I am a complete noob when it comes to car audio. I've never added anything to a car before but the BRZ is my first "fun" car, meaning I don't use it for getting to work, it is purely for pleasure. So far I fitted a new exhaust and cold air intake which were real easy. But the audio thing has me scratching my head and spending hours on the internet trying to understand what the terms are and how things work.
What I decided to do was buy a "all in one" sub, box and amp (Kicker 11PT10) from Bestbuy. This seems to be the easiest upgrade because it's idiot proof (almost!) and I can remove it real easy for extra trunk space.
The Kicker 11PT10 comes with a pre-wired plug for easy removal. The plug has the main power to the car battery, a ground wire, a remote wire and Left+, Left-, Right+, Right- speaker inputs ( online PDF is here http://www.kicker.com/sites/default/files/2011 PH-PT RevI.pdf ) I want to keep this installation as easy and tidy as possible, so I wanted to use the factory amp as my source of audio signal. Now my big questions are this, can I just splice into the 4 speaker wires coming out of the factory amp or do I need to somehow get my signal from the left and right signal wires going into the amp. Now remember I'm a noob, but I'm thinking that splicing into the 4 speaker output wires from the factory amp could mess with the feed/power going to those front door speakers but I'm confused as to how I'm going to hook the 2, left and right, signal input wires to my Kicker 11PT10, seeing it only has the 4 speaker wires. I have done a little research on LOC's but they seem to take four speaker wires and turn it into RCA's, is there anything that can take the left- and Right- signal input wires and hook them to 4 speaker wires..........I guess ass backwards!
Here is a picture of the plug going into the factory sub and what the wires are (info taken from FRS forum)
The wires going into this connector are:
(1 is at the bottom left of the connector in the photo, 10 is the top right)
1 - Pink (looks orange?) - Left speaker +
2 - Blue - Right speaker +
3 - Light Green - Left signal +
4 - White - Right signal +
5 - Violet - Left speaker -
6 - Red - Right speaker -
8 - Green - remote signal
9 - Yellow - Left Signal -
10 - Sky Blue - Right signal -
Just remember that I'm a car audio idiot and keep the help clear without too many acronyms.....................I appreciate your help
Chris C.
What I decided to do was buy a "all in one" sub, box and amp (Kicker 11PT10) from Bestbuy. This seems to be the easiest upgrade because it's idiot proof (almost!) and I can remove it real easy for extra trunk space.
The Kicker 11PT10 comes with a pre-wired plug for easy removal. The plug has the main power to the car battery, a ground wire, a remote wire and Left+, Left-, Right+, Right- speaker inputs ( online PDF is here http://www.kicker.com/sites/default/files/2011 PH-PT RevI.pdf ) I want to keep this installation as easy and tidy as possible, so I wanted to use the factory amp as my source of audio signal. Now my big questions are this, can I just splice into the 4 speaker wires coming out of the factory amp or do I need to somehow get my signal from the left and right signal wires going into the amp. Now remember I'm a noob, but I'm thinking that splicing into the 4 speaker output wires from the factory amp could mess with the feed/power going to those front door speakers but I'm confused as to how I'm going to hook the 2, left and right, signal input wires to my Kicker 11PT10, seeing it only has the 4 speaker wires. I have done a little research on LOC's but they seem to take four speaker wires and turn it into RCA's, is there anything that can take the left- and Right- signal input wires and hook them to 4 speaker wires..........I guess ass backwards!
Here is a picture of the plug going into the factory sub and what the wires are (info taken from FRS forum)
The wires going into this connector are:
(1 is at the bottom left of the connector in the photo, 10 is the top right)
1 - Pink (looks orange?) - Left speaker +
2 - Blue - Right speaker +
3 - Light Green - Left signal +
4 - White - Right signal +
5 - Violet - Left speaker -
6 - Red - Right speaker -
8 - Green - remote signal
9 - Yellow - Left Signal -
10 - Sky Blue - Right signal -
Just remember that I'm a car audio idiot and keep the help clear without too many acronyms.....................I appreciate your help
Chris C.