How To Hook Up Y Splitters For Car Audio / Better Explained
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- My first one I felt was a fail so I had to make another one that I hope is better understanding. This video I hope will help people understand how to use Y-Splitters for amplifiers and just car audio in general.
10 years later and this still helped me out 🙏
A Y-splitter creates a parallel circuit. In a parallel circuit, voltage stays the same. Just wanted to point that out. That's why RCA Y-splitters work so well.
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Matthew Younger or if you can't find y splitters then just make one out of 2 rca cables by cutting the other ends off and then soldering the other ends to one rca plug so that you end up with a rca cable that has 2 rca plugs on one end and 1 rca plug on the other end so splicing and dicing is a alternative to using y splitters
No they don’t. They drop voltage when you split the rca running from the headunit
@@teemarsters5477 sundown audio debunked this theory, since voltage is a circuit it has no affect on signal output strength. It will remain the same.
Appreciate the shout out love mane! It's people like you and me and a few others who actually answer comments and share knowledge and wisom that help newbies just getting into audio. LIKED + INCREDIBLE!
Help please
Question if you have good ground and your audio is still making that rumbling noise where it sounds like shit how can you get rid of it without buying a noise filter
@310richard I think it actually does make a difference. Because if it puts your amp in mono and you have your subs hooked up a certain way things might not work right. I might be wrong but I think I had mine backwards and tried hookin up a bass processor and it wouldn't work right. Then I tried hookin up my crossover that I know works and it was acting funny. You might want to put the effort out and see how its hooked up
Dude..... Waaaay toooo much talking just get to the goddamn point man
exactly what i was thinking
Dude you're awesome, it's very hard for me to put my cigarette down as well thank you for the little tutorial
+Josh Hernandez Thanks for watching :)
If you've got alot of amplifiers you can always get an signal processor to boost your voltage. I'm from Sweden btw :) And a question, totaly off topic, but i got to ask. Do you have 1 blue and 1 green eye? :P
I watch all yo videos brotha very wise with the force u r
dont forget some amps also have output rca's too so you dont have to run another pair of spliters to another amp
great vid man just a heads up i didnt bring up the voltage thing in the comments of the last vid but did answer 1 of the guys questions but thanks for the shout out i got a cheap dmm the other day and have some splitters so il see if i can do a vid on how much they affect rca voltage i do know adding more adds more resitence but wanna see what the total difference is but we will see
My front loader has 2 preout
I have 2 amps (both 4 channels)
6 inch front door speakers
6x9 rear speakers
To be running on one amp
On the other amp I would like to run my 12 inch Sub (bridged 2 channel)
Where do I need splitters?
Could u run one set of RCA's to one amp thin run another set RCA's out of the first amp into the inputs on the other amp and run 1 bass knob?
Alright this is what is gong into my van: 3 five channel amps, 1 four channel amp, 2 mono blocks... Am i gong to split the crap out of my rca cable? Or is there a better way?
I have a loc wired in to my speakers and hooked up to the input jack of my bass processor. I have the output rca jack running to an amp. On that amp I have two splitters. One splitter is connected to bass processor output and other splitter is hooked up to another amp. Each amp is independently powered and grounded and connected to one sub. But one of my sub is not getting enough power and sounds muffled while other seems to have gained power and sound great. What do I need to try
I'm the same I don't pay attention to learn in school but when it comes to car audio I'm all ears.
nice video. Question for ya. I have only 2 rca outputs from my head unit. I need to wire up to a 4 channel and a mono.
Correct me if im wrong! I will wire the 4 channel up with one of the outputs from the headunit via splitters. and then i can use my remaing headunit output straight to my mono amp.
Thanks!
I have 6 amps all with y splitters I noticed every time I hooked up an amp the volume went down? So it does affect it maybe after a certain amount of amps ?
Make sure your amp is set to LOW PASS first. Your rca's should be coming from your sub output on your headunit. Your other rca outputs on your headunit are for mids and tweets so it won't give you as much bass I don't think
@casperskafs thanks. so it doesnt make much of a diffrence right because i think i may have my rca cables switched since idk how i pluged them into the head unit and its a pain in the ass to get the head unit out of my car.
awsome videos homie i just started watching ur videos about a week ago both fun and informational
And remember I was getting radio noise w cheap RCAs then I got some stinger twisted RCAs and some kicker mids n Highs RCAs :) that always helps
good info it will help the noobs out a bunch for sure
Surely in a Y splinter system you're lowering the Amperage not the voltage. Therefore you'll have less current going to each amplifier meaning you're only amplifying half of each signal. Wouldn't that make it the same overall volume regardless of how many amps you have?
