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alpine power pack?

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by eric3187, Jan 23, 2013.

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  1. Mar 2, 2013 at 11:58 AM
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    I wonder if the older style one can be bridged? I believe that mine only has one switch and my AC only has front speakers. Hmmmm
     
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  2. Jul 13, 2016 at 3:30 PM
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    To those who kept the stock head unit how do you guys like it? And did you use rca converters? Aslo how exactly does it wire up?
     
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  3. Jul 13, 2016 at 8:58 PM
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    Also interested in this
     
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  4. Jul 14, 2016 at 6:16 PM
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    Good news for you, I went out and bought it so I guess I'll be your lab rat. It seems pretty self explanatory if you're okay with cutting wires behind your H/U. I'll be hooking it up tomorrow after work.
     
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    Nice, let me know how it goes
     
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  6. Jul 15, 2016 at 9:38 AM
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  7. Jul 15, 2016 at 6:32 PM
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    I installed it today and it has my vote, took me about an hour to hook it all up
     
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    What did you do for the yellow power wire?
    1. What did you do for power for this? Did you wire it directly to the battery or grab power somewhere else? Either way you are using that entire yellow wire, with the black box attached (it has some sort of power conditioning loop in it)
    2. Did you have to put a 15a fuse in it (what type) or is a fuse only needed when you wire it directly to the battery from the battery terminal?

    I was looking over the install procedure for this and couldn't find anything concreted about that fused yellow power wire. If people are tapping into power behind the dash somewhere are they still putting a fuse in there? Does it need one no matter what?
     
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  9. Jul 17, 2016 at 12:34 PM
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    I connect directly to the battery and I only didn't add a fuse to it. Idk about your but mine seem to have super glue on the little cap so I just assumed I didn't bed one since the amp already had a fuse? And still a little confused on where to tap in the remote wire ?
     
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  10. Jul 17, 2016 at 5:23 PM
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    Yeah, I discovered after I forced it open that it has a bit of glue holding it shut...and that's where my confusion comes from. It clearly states that when you run that wire to your battery you need a fuse...So I opened that up and there is a slot for a fuse in it under that cap. But if yours is working and you never opened it then that fuse would serve no purpose...So it must be necessary to install an in line fuse between that black box and the battery...according to the directions...

    I think I am going to send an email to alpine...because I think people are installing this without a fuse, as you did...the fuse in the power pack isn't sufficient to protect your truck. That entire wire could overheat and catch fire if the amp goes bad before the fuse blows...and you could have a fire. The fuse at the head of the power tap from the battery would protect you from that.

    I am looking to use it in 90W x2 for my speakers...


    Did you tap right to the batter and then run the wire through a hole in the firewall or did you tap into a + spot inside the truck?

    Thanks for replying.
     
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  11. Jul 17, 2016 at 5:28 PM
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    You're right the radio power supply is 15A...this is where I got confused as well...because my after market Kenwood has a 10A fuse in it...and with that running and the amp running on the same power it would be 10A+15A and I was concerned that would overpower it....So I was thinking of jumping off the back side of the power outlet (15A)....But I didn't know if it even really mattered that it was 10A+15A on a 15A...I guess the fuse would blow if it's an issue...I just have to hook it up and see what happens I guess...

    I am going to set it up 45rms x2 (disconnecting the crappy header speakers...) But I really want to see if the 90Wx 2 bridged works with my Polk MM6501 components...
     
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  13. Jul 17, 2016 at 10:40 PM
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    I've done the install of the power pack with factory headunit about 4 different times now, always just tapped into the factory H/U power, never had an issue, ran it in 4ch mode as well as the 2ch bridged mode.
     
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  14. Jul 18, 2016 at 3:28 PM
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    What did you tap the remote wires to?
     
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  15. Jul 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM
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    First off be very careful because there is one remote wire on the amp that stays free to chain to another remote amp or powered sub's remote in...you don't connect that to anything. I've read where people connect it to another remote wire and fry things...In the instructions it says
    "Remote Out Lead (Blue/White)
    Use this lead to turn on additional amplifiers."

    The remote turn on wire that is with the RCA cables would be the remote turn on wire you would use as an INPUT for the amp, but the AMP has a special sensor that should turn it on when it detects signals sent from the head unit (radio) to the amp. In the event that your amp isn't turning on then you might have to connect the remote on wire to the remote out of your head unit (if after market) or wire it to the 12V wire from your factory radio, check your wiring diagram of your radio harness to tell which it is, but it should be a 12V non-power wire...it's the 12V ignition wire (I think) it's one of the 12V's...But the amp should sense your radio...

    The blue and white wire on the OTHER harness is and output so if you installed a powered subwoofer under a seat you would find a way to connect that wire to the remote IN of the subwoofer so it would turn on when the radio turns on...

    BTW here is the power cord with no fuse...I am in contact with alpine...


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    Ahh okay and I'm getting the cherp noise from the speakers when the truck turns off anyway to stop that?
     
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  18. Jul 18, 2016 at 10:32 PM
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    are you using the exact same ground for your amp as the radio? or did you ground it to a different spot? I would first trace your ground wire...
     
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    Called alpine today...the guy said there is not fuse needed in that black box on the power line...it's not used...it was going to be but they scrapped it...The only fuse needed is if you tap into the battery directly you have to add your own fuse before the yellow line...
    I can now install with sanity..
     
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  20. Jul 19, 2016 at 3:18 PM
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    Yea I grounded it to the readio ground and seems like I'm going to have to add a fuse since I wired it to the battery. Thanks for the updates
     
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