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Ok.... At the risk of being flamed off my ***, I seriously need some help. I gots me a 2001 EX, and I'm trying to install a sub n amp to my stock HU. I know that this cannot be done cuz of the RCA or lack of RCA connectors on the HU. I'm short on cash so I can't just go out and buy a new HU and looking for something can plug directly into my HU. I saw the Hon-Aux but that is just for input. Is there something similar to this that I can connect my amp to.

Oh yeah, once I do happen to find and connect this, where in the hell does the remote line connect to??? Please please please help.... I have had my amp and sub sitting in my garage waiting for my uncle to help for the past 2 months.... I want to finish it by this weekend... All wiring through my civic is done. I just need to make the final connection, and I don't know a damn thing about car stereos....


Thanx 4 da help....

 
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I've read about something that converts the speaker level inputs from the stock deck to RCA plugs that go to the amp. Or if your amp has speaker level inputs, thet would work also. Remote wire connects from the deck to the amp. This is so the amp turns on when the deck does. You need to have a wire diagram to find which wire.

I read somewhere that you should tap the cigarette lighter wire for remote and hook it to your amp.

 
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Go to circuitcity, they used to cary this part that turned the regular cable to RCA's. I am a noob too when it comes to audio also, but i know there is that part.

 
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the part they are referring to is called a LOC or line output converter, you can pick one up from radio shack usually. Not sure of the price never purchased one...i belive they should be around $20.

Do a search of LOC or line output converter, you should find the info you are looking for.

 
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Cool cool.... So once I find this part, how do I install it, I know I remove the stereo right, but do I have to tap into the speaker line coming from the HU, or does it plug into a location on my HU itself???

 
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Actually I believ it is a Line LEVEL Converter, not a Line Output Converter, although I could be mistaken.

You can install it in your trunk if you wish, tapping off your rear speaker wires.

This will save you the trouble of removing your HU at all and having to run a bunch of cable.

 
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If your amp has high level inputs, then that already is a LOC. Otherwise you can get a LOC that converts deck power into a low-level input for the amplifier.

As far as the remote wire, the cig lighter up front is switched w/ the car ignition. Tie into that should work just fine.

 
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You tap the Line Level Adaptor (Whatever you want to call it) Into the speaker lines wherever you want to. If you tap it in up front behind the stereo, and run an RCA back, you will have a setup which will allow you to expand to a new headuint in the future, and not have to run more wires. You can also put the unit in the back and tap into the rear speaker inputs back there, and run a short RCA back there, but if you can afford the longer RCA and know how to get your radio out, I'd tap in up front. I like to always run extra wires too. If you have the money to buy a few RCAs, run 3 of them from the front to the back, then if you ever want to add a 4 channel amp in the future, everythigns already wired behind the radio, no one likes tearing apart their car to run more wires every week. It will take a whole min longer then running just 1, but save you the Hassle later. Just my opinion.

 
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Ok... I just went out and bought this... The guy at Wal-Mart said this should work. FAI-3A Is this what I need, or should I be taking this back????

 
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Sounds like it should work.

 
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Yeah, looks like that will work

 
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OK.... Sorry to ask so many questions, but I want to try to know all I can before I pull my HU and *** sumthin up... Are there pre-existing wires that I tap, or do I have to splice the current speaker lines to connect them to the converter. Andif it is a single channel amp, do I only connect the rear speaker line to my sub, or do I connect both the front and rear outputs to the sub????

 
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just one output works. use the speaker wire in the back, just tap into it, don't cut the speaker off entirely. no need to rip the HU out for this

 
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This is a very useful piece of advice, a few yrs back i was installing one of these for a friend, the thought never occured to me to just splice wires from the rear speakers......would have saved me TONS of time and effort.

Glad we could help stpyro8.......let us know if you have any more questions.

 
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This always makes me mad, i can't stand not being able to charge my cell phone unless the car is on. One of these days i will probably rewire it so it's constant power.....only thing i hook up to me cig lighter is my cell charger which draws hardly any current so i can probably hook it up just about anywhere's i'm thinking.....any major drawbacks from doing this? And yes i understand that i can't leave my phone charging for a zillion yrs with the car off because it'd eventually drain my car battery.

 
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I hate that converter. Thats the worst one i've ever used. I would seriously return that and go grab one with prewired pigtails on it. The wires pull out of that one extremly easy.