Dont be a hater cuz he found a better price. I ordered the complete wiring kit with grommets connectors nice speaker wire and a kicker LOC all for the lovely Amazon price of 16.90 + 32.98 and it was on my porch in 3 hours.Shoulve seen my husbands face when he woke up from baseball nap i mean watching the game and I had his sub system installed for 50 bux when he was pouting cuz we dont have an extra 500 like he was quoted for install. For orginal response good shopping my friend. For new to online shopper: finding awesome prices on Prime does not equate to cheap shit 100% of time. It's an art practice it and your wallet will thank you. I save tons and only have hassle of returning cheap shit about 10% of the time. After 2 years i have failed to be denied a refund
This video was a lifesaver. I installed my first car sub recently and this video explained basically everything i needed to do. What wires are what and where to hook them up.
@@moderatemods98 my brother I'm getting a lot of static feed back what did I do wrong? Should I disconnect that orange looking cord on the rear speaker like you did? We have the same set up I'm in a 2015 LX
Damn bro I didn’t think it was that simple, gotta 2015 Chrysler 200s and I wanted to put my subs in there but now I see how simple it is. Appreciate the video
To clear up the remote wire wonders.. this works just like the amp. It gets CONSTANT power from the same constant power the AMP gets. When the radio plays music, the LOC detects that sound input and makes a SIGNAL output for your amp to know when to turn on. The amp only turns on when the rear speakers have power. The only parasitic draw there will be, is from the LOC itself which is comparable to a few LED diodes, not an issue unless the vehicle is parked for weeks and weeks. Great video!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER. IF YOU WERE AT THE U I WOULD SCORE 100% IN YOUR CLASS... I AM ABOUT TO BUY THE AMP AND THE SUBWOOFER AND THE LOC. ALWAYS WANTED TO NOT TOUCH THE FACTORY UNIT, NOW WITH THESE TUTORIAL I FELL I DONT NEED TO PAY EXTRA FOR INSTALTION I WOULD DO IT ALL MYSELF... ANY SUGGETION OR CHALLENGES YOU THINK I MIGHT FACE?? THANKS ALOT AHEAD OF TIME. YOU KEEP IT UP
Appreciate that more than you know bro! No man just take it slow step by step, if you get challenged take a step back a break if needed and jump back in, sometimes if no sound is coming throw that means the wires are backwards just swap em around and boom you will be good!
To be honest this is a good video straight simple to the point Good clear directions and I was actually wondering if you could hook the remote of that to the amps remote and negative and positive and you just showed here that you can. Great video
Don't you need to run the yellow wire to an accessory power? If not your power is going to consistently run the whole time and the amp will never turn off?
I don’t think so because if you have a power cord to your amp going to the bsttery than it shuts off when you turn your car off. You don’t even need to use the remote ground or yellow power wire from the converter. It’s not really needed. I’ve seen many people not use em
No, the amp only turns on when a signal is sent through the rear speakers (only when radio is on and playing music) the LOC itself may have a small draw tho. It should only be using energy, when there's music coming from the speakers.. so it's shouldn't be anything crazy. I'm installing mine in a few hours, time to see if I get dead battery's now like many think will happen 💪
I have this same question ! I purchased a LOC by mail and came no radio or power wire returned ordered another this one has radio wire but no power wire . How does it work can I splice in? If so where to where?
Dude i watched the whole video before i realized you got the same amp i just bought lol got it for $40 at a pawn shop has pretty good reviews and your video is helping me set it up exactly lol
My wife has a 2020 Kia forte Lxs and she wants to run a sub in the back I have all of the stuff to do it I even ordered a wire harness that plugs directly into the factory radio and from then on it plugs directly into the factory wire harness so you do not have to splice any wires and with it has a line out converter and a remote control blue wire. On eBay it was like $31 and it's basically plug and play for that part of it. The power wire and blue remote wire and RCA has to be ran through your panels and then panels snap back in place The only hard part was trying to find a location to run the power wire through on the firewall but once I figured that out it was all simple. The power wire was the hardest to be honest. Even if it did not include a blue remote wire you can always hook up your blue remote wire to a fuse in the fuse box for accessory or radio itself. I hooked my blue remote wire in my truck to the stereo fuse in the fuse box so when I turn on my truck the amp turns on. Very simple just a little bit time consuming.
Yo thanks your video did help alot. I just finished putting back my stock steeeo bcause my new stereo turned off. I did not know how to connect that but now i know how thanks my system sounds great.
I have everything wired like that, and my subs have been working great for a while. I replaced my battery and they continue to work fine. Then I accidentally pulled out loc's remote and ground wires from amp. I put them back in and now my amp turns off when I turn car on and turns on when car is off. My subs are also picking up vibration when the car is off, like when I close the doors. My battery is draining too.
thanks to your video i actually now understand how it works! thank you, i guess ill have to get some more speaker wire and do it via the rear door speakers as my car doesnt have rear rear speakers
i was RIGHT! you DO mount this thing in the trunk, every other youtube video i watched said you have to mount it BEHIND the head unit. .and thats what got me REALLY confused
Yeah bro I have asked around when I did it in my other cars and two shops said they do it in trunk just because it’s easier access right to the speakers and amp LOL so ever since it’s been that way for me !
