How to connect a car subwoofer?

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In order to listen to better musicyou can connect a subwoofer to the car. Especially, factory sabas in cars are very rare. Therefore, information on its connection, which can be found in our article - How to connect a sub.

Let's read more about how to connect a car subwoofer.

Instruments

To connect the subwoofer you need the following tools:

Flat nose pliers or pliers.
Capacitor.
Fuse.
Wiring.
Insulating tape.
Screed.
A set of keys.

Step 1. Selecting the speaker

So, how to connect a car subwooferyourself? First of all, you need to select a speaker for this. Ideal - a 10-inch sub. It gives an opportunity to receive additional and frontal basses.

Step 2. Preparation of the box

We'll figure out how to connect a subwoofer in the car. This will also require a box. For the chosen dynamics, its volume on the average is about 45-50 liters. In the box, we must provide connectors for the speaker itself, bass reflex, handles, sockets. The product for beauty can be covered with a cloth. Nuance: if the subwoofer is passive, you need to connect an amplifier to the car stereo, which will feed low frequencies to the speaker.

Step 3: How to connect

How to connect the sub in the machine correctly? To do this, you need to know the connection order.

First, the wiring is laid in the engine compartment, stretches to the trunk.
In the trunk of the wires are output through a so-called technological hole. The wires "+" and "-" are connected to the amplifier.
The amplifier is connected to the radio with RCA cables, or so-called tulips.
"Tulips" must be connected in accordance with the color connectors.
The wires are pulled back together with the power cable, which is connected to the amplifier. Also, the power cable is connected.
The last step is to connect the amplifier to the subwoofer.

Also important information on how to choose a subwoofer, in our article - How to choose a subwoofer.