thanks for the help…. iam using the ASWC-1….the bad thing is something had stopped working last week (i assumed it was the HU ) so thats why i got the sony , but i have a feeling its the ARC amp…. i get sound when i tied one speaker directly to the HU bypassing the amp, couldn't control the volume ……need to find out what my bad parts are than, figure out the correct hook up