@@moderatemods98 i was trying to hook up an alpine amp and sub to my dads 2015 Altima, and realized i needed this little device, now that i know how its done im gonna complete this project.
Quick question I got the kicker version of this loc which has the remote wire. But my question is, is it OK to tap into the stock OEM subwoofer connection? Is it too much power for that little device or will it be OK? It’s the stock amp and subwoofer plug in the back of the mega cab behind the seats . Just because it’s easy to access is why I’m asking.
I have a 250w road gear 2-channel mosfet amplifier. My subs will not power on anymore and I believe I have all of the LOC wired correctly in my amp but I am confused on the yellow power cord. Where do i connect my power cable that is connected to my battery if the yellow cord on the LOC is connected to the +12v power connector per the instructions on the website I bought it from. It is a recoil RCA Line output converter if that helps any
I've installed lots of line out converters but never seen one with the bass control. So hooking up that style converter on a 4 channel amp for all new door speakers will the knob work for the mids and highs the same way or have you tried it before?
Pls respond to this. So you don’t have to wire anything from your stock radio and the fuse box. It’s all in the output convertor that stays in the trunk with the rear deck speakers
@@moderatemods98 so as long as I use both positives and negatives on both of my 6x9s in the rear, that will be able to match the subwoofers when bass hits? (As long as I have those 2 speakers connected) and my rcas connected to the amplifier?
So I have a Rockford with the switch for the remote on/off. I have my LOC which is very close to yours, when I wire power and ground it doesn’t work. Maybe because it’s a premium Sound system Already, it’s driving me crazy because I feel like I can not get the amp to function properly. My highs are way to high, and the adjustments on the amp are: Punch EQ Freq Hz Infra-Sonic Gain Just feel I can’t get it set up right and I don’t want to mess anything up.
Power and ground are 80% never needed for a loc unless you hear engine noises coming from your speakers then you will need to ground the loc to the vehicles chasis not directly to your amp !!! The shorter the ground wire is the better results you will get , Premium or non premium systems should not make a difference on a loc check your wires make sure your amos ground is firmly bolted to the chasis check your loc speaker connection you might have tapped into the tweeters instead of the actual speakers I hope This helps
Lol I'm on a hold gotta drill a hole for ground then it's smooth sailing from there. My avenger will hopefully have some slamming bass when I'm all done fingers crossed hahah🤞
So you just tap into the rear speakers and you're able to hook up a subwoofer like that, without going behind the factory unit to do the same process, question though will you still have control of your fader / balance ability for the front and rear speakers, I would you need a second 2ch. converter to complete that task. ✌
Line output converters so you can add a sub amp and subwoofer is the best thing for car audio since sliced bread or in this case we're talking about cars sense cruise control. Lol
I think it is the same question as above. I am pretty sure there is supposed to be a power wire in to the LOC from something powered in your car like the powerseats or a sunroof if I remember right the power is hooked to the fuse panel. Dont quote me and I may be wrong or only partially correct. Please forgive me if yhis messes you up more Just trying to help.🫣
If I’m using only one powered sub why do I need to tap into both right and left speaker and use both rca jacks when I can just tap into 1 side to get signal and only use one rca that goes from my inverter ?Is it so I’m picking up the bass from both right and left ??
Yes bro , if you only do one you would only get hit from the one side you do , so regardless of the amount of subs you still need to do both sides to get equal bass !
Best video 🔥🙏 so I can do this on my 2018 Ford Focus ? And I don’t have to take out the factory radio to do any wiring? Obviously the sub amplifier you power it to your battery and run the ground so that’s it right?
I've got a question? I have New Mercedes-Benz and Don't wanna touch the the radio, Navi, lol on any other car I wouldn't care and have. But this car already has the Bsst 14 speaker Burmester Sound System, doesn't get much better. My worry is I've never tried one of these cheap boxes to tap into my my rear deck speakers, I mean how does one of these compare to using A nice Deck with RCa PREOUTS?
I have had people ask me that before bro I get it , my friend actually bout a JBL line output converter and I really felt no difference in sound and we both had 200s , so either or up to you if you want to spend a lot or a little on a LOC bro !
Thanks for the video, I just got the same loc, just so I understand, the remote line on the loc is drawing the on and off from the speaker? I’ve seen other guys in other videos still run the remote from their amp all the way to a fuse. No need to do this? Just run the remote wire to the amp and no where else?
Yeah man that’s where I run mine from, so basically the remote will turn off the amp when the car power latches so it will turn off in about 2-3 mins with the entire car !
