Stock HU & RCA Cables
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Stock HU & RCA Cables
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I have a 2008 LS and im wondering if there are RCA cable attachments on the back for an amplifier. I'm not ready to buy a headunit yet and im wondering if this is possible. I know i can easily find an ignition source for the amp, but i don't want to pull the whole dash apart to find out the stock deck is useless. Thanks
I have a 2008 LS and im wondering if there are RCA cable attachments on the back for an amplifier. I'm not ready to buy a headunit yet and im wondering if this is possible. I know i can easily find an ignition source for the amp, but i don't want to pull the whole dash apart to find out the stock deck is useless. Thanks
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Hi,
I have a 2008 LS and im wondering if there are RCA cable attachments on the back for an amplifier. I'm not ready to buy a headunit yet and im wondering if this is possible. I know i can easily find an ignition source for the amp, but i don't want to pull the whole dash apart to find out the stock deck is useless. Thanks
I have a 2008 LS and im wondering if there are RCA cable attachments on the back for an amplifier. I'm not ready to buy a headunit yet and im wondering if this is possible. I know i can easily find an ignition source for the amp, but i don't want to pull the whole dash apart to find out the stock deck is useless. Thanks
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so since the rear speakers are in the trunk which is perfect, i buy one of these (LOC)'s, and attach it to one of the speakers( or both? ) and then im able to run RCA's straight to my amp? Where can i pull an ignition wire for the Remote turn on cable? And can i get one of those loc's at a local store like radio shack or best buy? Thanks
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so since the rear speakers are in the trunk which is perfect, i buy one of these (LOC)'s, and attach it to one of the speakers( or both? ) and then im able to run RCA's straight to my amp? Where can i pull an ignition wire for the Remote turn on cable? And can i get one of those loc's at a local store like radio shack or best buy? Thanks
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I went out tonight and bought the LOC. It was like 27$ and its rated at 2x40 watts.
Anyways, i was hooking it up tonight and i think i installed it wrong because my bass wasn't playing. The rear trunk speakers are probably the problem. I applied a test light trying to find the ground and hot wires. One speaker had both grounds and the other had both hots. So what i did was just read the directions and hook both grounds up to the right speaker and hook both hots up to the left speaker. My amplifier was on and im pretty sure my power wire and grounds were fine.
What i don't get is how 2 grounds are powering a speaker? When i looked on diagrams on google, the connections to the speakers had 1 hot and 1 ground like usual.
I'm stumped and i don't know what to do. Can someone help me?
Anyways, i was hooking it up tonight and i think i installed it wrong because my bass wasn't playing. The rear trunk speakers are probably the problem. I applied a test light trying to find the ground and hot wires. One speaker had both grounds and the other had both hots. So what i did was just read the directions and hook both grounds up to the right speaker and hook both hots up to the left speaker. My amplifier was on and im pretty sure my power wire and grounds were fine.
What i don't get is how 2 grounds are powering a speaker? When i looked on diagrams on google, the connections to the speakers had 1 hot and 1 ground like usual.
I'm stumped and i don't know what to do. Can someone help me?
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Are the speaker wiring diagrams/colors the same for the 2006 cobalt model?
I found this
LR Speaker +/- brown - yellow +,- radio harness or amp under driv dash
RR Speaker +/- dk. blue - lt. blue +,- radio harness or amp under driv dash
I found this
LR Speaker +/- brown - yellow +,- radio harness or amp under driv dash
RR Speaker +/- dk. blue - lt. blue +,- radio harness or amp under driv dash
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i understand what hes saying, but it would be nice to know which wires go to which so that im not cutting/stripping wires all day until the combination is right.
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lol i feel like im in the twi-light zone or something...
I am referring to the speakers in the trunk. I got info. from another forum saying don't worry about positive and negative and just hook the wires up like it says ( to the left speaker and right speaker )
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f27/lo...7/#post5586057
Ill even take pictures if i can"t get it to work today
I am referring to the speakers in the trunk. I got info. from another forum saying don't worry about positive and negative and just hook the wires up like it says ( to the left speaker and right speaker )
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f27/lo...7/#post5586057
Ill even take pictures if i can"t get it to work today
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im not saying the wires on the car are done wrong necessarily but in the LOC they could be labled or throw togther wrong. about 30% of the ones ive used have been. the peeps/machines that make them in china are all fucked up
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