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Old 08-19-2014, 08:59 PM
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Can any one help me out.
I have a 1500w 2ch amp for my 2 subs and a 400w amp for the rest of the speakers(tweets 2ways)
I have an rca hooked up to my 1500w going to ch1 and 2 on my other but it needs another set of rca to go to ch3 & 4
What do I need to get in order to use all my channels right now I have it rigged so that ch1 and 2 have a tweeter and 2way hooked up to it and I am going to add 2 more speakers so obviously I have to get all channels to work. Its like I need am rca that has 2 on one end and 4 on the other but not finding that.
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I think the in car speakers need a line level converter. only thing with that is you have to cut the speaker wires. but i think i know what your trying to do. they make a splitter that has one female to two male rca cables a electronics store should have them.just make sure that you have left and right going to each amp. you don't want all rights going to one amp or all lefts..

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Old 08-22-2014, 11:35 PM
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My tweeters do have a little box in the middle of the wires that u change ohms on.
OK I looked at my amps again to make sure I wasn't being dumb. My 1500w has a place for 2 sets of RCA's one set as line in and the other line out. Then my 400w 4ch has 3 rca plug sets 2 ins and 1 out. So I've got one of those RCA's that has left and right on one end but has a head phone jack on the other, so that's line in in my 1500w and the regular RCA's connecting to 2 amps left and right for ch1 and 2 though. 3&4 are just there.
I don't like going to stores very much, I do most things online(better odds of getting a deal by coupon or something)
My wife hates all the stuff I get in the mail, shell be OK though. I just wanted to know what that piece was called to make it operate the right way.
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The piece that i was talking about is a single female rca to dual male rca Y adapter. hope that helps.I did a set up like this but it was a long time ago and that's what i used. i had the rca coming from the cd/radio into the Y adapters one left and one right to the amp for the subs in the trunk and the other i had to get some extensions to go back into the car to the amp for the in car/door speakers.
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Oh OK I see what u mean. I'll take a second look on eBay and see if I can find it. I probably looked right at it and didn't notice
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Maybe I am confused here?
You have a head unit with 2 pairs of RCA outputs (front and rear) ?
You have two amplifiers, one is a two channel and the other 4 channel and both amps have line in and out ?

Connect both (pairs of ) RCA leads from the head unit to the 4 channel amp, then use the line out on that amp to connect to the 2 channel amp?

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