@@mariotorres8211 for sure bro I try to make it a duty to respond to all comments trying to stand out bro ! Glad to help let me know if there is ever anything else ! 💪🏽💯
But are we to still install a traditional fused power wire from the battery and ground (like 8 gauge) to the amplifier? And the small blue remote wire from the loc to the amplifier?
What’s up bro ! So the remote wire comes off the LOC . so all you need to do is put your LOC out the way and tire some blue speaker wire to it and tie it into your amp !
So mine shuts off when my car turns its power off to the radio , about 2 mins you could add a switch the the power wire though bro and that would shut off on command!
??? Have a Cadillac CTS with a factory amplifier no problem I have is no sound coming out due to the factory amplifier but there's a way of hooking up something where it will work again I believe?
@@moderatemods98 welp is over for me i been blew my fuse to the radio nothing works inside but a/c and windows and lights radio dead what fuse i need for 05 chevy malibu 😞
I need some help. When I set my high low evenly its not giving bass. It sounds loud only when I have either left or right rca plugged in or when I set L or R louder on the loc.
@@moderatemods98 thanks for your reply. I'll give it another go another time. The last time I spent a good couple of hours trying to fix it(and we addressed some other stuff too).
If you don’t have rear deck speakers and I have to access the rear door speakers is there a way to do it before the wiring passes through the door, like can you access it in the pillar somewhere?
If you have rear speakers in the door, there should be a channel that the wires for those speakers run through, run your wires through that channel for a hidden clean look
I'm having a hard time trying to connect a 2 prong toggle switch to turn on and off my beat. Need help on how to do it with the converter. ThanKS in advance
When I had a smaller amp mine did the thump but when I upgraded it stopped still dont know exactly why , and yeah bro my LOC came with a knob that goes directly into it and you run to the front !
Confused on the yellow and Blue. Pretty sure you’ve got the blue wire going straight from LOC to amp correct? Then the yellow wire to the power used for the amp. Is this correct? Seems like the blue wire would need to turn on somehow.
The blue wire that you're wiring up from the Amp to the line out convertor is your remote power connection. It can be connected to anything that automatically powers on when you start the car, and off vice versa.
Can you help me ? My sister wants me to install sub for her. I’ve done it before but not on car with stock radio but I see it looks super easy long as she gets a line out converter. It’s for a 2018 Ford Focus. So all I do is install sub amp hook the power from it to car battery and run the ground ? Then put it in line out converter, hook right and left speaker wires from converter into rear speakers then plug the remote wire power wire and ground wire from converter into sub amp? Then plug RCA cables from converter to amplifier. Am I missing anything?
Won’t it create more load on those tiny wires? Do we need thick wires or these tiny wires can take the load? Did you found any issues so far like sub cutting off in between?
the main loads are on the amps positive and negative wires, which are thicker anyway, the line into the LOC is the same loads as the standard speakers run off, hence why just standard speaker wire is plenty enough, then after your amp or sub depending on what your wiring, is where the higher loads will be, so if you have an amp to a passive subwoofer for example, but then you dont need to worry about the loads so much because the RCA output on the amplifier feeds a signal to the passive sub, and RCA cables which come with your amp or sub will be more than capable of handling the higher loads anyway
What happens if we don’t connect left and right speaker wires to the loc? So to say I just hook up my left door speaker only to the loc and not both since I’ll only have one sub running.
You need to run off BOTH Left and Right speakers or it won’t sound right!! It doesn’t matter if your running 1 sub or 8 subs you need signal from both sides!!
Don’t you still have to run a remote to the radio? Or will the adapters act like it’s part of the radio and only cut the amp on when the vehicle is on?
I just did a install exactly like this. Any idea why I would be getting interference when I close my driver door? The sub works just fine when the driver door is open but as soon as it gets closed the sub starts to pulse and hum. Any feedback would be appreciated thank you.
You still need a seperate blue remote ran to your your amp from somewhere in your car right?? You just can't run the blue wire from the loc to your amp? Or can you
When you did rear deck speakers does that mean any rear speakers cuz I have rear door speakers and I don't wanna tap into my head unit would that still work??
I have a Hyundai Palisade 2022 that I want to maintain the factory head unit but I wanted to swap out speakers. I have some JBL's that are 2.3 ohms, but the factory speakers are 4 ohms. Will this hurt the factory head unit and will the JBL speakers work okay? Or should I just get a set of 4 ohm speakers like the factory?
I got a question, if I have two amps. Do I need to converters or how do I do? Or is there some sort of hub I can buy to connenct the converter to and amps?
So as long as the LOC has a +12v connection the rem is good.? Dose that just work for the LOC you have iv been tryin figure out were to hook this up with out tapping in the fuse box i have the Adjustable line output converter with volume knob Metra Model: WM-LOCKN
Quick question with the rear deck speaker wiring, so I would have to cut the negative and positive wire and then splice them together with the new speaker wire so that it forms a 3 way connection? Don't mean to sound confusing but hopefully you get what I mean
@@moderatemods98 Yeah that’s exactly what I meant I didn’t see it at first but now that I looked it’s pretty simple thanks, also do you have a Chrysler 200 2015+? My rear deck speakers also have yellow and green wires and I was wondering as to which one corresponds to which
I do bro , I just say lighter is positive and darker is negative , but if you ever get an issue where the sound doesn’t work you may need to revert the wires !
