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IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 01:01 PM
Ok, lets start off by me saying, Im not much into systems..

I just want to add my 10" woofer and a little amp into my stock system(nissan cd player, 2 6x9's and 2 6" mids)

I was wondering if anyone has installed and used one of these things, I know its from walmart, but as I said. Im not into systems...

I just want a little more bump to what I have...

here is what I am looking at...
Scosche Ford/JBL and GM/Bose Speaker Level Converter, FAI-3 - Wal-Mart (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=1863065#Item+Description)
DimeonDubs
03-31-2008, 01:03 PM
just hook it up to your stock speaker wires,ive done tons of them.should only take you a few mins to hook up
IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 01:11 PM
just hook it up to your stock speaker wires,ive done tons of them.should only take you a few mins to hook up

Just hook what up to your stock speaker wires?
DimeonDubs
03-31-2008, 01:15 PM
if its just a normal line out it should have 4 wires coming out of it,hook the left set to you left rear speaker,and the right set to your rear right..then you should just be able to plug your rcas into it
IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 01:17 PM
This is what it looks like... And I know how to hook up the wires... But what is the wire that is circled for?

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/IThaJokaI/0022.jpg
DimeonDubs
03-31-2008, 01:54 PM
This is what it looks like... And I know how to hook up the wires... But what is the wire that is circled for?

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/IThaJokaI/0022.jpg


im gonna say a ground,but ive never used a scosche one..sorry i couldnt help more
IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 03:16 PM
im gonna say a ground,but ive never used a scosche one..sorry i couldnt help more

But it works without the wire connected... I was wondering if it could have been a remote, due to the factory HU doesnt have one.
TBSpyder
03-31-2008, 08:53 PM
It's an additional ground but it's not needed unless you're having problems.
SLEEPIN_92SE-R
03-31-2008, 09:55 PM
the wire is not required to function...good luck on install you could of bought a simplier RCA converter though my 2cents...
IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 10:51 PM
the wire is not required to function...good luck on install you could of bought a simplier RCA converter though my 2cents...

Was $1 from the junk yard.. JL wants $150 for theirs... I am using this for a 100w RMS 10" woofer... I can make more bass with my mouth... But Its more than factory...
SLEEPIN_92SE-R
03-31-2008, 11:15 PM
did you install yet??
IThaJokaI
03-31-2008, 11:24 PM
did you install yet??

I had it installed on my s10... stock HU, 1k rms amp and 2 300w rms 12's.. Had a little ground loop... But I didnt have that ground wired up...
wmartinlsmith
04-03-2008, 07:54 AM
could have gotten an amp with high level input. would have solved the noise..

also those are used all the time in systems i hve seen for lease cars..

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Mq5sUTRdL._AA280_.jpg
a lil simpler tho
IThaJokaI
04-03-2008, 12:27 PM
could have gotten an amp with high level input. would have solved the noise..

also those are used all the time in systems i hve seen for lease cars..

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Mq5sUTRdL._AA280_.jpg
a lil simpler tho

I actually bought the amp for a box in my s10.. I had a HU amp and 4 10s... But i blew it up and sold the truck and most of the parts... I had an amp and 1 10" sub left so Im gonna throw it in my daily for some bump...
MCOR
04-03-2008, 10:45 PM
That extra wire is VERY misunderstood. Some vehicles need this ground somehow to send a clean signal through the speaker wires that the convertor can then use to output a low level to the rca's. You always just hook up the speaker level wires and rca's first, if everything works-leave the wires disconnected. We've installed hundreds of these of all different brands over the years and never had one that we had to hook up the ground wire(s) (some have two). We sell these made by DB link for like $10. They're cheap (price not quality).
specialkmj7
06-05-2008, 06:39 AM
ok so now i had to put this darn thing in my buddys 07 malibu, i have no idea what wires go where.....i know i need to splice two wires (one from one side of the speaker and the other from other) but i dont know where to put those wires into the scosche unit. i hooked the wires where it said to in the lil crappy booklet they give you and still no sound from the subs....everything else is hooked up, amp turns on fine, its just i have no idea how to use that unit thing.

and im not new to audio its just ive never hooked subs up to a stock radio. im so confused....:mad: