I'm not one of those types that rolls around setting off car alarms, just want to get that off the assumption pad ahead of time I just like a little more sound to my music. That being said, I do have a set of 12s with a rather modest 400w amplifier that I would like to install. Is it even possible to install something like this in a Prius? Can the 12v system accompany the addition of a big 12v amplifier without vomiting all over, or going up in smoke?
The 12Volt system is quite robust. You can probably run a 1000 watt RMS system without problems with the current power system in the Prius.
I have 1 12" in a ported box with a 300w amp- no problem at all. No change in MPG, just better sound, and thumping bass.
Where do you source the power for your amps? Do you attach the hot to the little 12v battery in the back? I just picked up a little 300W class D that should fit under the passenger seat with the JBL amp. I plan to drive it off the rear full range outputs into the hi level inputs. I can live with my JBL drivers for now. I will probably install some 200uF caps to block some of the bass going to the stockers so I can drive them a bit harder. I will be hooking the power to my Alpine Type R 12" sub in it's little 1 cu. ft. plastic box. It is coming out of the BMW I am selling.
That's another thing. Where is the 12v battery in this car? Flog me appropriately for not reading the manual yet, but its barely 2 weeks old and the manual is 500 pages...
oh boy.. i'll phrase it all this way.. your accessory battery is used for minimal things. this being said, it's smaller than a car battery. imagine a harley bettery? the only thing this battery is used for smaller electronics. everything else gets powered by the hybrid battery. it's around 250V. it re charges your 12v very quickly. i drained mine the other day. i left my sub amp on and a couple doors open. oops.. i found everything almost dead later in the day. i went for a cruise to my friends, and when i returned, it wall all charged up nicely. it's been fine since. if anything dims oddly.. then put in a capacitor. oh yeah.. what i've also noticed... as you drive the bass.. it doesn't really leave the car too much. as a hatchback, you get most of the sound. Awesome idea! i'm looking to tweak my system as much as possible. i now have a 10" sub. it's ok. much better than the stock amp. i wish i had a custom fiberglass case.
Too bad they don't make a plug n play Q form or thunderform box to go in the hatch opposite the battery. There is definately enough space to have a nice box with a single 10 in it. If I have any issues with the voltage dips I will probably replace the stock 12v battery with a Kinetic AGM. That's something like a 100 F capacitor. No real reason we wouldn't just leave the car on (unless it's in the garage)? It's a hybrid right!
I'm guessing the 12v battery is behind one of the side panels in the rear. Really convenient actually. However, finding speakers to clip a line-level output to, that is another story. Are there speakers in the rear? Kinda impossible to clip onto the door speakers.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(partipilo @ Oct 11 2007, 11:58 PM) [snapback]524462[/snapback]</div> It's under the pull-up floor panel in the right rear corner. Pretty easy to reach. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(partipilo @ Oct 11 2007, 11:58 PM) [snapback]524462[/snapback]</div> The rear speaker wires go through the center door posts. Not hard to catch - just pull off the lower trim panel.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bruce Boyle @ Oct 13 2007, 12:20 PM) [snapback]525210[/snapback]</div> If you have a jbl amp, splice into the output from the jbl amp ( to whome this applies) Here is the JBL amp pin-out: Pink ------ Pin S15-8 --- LF+ Violet ---- Pin S15-19 -- LF- Lt Green - Pin S15-9 --- RF+ Blue ------ Pin S15-20 -- RF- Black ----- Pin S15-4 --- LR+ Yellow ---- Pin S15-13 -- LR- Red ------- Pin S15-5 --- RR+ White ----- Pin S15-14 -- RR- Pink ------ Pin S15-6 --- LF+ tweeter Violet ----- Pin S15-17 -- LF- tweeter Lt Green -- Pin S15-7 --- RF+ tweeter Blue ------ Pin S15-18 -- RF- tweeter Red ------- Pin S15-3 --- C+ White ----- Pin S15-12 -- C- all speaker and even power are wrapped in pairs.. there is tape wrapped around them around 2 inches down from the connector. you can also purchase a clip that plugs in between them. i can't recall the name at this point. i tried to get creative and run the wires through the rear doors. i found out that as wires pass though,they go into a clip. you can't pass wires. *shrug* so yeah.. take them from the column. it's good advice