@@moderatemods98 Managed to figure it out and one sub later after making a mistake of messing with the gains (🤣) I was able to hook everything up and get some bass the only issue is I have a Metra LOC with the remote cable but it doesn’t turn off when I turn the car off not even after 60 seconds as the manual mentions. However when I do disconnect the remote cable from the amp the amp does turn off. What can I do about this? I am able to fuse tap but I wanted to ask first before I go through the trouble of getting everything I need to do so, thanks
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Out of all the videos on RUclips on line output installations this is by far the best and we’ll explained.
A guy at a car audio shop told me they could do this job for $622! I just ordered my amp kit, converter and clips for $70 bucks. Great video!
70 bucks?! Even that is overpaid, to be honest
@@Mermasora you want quality cable ….. not cheap shit
Dont be a hater cuz he found a better price. I ordered the complete wiring kit with grommets connectors nice speaker wire and a kicker LOC all for the lovely Amazon price of 16.90 + 32.98 and it was on my porch in 3 hours.Shoulve seen my husbands face when he woke up from baseball nap i mean watching the game and I had his sub system installed for 50 bux when he was pouting cuz we dont have an extra 500 like he was quoted for install. For orginal response good shopping my friend. For new to online shopper: finding awesome prices on Prime does not equate to cheap shit 100% of time. It's an art practice it and your wallet will thank you. I save tons and only have hassle of returning cheap shit about 10% of the time. After 2 years i have failed to be denied a refund
This video was a lifesaver. I installed my first car sub recently and this video explained basically everything i needed to do. What wires are what and where to hook them up.
Omg I’m illiterate when it comes to this and I now know how to connect the line output thank you
Very welcome , super happy to help !!
@@moderatemods98 my brother I'm getting a lot of static feed back what did I do wrong? Should I disconnect that orange looking cord on the rear speaker like you did? We have the same set up I'm in a 2015 LX
Damn bro I didn’t think it was that simple, gotta 2015 Chrysler 200s and I wanted to put my subs in there but now I see how simple it is. Appreciate the video
No problem bro if you have any issues let me know bro ! 💪🏽💯
@@moderatemods98 *ju>8i6 and
To clear up the remote wire wonders.. this works just like the amp. It gets CONSTANT power from the same constant power the AMP gets. When the radio plays music, the LOC detects that sound input and makes a SIGNAL output for your amp to know when to turn on. The amp only turns on when the rear speakers have power.
The only parasitic draw there will be, is from the LOC itself which is comparable to a few LED diodes, not an issue unless the vehicle is parked for weeks and weeks. Great video!!
This is hands down the best video for explaining this
Thank you bro!
Bro you just saved me a buncha money. Thank you. I’m about to add some subs to my old benz and desperately needed this video so thanks again💪🏻
Finally a great tutorial on how to do this
Appreciated!💯
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER. IF YOU WERE AT THE U I WOULD SCORE 100% IN YOUR CLASS...
I AM ABOUT TO BUY THE AMP AND THE SUBWOOFER AND THE LOC. ALWAYS WANTED TO NOT TOUCH THE FACTORY UNIT, NOW WITH THESE TUTORIAL I FELL I DONT NEED TO PAY EXTRA FOR INSTALTION I WOULD DO IT ALL MYSELF... ANY SUGGETION OR CHALLENGES YOU THINK I MIGHT FACE??
THANKS ALOT AHEAD OF TIME. YOU KEEP IT UP
Appreciate that more than you know bro! No man just take it slow step by step, if you get challenged take a step back a break if needed and jump back in, sometimes if no sound is coming throw that means the wires are backwards just swap em around and boom you will be good!
Best tutorial on this subject!!
Damn this is the easiest way to do the install on my factory head unit, thanks dude.
Hell yeah bro no problem let me know if you got anymore questions !
To be honest this is a good video straight simple to the point Good clear directions and I was actually wondering if you could hook the remote of that to the amps remote and negative and positive and you just showed here that you can. Great video
man out of all the videos yours was the easiest to follow thank you.
So true man.he actually tells us where each individual wire goes. And what they are.
Appreciate you guys a lot and always glad to help💯
Don't you need to run the yellow wire to an accessory power? If not your power is going to consistently run the whole time and the amp will never turn off?
I don’t think so because if you have a power cord to your amp going to the bsttery than it shuts off when you turn your car off. You don’t even need to use the remote ground or yellow power wire from the converter. It’s not really needed. I’ve seen many people not use em
You have to get a amp capacitor or it will start to kill your battery, even when the car is off
@maxstewart5575 nobody uses those who knows anything about car audio 😅
No, the amp only turns on when a signal is sent through the rear speakers (only when radio is on and playing music) the LOC itself may have a small draw tho. It should only be using energy, when there's music coming from the speakers.. so it's shouldn't be anything crazy. I'm installing mine in a few hours, time to see if I get dead battery's now like many think will happen 💪
I have this same question ! I purchased a LOC by mail and came no radio or power wire returned ordered another this one has radio wire but no power wire . How does it work can I splice in? If so where to where?
