How do you install a car sub to a computer?

Answer 1

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Measure out the speaker wire to reach from the subwoofer to the receiver, then cut it with the wire cutters. Leave enough slack so the connection will not be too tight once it has been made.

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Connect the black (negative) cable to the negative (-) speaker terminal, and the red to the positive (+) terminal on the subwoofer. The negative cable may also be the same color as the positive, but with an indicator line to identify its negative polarity.

• 3

Locate the receiver/amplifier's "Sub Output" speaker jacks on the back of the unit itself. Since the subwoofer you are hooking up is not active (powered), you need to use a line-level speaker connection to the sub. Plug the black, or white-striped (negative) speaker wire into the negative (-) speaker "Sub Output" jack, and the red (positive) speaker into the positive (+) "Sub Output" jack.

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Play some audio through the receiver/amplifier to verify you have made the connection successfully to the subwoofer. You car's sub speaker will now be fully integrated into your home/PC audio setup.

Answer 2

Buy an amp with RMS watts matching the RMS watts of the sub woofer. Hook the amp up to the battery and the head unit (Get an amp wire kit to hook it up). Then hook the sub (which should be in an enclosure) to the amp.

Answer 3

Firstly let me start by saying that I'm not a electronics guru, but do have an idea of which wires should not be touched together.

I have done this before but very cheaply and it showed.

I use a amp, sub and the sub box I had lying around. The box should be able to handle the sub. The sub gets wirred to the amp channels the same way it does in the car.

I connected the RCA jacks to the sub output on my home entertainment amp, if you do not have one an AUX out should also work. If none of these are available my amp has a second set of front speaker outs which you can get signal from or just run them in parallel with the existing front speaker. If you are planning to run them in parallel with the front speakers care should be taken to ensure that the amp is capabale of low resistance, as most speaker outs would be 8Ohm or 4Ohm depending on systems. All that being said any audio signal should do the job, like an iPod or walkman. My car amp also has a sub switch, which I switched on to filter out the unwanted sounds such as speech.

Now the part that I did cheaply. I went to a electronics store and bought a 220V AC to 12V DC converter. I think any biggish store would probably sell them. It is the one that you can select from 1.5V DC to 12V DC in increments of 1.5V and the polarity is also reversible. I did Spend a little more and got the 1A one instead of the 0.1A. It was good enough to listen to but it wouldn't drive a party. When I turned up the sound the Amp started pulsing on and off because the power supply wasn't enough.

Connecting the power supply is simple enough. Cut off the end plug adaptors, strip the wires and connect them to the + and - terminals of the amp. This will take care of power supply. To switch on the amp simply bridge the remote wire with the + wire. This will mean as long as the transformer is powered the sub will be on. A switch can be put in on between the + and remote wire to enable you to switch it on and off. My Home Entertainment amp has a power outlet on the back which powers up when I switch on my amp, this could also be an option.

Before connecting all of this together with expensive Home Entertainment, I would advise switching it on seperatly to ensure it does not trip the house electrics, produce weird hums and vibrations or smoke. Then if everything looks and sounds good connect the signal cables.

Answer 4

you run the speaker wires from the amplifier to the sub woofer. Run the remote wire from your CD player and also from the CD player run the RCA cables to the amp power from the battery to the amp and ground the ground wire to the frame to the amp the. positive to the positive and the negative to the negative remember that.

Answer 5

Simple..... You put the speaker wire in the amp and then put the other end in the sub ...