As I continue to restore my mustang I decided to upgrade the stock audio. A quick surf to Crutchfield and I got the basics for a decent sound upgrade:
JVC KD-HDR60 HD radio/CD player with USB and Aux jack
Kicker 08zx200.4 amp
2 pairs of Kenwood KFC-C6893PS for the front doors and the rear quarter panels.
Because I was replacing the stock amp, I decide to put the new amp in the trunk so, I wanted to run RCA back to the amp and then speaker wire out to the new speakers.
Big problem, the JVC only has 2 RCA channels for speakers and 1 for Subwoofer. A quick call to Crutchfield tech confirmed that if I was willing to sacrifice the ability to balance left to right, then I could just split the 2 RCA at the amp to feed all 4 speaker channels.
To Hell with that, some research turn up a neat little device called a High Signal to Low Signal Line-Out Converter. Basically it takes the speaker outputs from the HU, converts it to RCA line signal to send to the amp.
Now I had all the parts to send RCA signal to the amp, but one major problem lots and lots of splices needed to be made. Since I decide I was going the converter route, I also decide use the existing power connections from the old HU to provide the necessary ground, power and control.
As I started to assemble the wire harness, my lovely wife mentions that I needed to run a control wire from the HU to the amp to control turning it on (damn I hate when she is right!
As I am about to start soldering and testing the harness. I get flashes of snagged and nicked wires behind the HU, so I dressed up the harness to miniumize the possibility and the end result is below
The entire harness
Close up of the new HU connector side
The Power connector side
JVC KD-HDR60 HD radio/CD player with USB and Aux jack
Kicker 08zx200.4 amp
2 pairs of Kenwood KFC-C6893PS for the front doors and the rear quarter panels.
Because I was replacing the stock amp, I decide to put the new amp in the trunk so, I wanted to run RCA back to the amp and then speaker wire out to the new speakers.
Big problem, the JVC only has 2 RCA channels for speakers and 1 for Subwoofer. A quick call to Crutchfield tech confirmed that if I was willing to sacrifice the ability to balance left to right, then I could just split the 2 RCA at the amp to feed all 4 speaker channels.
To Hell with that, some research turn up a neat little device called a High Signal to Low Signal Line-Out Converter. Basically it takes the speaker outputs from the HU, converts it to RCA line signal to send to the amp.
Now I had all the parts to send RCA signal to the amp, but one major problem lots and lots of splices needed to be made. Since I decide I was going the converter route, I also decide use the existing power connections from the old HU to provide the necessary ground, power and control.
As I started to assemble the wire harness, my lovely wife mentions that I needed to run a control wire from the HU to the amp to control turning it on (damn I hate when she is right!
As I am about to start soldering and testing the harness. I get flashes of snagged and nicked wires behind the HU, so I dressed up the harness to miniumize the possibility and the end result is below
The entire harness
Close up of the new HU connector side
The Power connector side