Best video I have seen. I watched other videos all day trying to understand what you explained so easily. I actually get it now.
Good bro !! I’m glad to help 💯💪🏽🔥
Dude i watched the whole video before i realized you got the same amp i just bought lol got it for $40 at a pawn shop has pretty good reviews and your video is helping me set it up exactly lol
My wife has a 2020 Kia forte Lxs and she wants to run a sub in the back I have all of the stuff to do it I even ordered a wire harness that plugs directly into the factory radio and from then on it plugs directly into the factory wire harness so you do not have to splice any wires and with it has a line out converter and a remote control blue wire. On eBay it was like $31 and it's basically plug and play for that part of it. The power wire and blue remote wire and RCA has to be ran through your panels and then panels snap back in place The only hard part was trying to find a location to run the power wire through on the firewall but once I figured that out it was all simple. The power wire was the hardest to be honest. Even if it did not include a blue remote wire you can always hook up your blue remote wire to a fuse in the fuse box for accessory or radio itself. I hooked my blue remote wire in my truck to the stereo fuse in the fuse box so when I turn on my truck the amp turns on. Very simple just a little bit time consuming.
You should have fused the constant live with a lower amp inline fuse. Something goes wrong. It will just burn on the main cable.
This is the best video I've watched. I watched videos that made this so complicated. Thanks bro
This video was especially helpful for me because we have the same exact Amp lol. Thanks for the info.
I was looking for a easier way to do this thank you
Very welcome bro !
I found a easier way and instead of tapping into your wires for remote wire I just added a switch
Yo thanks your video did help alot. I just finished putting back my stock steeeo bcause my new stereo turned off. I did not know how to connect that but now i know how thanks my system sounds great.
been looking where to put yellow wire this is the only video that explains that!
I have everything wired like that, and my subs have been working great for a while. I replaced my battery and they continue to work fine. Then I accidentally pulled out loc's remote and ground wires from amp. I put them back in and now my amp turns off when I turn car on and turns on when car is off. My subs are also picking up vibration when the car is off, like when I close the doors. My battery is draining too.
Best video ive seen so far explaining it
🙏🏾 explained very well
thanks to your video i actually now understand how it works! thank you, i guess ill have to get some more speaker wire and do it via the rear door speakers as my car doesnt have rear rear speakers
T splices for taping into your door speakers works well in the newer silverados
THE BEST VIDEO ON LOC'S PERIOD.
I have a question, when you turn your car off does the amplifier turn off with the radios or do you have to unplug the amp to get it turned off?????
rem tap it into a fuse with a fuse tapper and it turns on and off with the ignition
i was RIGHT! you DO mount this thing in the trunk, every other youtube video i watched said you have to mount it BEHIND the head unit. .and thats what got me REALLY confused
Yeah bro I have asked around when I did it in my other cars and two shops said they do it in trunk just because it’s easier access right to the speakers and amp LOL so ever since it’s been that way for me !
@@moderatemods98 i was trying to hook up an alpine amp and sub to my dads 2015 Altima, and realized i needed this little device, now that i know how its done im gonna complete this project.
Great video literally I’m a speaker guy just bought a new car so I was like damn I can’t add it after watching this Ik how to now .
I'm watching this again bro, damn it looks so easy.
It is I swear lol
@@moderatemods98 so the remote wire from the loc to amp powers the amp right?
@@ByronReyesFCBarca yeah bro the blue remote from loc goes straight to the amp for power no need for any other remote wires
@@moderatemods98 awesome, thanks for the reply dude.
@@ByronReyesFCBarca no problem bro anymore questions HMU 💪🏽💯🔥
I connected mine the same way, but my amp is on when the car is off. The remote wire is sending power when it's not supposed to. Any ideas why?
So do I still run a remote to amp from source. Or is the power(red) the only cord ran to source
Quick question I got the kicker version of this loc which has the remote wire. But my question is, is it OK to tap into the stock OEM subwoofer connection? Is it too much power for that little device or will it be OK? It’s the stock amp and subwoofer plug in the back of the mega cab behind the seats . Just because it’s easy to access is why I’m asking.
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According to this video I linked the subwoofer is the best option.
Thank you so much 💜 I did mine to day no problem at all and it also turns off with I turn the car off love it can u make one of doing tint also 😊
do i need to wire the LOC to a left and a right speaker or can i just go to one speaker?
