Can you hook an amp up to a stock radio?
Another popular way to connect an amplifier to a factory radio is to use something called a line output converter. It connects to the factory radio’s speaker wires and converts the speaker-level signal to a preamp-level signal. This lets you use RCA cables to run that signal to your amplifier.
Can you run speakers off an amp?
Getting signal to the speakers A convenient way to send the powered signal from your amplifier to your speakers is to run the speaker wires back to the harness behind your stereo, where all your car’s speaker connections are accessible in one place.
What do you need to connect an amp to a factory radio?
You’ll need one for the amp’s input and the other for its output. These cables will act like a “T-harness” to connect your amp to the factory system. Behind the factory radio, you can access all of the speaker wires in one place.
Can you connect an amplifier to an aftermarket stereo?
If you have an aftermarket stereo, you’ll use a set of RCA cables instead of one of the 9-wire cables below. Refer to our article about adding an amp to an aftermarket stereo for more details. Usually, you’ll be installing a 4-channel amplifier with speaker-level inputs.
When to add an amp to your car?
Here’s a list of situations where you should probably consider options other than adding an amp to your factory system. If you have a factory premium amplified system. (Will need to bypass the current amp before adding another) If one or more speakers are faulty. If your vehicle has a faulty or non operational radio.
How does a radio hook up to a speaker?
The radio’s wiring harness delivers power to the radio and sends its output to the speakers. You’ll need to identify which wire goes to which speaker. Positive leads are usually solid-colored wires, while their accompanying negative leads tend to be the same color with a stripe of a second color.
How to hook up an aftermarket radio to a factory AMP?
The diagram pic shows how an aftermarket radio would be hooked up. Metra makes a harness (70-1725) which allows you to hook the radio’s RCA outputs to the facory harness (more on this later).
How does an amp hook up to a stereo?
You can either cut them off (like we did in the photo below) or just tape them up – each wire individually – so that none of the wire ends can touch anything else. Meanwhile, the RCA cables carry the audio signal to the amplifier and the blue wire from the stereo turns on the amp whenever the stereo is turned on.
How to wire aftermarket radio to Honda AMP?
If your radio doesn’t have RCA outputs, you will have to install a line-level converter on the radio’s speaker outputs. This will convert the high-level speaker outputs to line-level to go to the Honda amp. A good point was brought up in another thread.
How to add an amplifier to your car stereo system?
Connect your remote wire to a 12v switched source that only powers when the car is running and run that down with your other wires to your amp and connect that to the remote wire input on your amp. Run your 12v batter wire from your battery to your amplifier. Connect your ground wire to a chassis ground in vehicle free of paint.