Be gentle this is my first write up and mods feel free to clean things up if you see fit. This is aimed at people who have some knowledge of car audio to begin with but I will answer any questions to the best of my ability if you have any.
For this I went out to best buy and bought a Metra two channel line out converter since I was just running one sub. If you are running a full set of speakers you will need more than two channels.
This is the line out converter I used, there are many others to choose from this was just in stock.
Since I was not worried about a left and right signal I soldered the left/ right positive, left/ right negative, and ground channels together respectively. this was just to ease wiring and give me more wire to extend the line out converter a bit further from the radio itself. Its also a good idea to put a piece of masking tape around the end of each wiring and label them. this makes things a lot easier when you go to splice them into the radio.
BE SURE TO DISCONNECTED YOUR NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. This is to make sure nothing is shorted out while installing. I always like to run the amp positive and negative first but you can also run the signal wires first as well. Just remember to avoid feedback or static it is recommended to run them on opposite sides of the car. I ran my wire through a grommet somewhat easily accessible on the passenger side. For this the easiest thing to do was use the clothes hanger trick to feed the wire through the grommet. Be sure not to cut any of the factory wires when doing this though. Do not put the fuse in the positive till you have it connected to the amp and the amp grounded as well.
This is how I initially have the positive wire ran through the engine bay, it will be ran better in the future. Just be sure to avoid spots with high heat and moving parts.
Running the positive down the passenger side is self explanatory, pull up the plastic panels (they pull up pretty easily). Find an area pretty close to the amp to ground it out. To get the best connection sand down the paint till you get a clean metal area. I chose this area because there was nothing underneath it to worry about hitting under the panels.
Next step is to take the radio out. For my 2015 s plus without navigation or the JBL system you do not have to worry about and security codes with removing the radio. There is a video from a member (sorry I forgot your name) on youtube that shows step by step on how to remove the radio. I spliced my wires into these four locations. The black wire is for the left rear positive speaker which I where spliced the positive wire from the line out converter too. Yellow was the left rear speaker negative where I spliced the negative wire from the line out converter. (note: you can wire the converter into any speaker location as long as the negative and positive is from the same speaker. If you are running speakers off a line out converter you will have to take note and correspond your wiring to the correct location.) The brown wire is the cars ground and where you should splice in the ground from the line out converter to avoid feedback and static. You will also have to splice in a remote turn on wire to trigger your amp to turn on when the radio is on, to do this splice a separate wire into the cars gray accessory wire and run that straight to the amp.
The wiring diagrams can be found here:
http://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?TID=136659
This image references the wires mentioned above.
Finding a mounting place for the converter was a bit of an issue. I found this spot that is accessed by removing a panel, it is close to the radio which is ideal for line out converters and allows easy adjustment as well. It made convenient spots to run the remote turn on wire and rca wires that will be ran from the line out put converter to the amps inputs.
After this connect the remaining wires to your amp, put your fuse into the positive wire to the amp, and then reconnect your car batteries negative wire. Adjust the bass to your liking, just remember not to clip the signal or you will end up with a blown sub. :thumbsup:
For this I went out to best buy and bought a Metra two channel line out converter since I was just running one sub. If you are running a full set of speakers you will need more than two channels.
This is the line out converter I used, there are many others to choose from this was just in stock.
Since I was not worried about a left and right signal I soldered the left/ right positive, left/ right negative, and ground channels together respectively. this was just to ease wiring and give me more wire to extend the line out converter a bit further from the radio itself. Its also a good idea to put a piece of masking tape around the end of each wiring and label them. this makes things a lot easier when you go to splice them into the radio.
BE SURE TO DISCONNECTED YOUR NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. This is to make sure nothing is shorted out while installing. I always like to run the amp positive and negative first but you can also run the signal wires first as well. Just remember to avoid feedback or static it is recommended to run them on opposite sides of the car. I ran my wire through a grommet somewhat easily accessible on the passenger side. For this the easiest thing to do was use the clothes hanger trick to feed the wire through the grommet. Be sure not to cut any of the factory wires when doing this though. Do not put the fuse in the positive till you have it connected to the amp and the amp grounded as well.
This is how I initially have the positive wire ran through the engine bay, it will be ran better in the future. Just be sure to avoid spots with high heat and moving parts.
Running the positive down the passenger side is self explanatory, pull up the plastic panels (they pull up pretty easily). Find an area pretty close to the amp to ground it out. To get the best connection sand down the paint till you get a clean metal area. I chose this area because there was nothing underneath it to worry about hitting under the panels.
Next step is to take the radio out. For my 2015 s plus without navigation or the JBL system you do not have to worry about and security codes with removing the radio. There is a video from a member (sorry I forgot your name) on youtube that shows step by step on how to remove the radio. I spliced my wires into these four locations. The black wire is for the left rear positive speaker which I where spliced the positive wire from the line out converter too. Yellow was the left rear speaker negative where I spliced the negative wire from the line out converter. (note: you can wire the converter into any speaker location as long as the negative and positive is from the same speaker. If you are running speakers off a line out converter you will have to take note and correspond your wiring to the correct location.) The brown wire is the cars ground and where you should splice in the ground from the line out converter to avoid feedback and static. You will also have to splice in a remote turn on wire to trigger your amp to turn on when the radio is on, to do this splice a separate wire into the cars gray accessory wire and run that straight to the amp.
The wiring diagrams can be found here:
http://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?TID=136659
This image references the wires mentioned above.
Finding a mounting place for the converter was a bit of an issue. I found this spot that is accessed by removing a panel, it is close to the radio which is ideal for line out converters and allows easy adjustment as well. It made convenient spots to run the remote turn on wire and rca wires that will be ran from the line out put converter to the amps inputs.
After this connect the remaining wires to your amp, put your fuse into the positive wire to the amp, and then reconnect your car batteries negative wire. Adjust the bass to your liking, just remember not to clip the signal or you will end up with a blown sub. :thumbsup:
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