It's been a while since I did mine but how I wired mine up was like this . I bought a harness that went from my JVC deck to the other side of the factory Toyota amp ( I tossed the amp away in other words ) and out to the factory speakers .
Basically , most h/u's put out 100 watts peak these days and your running that INTO the Toyota amp , with the harness you bought . Thats the way I understand it as your describing things .
Thats a lot of 'drive' into the factory amp !
Your line outs on the deck are great if your using an external amplifier ( Alpine , Rockford etc....) . That is the way mine is setup now , I use the pre outs on my deck to power an amp for front components and rears and another amp powers my sub .
If it were me , I would return that harness and ask for one that goes from your deck to the factory speaker wires.
It's one of those things that if your there it takes about 20 seconds to explain and everyone gets it . Typing it is different LOL
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Originally Posted by contradan
1. Is that wiring kit you bought meant to use the factory Toyota amp ?
Yes- custom for the 4runner premium sound system, BUT- it does say on the harness instructions that a peripheral device (SVEN4) may be needed - maybe its needed to bypass the factory amp?
2. Your JVC has a built in amp correct ? Like its not a pre-amp H/U only ?
yes, I'm pretty sure it does.
The owners manual is here:
JVC KD-G230
3. You don't use that Toyota amp with your JVC deck if JVC has built in amp .
Good to know!
So basically you are saying that my wiring harness from my jvc should not be connected to the wiring harness that the stock stereo connected to, but it should connect to another cluster that is located BEHIND (or beyond) that factory amp??
Rear line outs are useless unless connecting to an external amp i suppose too?
Thanks for the help!
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