Ford F150 Forum
The amp has speaker level inputs and I want to use them. G ain on my amp is never above 50%.
No, you dont have to run all new wires. The factory wiring just goes from the stock headunit into the primary amp and is divided there for the rest of the system. The point is my Amazon bluetooth black box sounds better.
Ford F150 Forum - The subwoofer is a dual-voice coil design.
Spending two hours a day sometimes more in your vehicle is a long time to be without a radio. But, where to begin? Step one is figuring out your needs, wants, and budget. And as usual, a factory or replacement radio would have been extremely expensive. So I did what any sensible car guy would do. Crutchfield has a large selection, which is easy to compare and filter by feature, style, price, and brand. Best of all, though, they will tell you exactly what you need to complete the install. To amp safe, you should probably connect every wire you see that was mentioned in the schematic. The radio seemed to work perfectly except no sound was coming out of the speakers. The black one Darrel is crimping here is the ground wire, yellow is the battery power sourcered is the accessory output, etc. After the final installation, the fit turned out to be excellent, which made me pleasantly surprised. It is radio flush to the dash. The microphone seems to work pretty well for an aftermarket piece, and I can now use my hook completely hands-free. The iPod input works perfectly and displays the song title and artist, and you can skip to the aftermarket song via the steering wheel controls. But there is some issue with the Bluetooth-activated Pandora controls. I later discovered that this Kenwood factory was designed to work with the iPhone 4 and 4S, which accounted for some connectivity issues. With ever-changing technology, this sort of compatibility issue is to be expected unfortunately.