msonia03

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I got the p4000dvd off of a member and its awesome. looks great. one problem. How do I hook my sub amp to it? I currently am bumping thru the little black box thing off of the rear mids. But I want the rcs'a to go thru the deck so I can fine tune my sound quality and actually pound my subs. I've read the book, tried multiple combos of things, but nothing.

Does anybody have this deck? If you do would you be nice enough to give me a detailed explination of how to do this. Id really appriciate it tons!

Ting-ting

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Bump

c4w18

run RCAs from the amp to the front of the car to the back of the headunit....plug it into the "sub out" RCA(s). run speaker wire from the amp to the subwoofer itself. done.

this is assuming that you have an aftermarket amp as opposed to the stock one.

msonia03

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k, its not that easy. Ive had tons of systems, installed tons, im not 12. I can run the rca's to the deck, but there are some sort of functions on the deck itself that need to be turned off or on for one cerrtain set of rca jacks to be used. Ive read the entire book, cant get it.
This is why I was hoping someone with this exact deck, since its a common one for us to have, would chime in and say something. figuring they have gone thru this already.

NWAE Cobalt

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try reading this...it may help

AVH-P4000DVD connected to a 4 ch amp no sound on rear - AVIC411.com

sounds like it operates alot like the controls of my headunit

brickloaf

i dont really understand what your asking but the p4000 has sub rca out's on the back..?

msonia03

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NWAE, ya I tried that all again too. its the exact directions in the book. When I plug the rca's in I get nothing. its so freaking frustrating. I dont wanna have to pay car toys an obscene amount of money for something that should be so easy.

exiged

dude just hit me up whenever and well take a look, i pretty much have all the time in the world right now lol. .

Render2009

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turn loudness to on and set it to low on the loudness options, then bass to 1 subs to 2 thats how mine is

c4w18

in that case bust out your multimeter and get to work seeing if your RCAs are functional and if they output when you change certain options. you DID buy this used...make sure you test its functionality properly.

EmperorJJ1

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in settings you can turn the sub off. but stock its set to be on so assuming u unplugged it for more then 1 minute it will be reset back to stock

NWAE Cobalt

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stupid Q...i know on alot of amps there is rca in and rca out (so you can link to another amp without runnign 2 sets of cords from the dash)...you are plugged into the input on the amp ya?

c4w18

legitimate thought....not a stupid question. ive seen that done before.

ecot3c inside

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I had this same deck in my saturn vue, you can turn the sub on and off and it's really in the settings, I had my loudness off because my stock speakers and tweeters couldn't handle it and I hate rattle. stupid question but is your remote wire hooked up?? I did the same dumb mistake. I don't want to insult you by asking if you hooked it all up right, but that's what everyone is going to come up with.

NWAE Cobalt

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i have found that in general...if its not something easy that you think of first...its better to ask yourself the "dumb" questions before making the job harder then it may be :P

thesteed46

He has to have the remote wire plugged in and the RCA's have to be working because he has them hooked up a different way. Take some time to read. It's a process of elimination. If the wires are fine, then it's something else. Not plugged it to the right spot or the settings are wrong.

I sold this to him and I would not have sold it to anyone if it didn't work.

I had my subs hooked up to this, but took them out a while ago so I could not remember exactly how they were hooked up. I told him about the setting to turn the up on, but he seems to be having trouble finding it.

If someone knows how to get to it, you help will be greatly appreciated.

NWAE Cobalt

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your first sentance doesnt make any sense...at least not in english

thesteed46

You mean that I forgot the word "in" after "plugged"? And an extra and? Other than that it makes perfect sense.

EmperorJJ1

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lol ud be surpised how many things can **** up during an install. also any help is better then no help and more often then not its something stupid not something big BUT to effectively troubleshoot a system you have to respond with useful information. he asked a question about the rcas and the deck. the question has at the very least been somewhat answered.

you dont need to turn the sub on unless you turned it off. if you unplug the radio and let it sit for 10mins to reset and plug it back in and there is still no sound then thats not the problem.

c4w18

he's offended because i suggested that he test the rcas because that could be part of his problem? ok.

Zdeuce4

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dude its super simple. i installed it on my own car.. i had it on my balt and recently transferred it to my goat.
rcas gotta be in the right spot on the back. and then on top of that u need the remote wire connected to the harness.

there's an option that says subwoofer in the audio menu. make sure its on. if that doesnt work take it to a pro

thesteed46

I'm not offended. It's just common sense that they aren't the problem.

c4w18

From the information he gave in the original post it could be a number of different things BESIDES the settings on the unit. I have no idea why you'd say its common sense related, because obviously if he has read the manual and followed the directions then it could quite possibly be something else.

EmperorJJ1

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lol what a docuhe... i hope ur sandy ass vagina figures it out yourself then. don't ask for help then bite the hand that feeds you. If we go by your logic: rcas arent the problem its the radio. Since he read the manual and still cant get it then its not the settings. so common sense says the radio was broken before he bought it. Continuing with your logic everyone here is a retard including myself so we should stop even making an attempt to help, since everything is common sense and the op has installed tons of systems hes pretty much a professional so it should already be figured out and done right?

sounds liek your going to have to go to car toys and in the words of flava flav, "they got to pay me, boy!"

c4w18

JJ, you almost made me crap my pants. you kill me dude lol. and yes i do sense a severe amount of butthurt in this thread, even though i'm just trying to help. guess my suggestions are worthless.