How to install Bazooka Sub tube (amped)

[gnuel3]

I just received my Bazooka EL8A amplified sub tube today, but I'm not sure how to install it. :X The wire harness has the 2 RCA circles and like 6 wires. My cd player only has one orange wire free and the 2 RCS circles. What do I do? :-( I thought since it has a built in amp, all I do is connect the rca...

 

[jfall]

You would need to supply 12v power to it and a ground, left/right RCA and a remote turn on wire. You should have the remote turn on, and the RCAs on the CD player. The power/ground come from your battery.

The extra wires could also be so you can hook it up high level if you do not have RCA outputs on your cd player.

 

[minendo]

2 rcas go from deck to sub. 1 power wire goes from battery to tube, 1 ground wire is attached to metal in the trunk that provides a strong ground, 1 wire goes from sub to deck (remote wire).

That is if the amp on the tube is to be installed as a regular amp.

 

[KingNothing]

Have you tried the manual? Based on what you've said I would guess that you're supposed to run wires from the CD player to the sub to your speakers because the sub has a crossover built in.

 

[gnuel3]

Ah, I see, but what battery? :X

 

[SWirth86]

Originally posted by: gnuel3
Ah, I see, but what battery? :X

Cars have batteries... pop the hood.

 

[gnuel3]

Whoa, that's quite a distance from the sub..heh I guess I'll have to get extension wires?

 

[MarkW]

you will have to get an amp installation kit if it didnt come with your sub. check wal-mart, they should have one for like $30

 

[fatkorean]

You will need an amp installation kit. You can get them at any car audio place. It should consist of some heavy gauge wire and fuse kit. You connect the + (red) of your car battery to it to the tube amp, the usually blue wire to the remote off the deck, the black to some metal in your trunk as a ground, and the rca plugs to the back of the deck. Most people that I know run the power lines down one side of the car and the rca wires on the other side.

-fk

 

[gnuel3]

Any cheap one would work fine right? Like those $5-10 ones on ebay?

 

[v3rrv3]

CoolPorygon I hate you so much.

- Kevin AKA Gizmo on Gtz

 

[gnuel3]

Another question, if I dont have a remote, I dont need remote wire right?

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-14Cjb2rYJK2/ProdView.asp?s=0&cc=01&c=11&g=128500&I=142AKPA10+ Would that work?

 

[d33pt]

from the types of questions you ask, i think you should let a pro install this. there is potential to start a fire in your car... the answer to your question is..YES you need a remote.. otherwise the amp would never turn on. it's the signal from your headunit to turn on the amp.. not a remote control

 

[gnuel3]

Oh, ..heh


Fire?! :Q

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: d33pt
from the types of questions you ask, i think you should let a pro install this. there is potential to start a fire in your car... the answer to your question is..YES you need a remote.. otherwise the amp would never turn on. it's the signal from your headunit to turn on the amp.. not a remote control

I agree.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: gnuel3
Oh, ..heh

Fire?! :Q

Serious. No offense, but it sounds like you don't know what you're doing. That's not a slam, just trying to save you from burning down your car or something bad like that.

Basically, you need these things to wire up an amp;
ground/power lines, which MUST be fused, no more than about a foot or so from the battery
RCA lines, which run the sound from the source to the amp
remote line, which tells the amp when to turn on or off

 

[gnuel3]

How much would it cost for a small shop to install it? I bought the install kit already...

 

[Spac3d]

$55-95+

 

[gnuel3]

Eesh! So expensive. Oh well..



I recently bought a new Alpine CDA-7874 CD Player, but it doesnt have RCA outputs for my bazooka amp. Will the install guys need something else?

 

[rudeguy]

there should be no install kit for a bazooka tube...I could do one of those in under a half hour if you lived close

 

[tfrentz]

My audio installer installed 2 wires from the battery... The red goes back to the sub but I have a white wire that got moved after I added another item under my hood. I know the white wire was part of the audio install because it is in the fuse connector with the red wire.

I have no idea where to connect it? I'm worried it will blow a fuse if I connect it to the fuse panel. IDEAS?

My sub blinks green and I'm certain it is not getting enough power. I am going to try to clean up the ground tomorrow to see if that is all that is wrong maybe but I would like to know where to connect this shorter white wire?

 

[BlitzPuppet]

My audio installer installed 2 wires from the battery... The red goes back to the sub but I have a white wire that got moved after I added another item under my hood. I know the white wire was part of the audio install because it is in the fuse connector with the red wire.

I have no idea where to connect it? I'm worried it will blow a fuse if I connect it to the fuse panel. IDEAS?

My sub blinks green and I'm certain it is not getting enough power. I am going to try to clean up the ground tomorrow to see if that is all that is wrong maybe but I would like to know where to connect this shorter white wire?

Yay! I doubt anyone in this thread even drives/owns the same car after 11 years