Jammin06Ion

Good point though! I never thought of that! If one of my screws hit a piece of metal inside the seat, I guess it could generate through the hinge and create an issue. But the ground wire from the amp is going to a ground under the spare tire cover in the trunk about 2 feet away.

In the exact same place, on the back of the rear fold-down seat. But YES, that could have happened. I didn't put it exactly in the same holes since this amp is so much smaller, but on the same rear seat. For spacers, I used plastic spacer rings from a tv wall mount because they don't show up like the small wooden blocks I…

My battery is in the trunk in the spare tire well, so it's only maybe 4 feet away if that.

6 gauge wire??? I went with 8 gauge to the sub and it was too thick! I had to shave it down a bit to about 10 gauge. But no, I don't want a 1-ohm load, I'm looking for 2 ohms since this sub has dual 4-ohm voice coils. It thumps HARD right now, so it must be hooked up right by running it to one pair of terminals on the amp.…

For the price you pay for these amps, you would THINK they would include better wiring instructions! LOL!

I know THIS is done right! Alpine has many different variations of how to use the jumpers, and this is the correct way for my application.

So I'm guessing I did it correctly. Based on their picture in the manual that shows a single 1-ohm sub wired to the two left terminals, then two 2-ohm subs wired to all four terminals, I'm assuming that the single sub is wired correctly. The manual doesn't specify anything about DVC sub connections.

I'll try that. Not sure if there was already one there or if this is something I need to put in myself. If I have to do it, I need to figure out what size.

Apparently I'm not the only one confused by Polk Audio's lack of better explanations in their manuals. What bothers me is that it's kind of hard to run TWO speaker wires from a DVC sub in a box to the amp because the sub enclosure only has one pair of terminals. I'd have to drill a hole in the box and run a second speaker…

Okay, it all makes sense. Some answers too long to read, but I'm sure they had the same explanation. I just found it weird but that was before I stopped to think about the reasons. Yes, I'm new here, but not new to Polk Audio products. Maybe if I introduce myself a little and give other members a little info about me, my…

I know this thread is old (like me), but I'll comment anyway. As for mounting an amp to a sub box, people have done this for years and years without any problems. It's a great way to get the amp out of the way. I've never done it personally, only because I always seemed to find room for my amps. But I see it all the time…

I've only ran one free-air setup in a car ever, and it worked pretty awesome! It was a pair of Pioneer 4-ohm 12" free-airs in a 1975 Dodge Dart. I did my research on infinite baffle, so I got my plan in order. I removed the back seat, then cut out the bracing that goes across the trunk opening. I then used cardboard to…

Did I read this correctly? Would that mean I would run my dual-4ohm voice coil sub off the 4 speaker leads and let the amp do the parallel work? The Alpine Type-S subs come with a bridging wire to connect the voice coil terminals into a 2-ohm load. I figured I just had to do what Apline says then wire it to just one…