bloodrose
Registered User
First I do have the JBL system in the car and it does work.
Ok so my wire diagram is a little crappy but it should explain what it needs to. Assuming all the other wires are hooked up properly (power, remote, ground, etc.) I'm wondering why this set up doesn't work.
My idea was to use my Pioneer Digital Signal Processor that I had sitting around, power the speakers from a better amp and still have the factory sub woofer functional. The problem I'm having with this set up is I'm not getting any sound from the sub or the speakers. If I try to hook up an individual speaker to an output on the aftermarket amp I get sound from it. But I don't get any sound when I plug in a wire harness from the amp to the existing wire harness that goes to the speakers.
Now if I were to take a direct feed from the speaker wires that come from the back of the head unit and just use a harness to connect the two plugs that normally plug into the factory amp, that works fine and I get sound and power from the head unit, but then I lose the sub and pretty much the whole point of this project with the DSP.
Can anyone explain why this setup doesn't work??? It could be something simple I'm over looking or something that I've wouldn't really even consider.
I won't be back to answer questions until later tonight, I just hope I explained myself well enough.
Ok so my wire diagram is a little crappy but it should explain what it needs to. Assuming all the other wires are hooked up properly (power, remote, ground, etc.) I'm wondering why this set up doesn't work.
My idea was to use my Pioneer Digital Signal Processor that I had sitting around, power the speakers from a better amp and still have the factory sub woofer functional. The problem I'm having with this set up is I'm not getting any sound from the sub or the speakers. If I try to hook up an individual speaker to an output on the aftermarket amp I get sound from it. But I don't get any sound when I plug in a wire harness from the amp to the existing wire harness that goes to the speakers.
Now if I were to take a direct feed from the speaker wires that come from the back of the head unit and just use a harness to connect the two plugs that normally plug into the factory amp, that works fine and I get sound and power from the head unit, but then I lose the sub and pretty much the whole point of this project with the DSP.
Can anyone explain why this setup doesn't work??? It could be something simple I'm over looking or something that I've wouldn't really even consider.
I won't be back to answer questions until later tonight, I just hope I explained myself well enough.