I have a 250w road gear 2-channel mosfet amplifier. My subs will not power on anymore and I believe I have all of the LOC wired correctly in my amp but I am confused on the yellow power cord. Where do i connect my power cable that is connected to my battery if the yellow cord on the LOC is connected to the +12v power connector per the instructions on the website I bought it from. It is a recoil RCA Line output converter if that helps any
Bruh thank you so much I didn’t know what to do with the ground and power didn’t think about just to plug it in my amps power and ground😂
Thanks bro you did a perfect job on explaining
What wire did you use to extend the little loc wires? I’m stuck on that part. Please help
Ik this is 6 months late but they're just speaker wire
@@LateMax90 I figured it out lol. Thanks man 🙏
so if i have the remote wire already connected from the radio , do i need the converter still? for the rca cables
I've installed lots of line out converters but never seen one with the bass control. So hooking up that style converter on a 4 channel amp for all new door speakers will the knob work for the mids and highs the same way or have you tried it before?
The know mine comes with bro controls all of the bass so I don’t know truly how much you can do with the knob this one has .
Pls respond to this. So you don’t have to wire anything from your stock radio and the fuse box. It’s all in the output convertor that stays in the trunk with the rear deck speakers
Yes yes and yes !!
@@moderatemods98 so as long as I use both positives and negatives on both of my 6x9s in the rear, that will be able to match the subwoofers when bass hits? (As long as I have those 2 speakers connected) and my rcas connected to the amplifier?
So I have a Rockford with the switch for the remote on/off. I have my LOC which is very close to yours, when I wire power and ground it doesn’t work. Maybe because it’s a premium
Sound system
Already, it’s driving me crazy because I feel like I can not get the amp to function properly. My highs are way to high, and the adjustments on the amp are:
Punch EQ
Freq Hz
Infra-Sonic
Gain
Just feel I can’t get it set up right and I don’t want to mess anything up.
Power and ground are 80% never needed for a loc unless you hear engine noises coming from your speakers then you will need to ground the loc to the vehicles chasis not directly to your amp !!! The shorter the ground wire is the better results you will get ,
Premium or non premium systems should not make a difference on a loc check your wires make sure your amos ground is firmly bolted to the chasis check your loc speaker connection you might have tapped into the tweeters instead of the actual speakers
I hope This helps
Needing help rn 😢
Lol I'm on a hold gotta drill a hole for ground then it's smooth sailing from there. My avenger will hopefully have some slamming bass when I'm all done fingers crossed hahah🤞
What if you a have factory rear sub exposed in trunk?
You can actually just make RCA pigtails to go straight to any amp
So you just tap into the rear speakers and you're able to hook up a subwoofer like that, without going behind the factory unit to do the same process, question though will you still have control of your fader / balance ability for the front and rear speakers, I would you need a second 2ch. converter to complete that task. ✌
Yes bro no need to mess with factory, and yeah all the same controls as traditional aftermarket set up!
Line output converters so you can add a sub amp and subwoofer is the best thing for car audio since sliced bread or in this case we're talking about cars sense cruise control. Lol
How do we know for the rear speakers which wire is positive and which is negative?
That doesn’t work I tried exactly how you installed it my subs will not come on
I think it is the same question as above. I am pretty sure there is supposed to be a power wire in to the LOC from something powered in your car like the powerseats or a sunroof if I remember right the power is hooked to the fuse panel. Dont quote me and I may be wrong or only partially correct. Please forgive me if yhis messes you up more Just trying to help.🫣
Why does the amp stay on?
The blue wire is connected to the remote on the amp or power
Man I watched this when I put my system in my car a month ago bro 😎
If I’m using only one powered sub why do I need to tap into both right and left speaker and use both rca jacks when I can just tap into 1 side to get signal and only use one rca that goes from my inverter ?Is it so I’m picking up the bass from both right and left ??
Yes bro , if you only do one you would only get hit from the one side you do , so regardless of the amount of subs you still need to do both sides to get equal bass !
this video explains it perfectly
Thank you bro
Best video 🔥🙏 so I can do this on my 2018 Ford Focus ? And I don’t have to take out the factory radio to do any wiring? Obviously the sub amplifier you power it to your battery and run the ground so that’s it right?
I've got a question? I have New Mercedes-Benz and Don't wanna touch the the radio, Navi, lol on any other car I wouldn't care and have. But this car already has the Bsst 14 speaker Burmester Sound System, doesn't get much better. My worry is I've never tried one of these cheap boxes to tap into my my rear deck speakers, I mean how does one of these compare to using A nice Deck with RCa PREOUTS?
I have had people ask me that before bro I get it , my friend actually bout a JBL line output converter and I really felt no difference in sound and we both had 200s , so either or up to you if you want to spend a lot or a little on a LOC bro !
Very informative. Are you running power from car battery to your amp?
Thanks bro and yes I’m running the power wire from battery to amp !
@@moderatemods98 Kool, thanks man! ✌🏼
Welcome bro !!💪🏽
Thanks for the video, I just got the same loc, just so I understand, the remote line on the loc is drawing the on and off from the speaker? I’ve seen other guys in other videos still run the remote from their amp all the way to a fuse. No need to do this? Just run the remote wire to the amp and no where else?
