Powered woofer install w/ pics n instructions

Chris,
I have been thinking about that sub also. It got some good reviews. I too am not looking for great SPL, but I like clean extended bass. Does it seem to go as low as a good 10" in a sealed enclosure. I am just worried that many small speakers just won't go down to 30 HZ or lower.

 

I have the Non JBL system with a bridged 10" sub, the stereo sounds amazing with Rap / Hip Hop, but with Rock (Sirius Octane 20) it sounds weak. I have attributed it to the very weak stock OEM speakers that seem to have one of the muddiest midranges of any speaker I've ever heard.

 

Was there no remote line for this powered sub? Where are you guys pulling switched power from?

 

If you tapped the yellow and black on the passenger side (which it looks like it from your picture), you tapped the wrong wires. You need to tap the yellow and black on the drivers side.

 

Tire guys hate the fix-a-flat stuff. It's quite the fun to deal with all that messy goop! Even though flats are far and few between, these days, I can't bring myself to take out the spare tire. I fear Murphy's Law! I can't remember the last time I had to change a flat, though. I think it was more than 10 years ago with my '89 K-Car.

 

Do you know that the new version of the Ford Focus (2008 model) doesn't come with a spare tire as standard equipment with the base model. It is in an option package upgrade though. LOL

 

Guys,
Don't ever use Fix a Flat. It will plug up your tire pressure sensor. I had to post a notice for all the drivers in the fleet I maintain. TP sensors are expensive to replace.
I tossed around 6 of them that have been ruined by that stuff.

 

I simply cannot believe that a comment like this would be tolerated in civil discourse. I find overt racism like this to be shameful beyond belief, but apparently other members of this list don't find this offensive?? Somehow I thought more of the human race, let alone my fellow Prius owners.

 

You still need to connect a remote otherwise your amplifier will remain powered with the car turned off.

 

The owner's manual for the sub installed by the OP states the remote turn on is "unnecessary if using speaker level input only". I would guess this means it uses some sort of level detection for turn on.

The amp I installed did not have this feature so I connected the remote to the ACC at the JBL amp. I believe it was a gray wire, pin 12 of S15. When this is done the amplifier will be on anytime there is power to the radio.

 

That is correct for your specific situation. If you look in the owner's manual it says the same thing. Since you used speaker level inputs everything should be okay.

The delay is probably due to the operation of the auto turn on/off circuitry. One minor down side to some auto turn on circuits is if there is a short period of silence they will assume the radio has been turned off and will shut down. If this happens, once the music starts again there will be a short turn-on delay before your bass returns. This doesn't hurt anything. It's just a minor annoyance.

 

What part of "that I've experienced" did you not understand?

If anything, I should perhaps reinforce that I've spent most of the last two years in Albuquerque, NM; specifically, on the west side. Sheer demographics would indicate that any large number of events would reflect most obviously among the local majority, which is in fact Latino.

On the other hand, I haven't seen a "white pride" group come up and claim that making noise is a racial privilege -- Latinos have. (That doesn't mean that all white groups are off the hook; some of the pro-/anti- Columbus Day groups are just as guilty!)

I'll offer you a challenge: come visit me for a weekend, and we'll drive around my neighborhood. I'll point out the jerks with loud bass, and you can tally their visible ethnicity makeup.

I am willing to bet a substantial amount of money -- say at least 100 USD -- that the majority will be Latino males. There's been an upswing lately in Latino females with boom cars (boyfriends' car? family raised so that they think it's normal/right to abuse others' ears?). Then there are the white males who are trying desperately to look cool; in the land of Latino majority, they emulate that look/sound.

The comment about Asians was more due to my experiences in San Diego and the Bay Area.

So. When are you coming to visit? If not, please tell us where you live, how much you drive, and what you're using for a basis for comparison?

If you want civilized discourse, get everyone to turn their volume down. But keep track of the ethnicity of those that you have to ask...

 

I live in a predominantly white neighborhood. Therefore everyone I see with the loud systems are 90 % young white kids. Its not a race thing it is a generation thing, I'm just a 30 y/o white country boy and I've been "bumping" since I was 17.

 

Thanks for the post, Chris. I'm going to try it!!!!! I too am a newbie when it comes to car audio so I appreciate the pics and detailed descriptions.

Unfortunately the Alpine PLT-5 has been discontinued so I'm having a hard time finding one. :-( Bummer though, I see it got rave reviews on Crutchfield.com and you seem very happy with it. I have one last retailer that's checking with several suppliers... if he does't find it then I'll have to find something similar. Crutchfield recommends this one, but I just don't know. The reviews are not nearly as good.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know I'm going to give it a shot. I'll let you know how it turns out!