they are just sitting there till i figure out exactly where the amps are going to be..

    I may have to put my blaupunkt under my seat due to space reasons.. i am hoping to fit the sony somewhere between the box and driver side jumpseat.
     
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2007
    DaveDSMer, Mar 11, 2007
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  17. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    damb!!for some reason your pics arent showing up on my screen.just a little red X.
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 11, 2007
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  18. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    nevermind just had to reboot.

    can you show us a pic of the back seat area
     
    pedro quiroga, Mar 11, 2007
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  19. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    ummm dave lol if that unit has a function to turn off the internal amp then maybe it is off in the settings. Have you read the manual about this function. I had a hell of a time when i first got my pioneer trying to get sound from the rcas. The deck comes with the aux turned off and you have to press a sequence of buttons while turning the unit on to get to it! also i would try unplugging all the rcas and just try any crap speaker you have directly to make sure it's not the factory wiring too.
     
    electrolytic, Mar 11, 2007
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  20. electrolytic

    electrolytic Full Member

    Maybe this! page 12 of the manual EZ700SR

    http://www.kenwoodusa.com/support/simple.aspx?men=2&M2=69



    Speaker Setting
    Fine-tuning so that the System Q value is optimal
    when setting the speaker type.
    1 Enter Standby
    Press the [SRC] button.
    Select the "STANDBY" display.
    2 Enter Speaker Setting mode
    Press the [AUDIO] knob.
    3 Select the Speaker type
    Turn the [4] / [ยข] knob.
    Each time the knob is turned the setting switches
    as shown below.
    Speaker type Display
    OFF "SP OFF"
    For 5 & 4 in. speaker "SP 5/4 inch"
    For 6 & 6x9 in. speaker "SP 6*9/6 inch"
    For the OEM speaker "SP O.E.M."
    4 Exit Speaker Setting mode
    Press the [AUDIO] knob
     
    electrolytic, Mar 11, 2007
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