Yeah man that’s where I run mine from, so basically the remote will turn off the amp when the car power latches so it will turn off in about 2-3 mins with the entire car !
@@moderatemods98 thank for the reply man!
@@mariotorres8211 for sure bro I try to make it a duty to respond to all comments trying to stand out bro ! Glad to help let me know if there is ever anything else ! 💪🏽💯
But are we to still install a traditional fused power wire from the battery and ground (like 8 gauge) to the amplifier? And the small blue remote wire from the loc to the amplifier?
Nevermind! Great video! I watched it again and you answered my question 😂😂
Where did you run your remote wire? I have a 2015 MKZ that I’m getting ready to do this on. Thank you
What’s up bro ! So the remote wire comes off the LOC . so all you need to do is put your LOC out the way and tire some blue speaker wire to it and tie it into your amp !
Will the amp turn off when the car is off this way?
Yes I car power latches after like 5 mins and shuts down all electric even our lights if we left them on bro
Didnt work on my 13 equinox thst has pioneer system with a factory amp and sub
Just did it earlier my guy was pretty damn easy thank u 💯 ✌🏿
Very welcome bro ! 💪🏽💯
Did you have to run a remote wire from the fuse to the amp and from the amp to the Loc?
Can u install a high low converter on aftermarket stereo that has a bad RCA input
I’m sure you could bro !
Easy and simple... thanks!
Very welcome bro !
So I don’t have to run my subs to to converter???
I did the wiring as you suggested and it works but the light on my amp doesn’t turn off. Where could I add a toggle switch
So mine shuts off when my car turns its power off to the radio , about 2 mins you could add a switch the the power wire though bro and that would shut off on command!
2016 freightliner cascadia radio diagram so I can put loc and hook Amp up
If you get an aftermarket radio you wouldn’t even need this bro!
??? Have a Cadillac CTS with a factory amplifier no problem I have is no sound coming out due to the factory amplifier but there's a way of hooking up something where it will work again I believe?
Should we do an inline fuse in between the amp and the yellow wire?
Get that work in 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾I don’t hear no shots out though 🤣🤣
You funny as hell bro 🤣💯💪🏽 you know where you stand !
Does it matter what amp kit you get like i got yesterday the 100 watts amp kit.. i got a 05 malibu and kicker(1) 12 comp with a alpine amp
Nope bro still going to be a standard hook up!
@@moderatemods98 welp is over for me i been blew my fuse to the radio nothing works inside but a/c and windows and lights radio dead what fuse i need for 05 chevy malibu 😞
Yup that’s good for me thanks bro
I need some help. When I set my high low evenly its not giving bass. It sounds loud only when I have either left or right rca plugged in or when I set L or R louder on the loc.
Hmmm possibly one side is only receiving signal, or wires could be crossed
@@moderatemods98 thanks for your reply. I'll give it another go another time. The last time I spent a good couple of hours trying to fix it(and we addressed some other stuff too).
When hook to the back of the radio where do the black wire go to
This hooks to the speakers bro not the radio
If you don’t have rear deck speakers and I have to access the rear door speakers is there a way to do it before the wiring passes through the door, like can you access it in the pillar somewhere?
If you have rear speakers in the door, there should be a channel that the wires for those speakers run through, run your wires through that channel for a hidden clean look
When you turn off your car, does your amp turn off right away ?
It turns off when it power latches, so I’m about 2-3 mins it turns off
I'm having a hard time trying to connect a 2 prong toggle switch to turn on and off my beat. Need help on how to do it with the converter. ThanKS in advance
Oh i also get that loud thump from my speakers when i shut car off. I don't understand how to make that stop.
When I had a smaller amp mine did the thump but when I upgraded it stopped still dont know exactly why , and yeah bro my LOC came with a knob that goes directly into it and you run to the front !
Confused on the yellow and Blue. Pretty sure you’ve got the blue wire going straight from LOC to amp correct? Then the yellow wire to the power used for the amp. Is this correct? Seems like the blue wire would need to turn on somehow.
Man I don’t know how it all works down to the science lol but all I know is when the radio powers on it powers to the LOC which turn on amp !
Is the power always on to the amp with one of these or does it have a remote shut off when it detects no signal from the deck speakers?
The blue wire that you're wiring up from the Amp to the line out convertor is your remote power connection. It can be connected to anything that automatically powers on when you start the car, and off vice versa.
Where did you get your extension wires? And how did you install them?
This is what I need as my last step. Can I just use any speaker wire to extend it to the speakers?
Dude great video
Can you help me ? My sister wants me to install sub for her. I’ve done it before but not on car with stock radio but I see it looks super easy long as she gets a line out converter. It’s for a 2018 Ford Focus. So all I do is install sub amp hook the power from it to car battery and run the ground ? Then put it in line out converter, hook right and left speaker wires from converter into rear speakers then plug the remote wire power wire and ground wire from converter into sub amp? Then plug RCA cables from converter to amplifier. Am I missing anything?
