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Just got my B2 from the Ups man today as well, also curious to the settings. Waiting on the sni-35 and Moto 602's to show up. From what I have read I am guessing HPF, turn it to about 80 on the dial for the bypass. I am going to use my volt meter for the gain to about 24.49 volts, (please correct me if I am wrong, seems a little high to me).
Just got my B2 from the Ups man today as well, also curious to the settings. Waiting on the sni-35 and Moto 602's to show up. From what I have read I am guessing HPF, turn it to about 80 on the dial for the bypass. I am going to use my volt meter for the gain to about 24.49 volts, (please correct me if I am wrong, seems a little high to me).
Using a volt meter will not tell you how much distortion, just overall power. Using a stock HD radio I would worry a little about that high of voltage. In theory it would be correct for that amp making 150 watts into a 4 ohm speaker (as per the amp spec) but in the real world you do need to worry about how clean your input signal is, and the stock HD radio is a pretty bad source.
You can compensate for some of the distortion by setting the HPF higher, we normally recommend 60-80hz with an aftermarket radio but have some guys looking for the loudest volume possible on a stock radio setting it to 100hz. There is a trade-off in low end with this high of HPF setting but it will give you a higher volume on the road when using the stock radio.
You could also set the gains by ear, I think that is safer because you can hear the distortion. On a stock radio once you go past about 70% volume it gets pretty bad. I usually set the bass and treble to flat, the amp gain all the way down, crank up a good CD to just before it sounds bad (usually about 70%), and then turn up the gains as high as it will stay clear. Sometimes you will need to go back and fourth a couple times to get it.
Bill
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Same converter. Only the 35 gives you 5 more watts of input per channel.
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Hi,
Using a volt meter will not tell you how much distortion, just overall power. Using a stock HD radio I would worry a little about that high of voltage. In theory it would be correct for that amp making 150 watts into a 4 ohm speaker (as per the amp spec) but in the real world you do need to worry about how clean your input signal is, and the stock HD radio is a pretty bad source.
You can compensate for some of the distortion by setting the HPF higher, we normally recommend 60-80hz with an aftermarket radio but have some guys looking for the loudest volume possible on a stock radio setting it to 100hz. There is a trade-off in low end with this high of HPF setting but it will give you a higher volume on the road when using the stock radio.
You could also set the gains by ear, I think that is safer because you can hear the distortion. On a stock radio once you go past about 70% volume it gets pretty bad. I usually set the bass and treble to flat, the amp gain all the way down, crank up a good CD to just before it sounds bad (usually about 70%), and then turn up the gains as high as it will stay clear. Sometimes you will need to go back and fourth a couple times to get it.
Bill
Using a volt meter will not tell you how much distortion, just overall power. Using a stock HD radio I would worry a little about that high of voltage. In theory it would be correct for that amp making 150 watts into a 4 ohm speaker (as per the amp spec) but in the real world you do need to worry about how clean your input signal is, and the stock HD radio is a pretty bad source.
You can compensate for some of the distortion by setting the HPF higher, we normally recommend 60-80hz with an aftermarket radio but have some guys looking for the loudest volume possible on a stock radio setting it to 100hz. There is a trade-off in low end with this high of HPF setting but it will give you a higher volume on the road when using the stock radio.
You could also set the gains by ear, I think that is safer because you can hear the distortion. On a stock radio once you go past about 70% volume it gets pretty bad. I usually set the bass and treble to flat, the amp gain all the way down, crank up a good CD to just before it sounds bad (usually about 70%), and then turn up the gains as high as it will stay clear. Sometimes you will need to go back and fourth a couple times to get it.
Bill
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Connect the wire leads to your radio speaker wire. Connect the other end to the amp using RCA cables. Your almost there man!
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Here is my problem the input connector for the amp 4 way plug and has two rca plugs, female style the converter has6 wires which I understand but the rca plugs on the converter are also female?
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Yep. Now u need an actual RCA cable To connect them.
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Finally installed my Cerwin Vega b2 amp And the Biketronics 7p1 speakers, all I can just the few moments of running it is Holy Shiite it is loud !! I haven't even set up the amp yet. Too dark out and my neighbors are to close, have to do it tomorrow!!