Powered Subwoofer installation questions? Updates???

[Hawaiian4runner]

I had an amazon credit and Figured it would take up less room than the longer Rockford fosgate I have... So all of your help and prewires I ran ahead of time are out the door...

I know I can follow antmans thread to instal... But the issue is that this speaker also has the option to tap into the fronts.... So once again I am lost... (Shocker!)

And since I have to pull apart the dash to mount my cb and switches ill just tap into the wires at the head unit...

And to add to my confusion is that I have read way too much on party mode... So "i think" if I use the rear hatch wires to tap then the sub will only be one with party mode on which is great for tailgating but for daily driving if I have party mode off then I will only have use of front and rear doors and then no sub and no tailgate.

Maybe ill just tap into the rears like the original plan.... It's going to take me awhile to rip the dash apart so maybe some with a Similar unit can chime in.


But I really appreciate the time you have taken to help me out!
:rockon:

You have Trail w/ Nav? Doesn't that already have a sub? Are you adding a sub in addition to the stock one? In any event, if you tap a speaker for the signal, make sure it's a full range signal so not the front dash. I believe all the door speakers carry the low range so should be good. As for the 4 speaker inputs, I would just use the 2 front door signals so the sub bass will be tuned to the front speaker level. I like it this way cause I play all the rear speakers very soft so that they do not degrade the front sound stage.

 

[Vegas]

Hey thanks for all the quick replies !
I know everyone has a life and it's always awesome when you are in the middle of doing a mod and you need some directions and people come to the rescue.

 

[Vegas]

You have Trail w/ Nav? Doesn't that already have a sub? Are you adding a sub in addition to the stock one? In any event, if you tap a speaker for the signal, make sure it's a full range signal so not the front dash. I believe all the door speakers carry the low range so should be good. As for the 4 speaker inputs, I would just use the 2 front door signals so the sub bass will be tuned to the front speaker level. I like it this way cause I play all the rear speakers very soft so that they do not degrade the front sound stage.

No jbl...just entune and party mode.... I wouldn't have messed with it if I had the jbl sub

 

[4runner10]

The only reason it has high level inputs for front and rear is so you can fade the speakers without affecting the sub.
If you leave your Fader setting on the HU centered, use whatever input is easiest to get to (like I used in my writeup). If you keep the HU faded towards the front, use the front speaker wires, and conversely for the rear.

No biggie!

Good to know! This forum is a great learning opportunity.

If you're like me, and have no sub volume control other than adjusting the dials right on the amp, only having the back hooked up allows me to fade towards the front to save my poor dog's hearing!!

 

[Antman]

Good to know! This forum is a great learning opportunity.

If you're like me, and have no sub volume control other than adjusting the dials right on the amp, only having the back hooked up allows me to fade towards the front to save my poor dog's hearing!!

You can also put a switch on the 12v trigger wire for the amp to turn it off.

 

[4runner10]

You can also put a switch on the 12v trigger wire for the amp to turn it off.

Yeah, good call. Never thought of doing that! I used the rear power outlet as the trigger wire. I'm not sure it would be worth the effort to get a switch to the dash, although I could look into making the rear outlet switchable.

Great to hear from the legendary Antman!! Kudos on all your awesome builds. Wish I had taken the time to do a write-up of my power back window hookup to my remote start. Doing a detailed writeup definitely adds to the community knowledge base.