So no fuze tapping? No needing to have 2 remote wires??
Nope!
What speaker wire did you use to connect LOC and deck speakers?
Like 14 Gauge or 16 speaker wire bro !
You don’t have to buy and wires if you just put it behind the deck
Won’t it create more load on those tiny wires? Do we need thick wires or these tiny wires can take the load? Did you found any issues so far like sub cutting off in between?
My wires are not for high output amps , but with my set up they work fine and no no cuff offs or any problems like that !
the main loads are on the amps positive and negative wires, which are thicker anyway, the line into the LOC is the same loads as the standard speakers run off, hence why just standard speaker wire is plenty enough, then after your amp or sub depending on what your wiring, is where the higher loads will be, so if you have an amp to a passive subwoofer for example, but then you dont need to worry about the loads so much because the RCA output on the amplifier feeds a signal to the passive sub, and RCA cables which come with your amp or sub will be more than capable of handling the higher loads anyway
What happens if we don’t connect left and right speaker wires to the loc? So to say I just hook up my left door speaker only to the loc and not both since I’ll only have one sub running.
It will give you only left side sub hit bro not an equal bass so I still say do both even if you only have 1 sub
You need to run off BOTH Left and Right speakers or it won’t sound right!! It doesn’t matter if your running 1 sub or 8 subs you need signal from both sides!!
You just need to hook it up to one speaker, connect both +’s from the loc and both -‘s wires from loc and connect to 1 rear 6x9.
Don’t you still have to run a remote to the radio? Or will the adapters act like it’s part of the radio and only cut the amp on when the vehicle is on?
Yes it will act as that part , so no need to run remote bro !
Can I hook the LOC wire straight to the speaker or should I splice into the wire that's already connected to the speaker
I spliced into wires off the speakers bro
I just did a install exactly like this. Any idea why I would be getting interference when I close my driver door? The sub works just fine when the driver door is open but as soon as it gets closed the sub starts to pulse and hum. Any feedback would be appreciated thank you.
Maybe pinched wires? Check and make sure flow isn’t getting messed with!
You still need a seperate blue remote ran to your your amp from somewhere in your car right?? You just can't run the blue wire from the loc to your amp? Or can you
Yeah bro right from the LOC to the amp bro !
@@moderatemods98 thank you brotha!
When you did rear deck speakers does that mean any rear speakers cuz I have rear door speakers and I don't wanna tap into my head unit would that still work??
Yes it does! Rear or deck is fine!
So do I have to put them on the rear doors? I only have one speaker in the back and it’s a sub. I can’t just connect them to factory call sub.
Probably a dumb question but does this HAVE to be ran to the rear speakers? Or can i run to my front speakers?
As long as it receives left and right speakers signal your good!
I have a Hyundai Palisade 2022 that I want to maintain the factory head unit but I wanted to swap out speakers. I have some JBL's that are 2.3 ohms, but the factory speakers are 4 ohms. Will this hurt the factory head unit and will the JBL speakers work okay? Or should I just get a set of 4 ohm speakers like the factory?
Truly it shouldn’t do anything to hurt it, but running stock amp and stock factory the power output may not give you what you want until you upgrade
I got a question, if I have two amps. Do I need to converters or how do I do? Or is there some sort of hub I can buy to connenct the converter to and amps?
So as long as the LOC has a +12v connection the rem is good.? Dose that just work for the LOC you have iv been tryin figure out were to hook this up with out tapping in the fuse box i have the Adjustable line output converter with volume knob
Metra
Model: WM-LOCKN
Yes it should be good and all the ones I have felt with it has worked ! I’m pretty sure yours will be okay too bro !
Quick question with the rear deck speaker wiring, so I would have to cut the negative and positive wire and then splice them together with the new speaker wire so that it forms a 3 way connection? Don't mean to sound confusing but hopefully you get what I mean
You are just pretty much adding those positive and negative wires into the LOC and that’s it is that what your meaning bro?
@@moderatemods98 Yeah that’s exactly what I meant I didn’t see it at first but now that I looked it’s pretty simple thanks, also do you have a Chrysler 200 2015+? My rear deck speakers also have yellow and green wires and I was wondering as to which one corresponds to which
I do bro , I just say lighter is positive and darker is negative , but if you ever get an issue where the sound doesn’t work you may need to revert the wires !
@@moderatemods98 Managed to figure it out and one sub later after making a mistake of messing with the gains (🤣) I was able to hook everything up and get some bass the only issue is I have a Metra LOC with the remote cable but it doesn’t turn off when I turn the car off not even after 60 seconds as the manual mentions. However when I do disconnect the remote cable from the amp the amp does turn off. What can I do about this? I am able to fuse tap but I wanted to ask first before I go through the trouble of getting everything I need to do so, thanks
@@bryan3327 how did u connect yours I have the same one and my amp says it’s on but my subs aren’t working send pictures if u can