Thanks for the help! I dont mind the longer video, some videos like Qualitymobilevideo's clips are edited so much that yo dont see whats happening, so I rather see this!
Yea I do ramble a lot but I also try to show as much as possible
Much better video. Thanks
Thanks for watchin :)
Hey bro..When I was a teenager, I hooked up many sterio's & did a few competition's! anywho, my head unit (TACADO 2din android 6 cd/4G wifi 6.2 screen) ($188-189 on ebay) only has 1 subwoofer output.1 little old yellow Rca sub output.also it has fr, fl, rr, rl rca outputs.so do I connect 2 either the front or rear rca's? I want to use the sub rca but, there's only 1, not 2 (left & right) so, do I use a splitter or use the front or rear rca? output? I plan on getting a high amp alternator, 10 farrod cap, & 2 dry cell batteries so I can run a C.A.B 1600.1 tho,iv thought about amplifying my front & rear mid speakers AFTER I GET MY BEATS DONE ($?) ALL IN GOOD TIME! ANYWHO, WHAT DO U THINK???? I had to buy a splitter huh??? I'm so far n2 this car (3x it's value) ugh..I haft a make it NICE & SLAMMMMM!!!!!!!
So the y splitter separates bass from stereo? Because my deck has one set of rca outputs and it plays full range
Yes you are correct sir. You can turn one set of rca's into multiple with splitters. Not sure about the switchable thing on your headunit
Deff a way better option then splitters. Always wanted to try one of the clarion eq's
This dudes cool! Digged the video man! Thanks for the info! 👍
Thanks man :)
I have a mono block and I also wanna connect a 4 Channel for my speakers how should
I wire the rca because I only have one set
I have a four Chanel amp with line in Chanel 1&2, and line in 3&4 no line outs, and I'm trying to run another sub with built-in amp, how do I run rca from one to the other? I have already split power, ground,and remote.
Hey Casperskafs, I have 3 amps(sundown saz-1500, sax-125.2, sax-125.4), and 3 sets of rca inputs on my headunit(front rear and sub). Would you use y-splitters on the 4channel or would just one set of rcas work? I never hooked up a 4 channel before, just 2 channels and sub amps with single sets of rcas. Thanks man.
If your 2 channel is for tweets that are prolly up front I would put splitters just one the front rcas and split to your 2 channel from there
another great vidio man
What if my after market radio RCA is bass only? How can I hook door speaker amp to that?
Quick question wat would happen if u plugged in the red rca running from the head unit to the white plug in the amp?
Appricate you G! Good video man
Thanks for watching :)
Hey dude thanks for the videos, also Heterochromia is pretty cool IMHO, Its pretty rare. I've never met somebody in person with it. And on top of that smoke your cigarette if you wanna, just have an ash tray handy, and blow it away from the camera :)
I knew my head unit was shit before I watched this, "Clipping like a _______" I don't know how to fill in the blank here.. :D
PM me this question. I need all your info like what exactly are your running and trying to do. What subs, voice coil configs, amps, eqs.
I couldn't remember. Thanks bro
Thanks for posting it!
Did you just put the rca's i n the input and output of the same amp.
Yes he did!!!!! To many funny cigarettes😂😂😂
Wonder if an audio control matrix will work to split pre-amp output to recording device, computer and cellphone?
Hmm I would think it's possible
+casperskafs - I should try it.
LOL thanks man. I Appreciate that
I have a pioneer 7inch deck, it has 3 sets of output, front, rear and sub for standard mode and high, mids and lows/sub in network mode. I want to do a network mode set up but the set up that I'm doing would require me to use y splitters on my mid outputs to a 4 channel amp, I'm just hoping it would do the trick using the splitters.
It should
Thanks man
so would you need to run a second remote an power wire?
I have a jvc head unit with 1 subwoofer output now I plan on running to bass amps, can I do two splits from one subwoofer output without degrading voltage ?
if you have 2 rca hook ups that makes your amp 4 channel? if so should i be using all 4 hook ups or just 2 like im using now?
Man honestly I can't say for sure. I've heard this and that about it but never actually tested myself. Something I need to do someday but I don't seem to have any probs with it. If your that worried you can always get a line driver instead of splitting
Hello ,
What i dont understand is : how to wire the 4 chanels to each end of the white cabel and the red cable
So chanel 1 and 3 white to white and chanel 2 and 4 red to red ?
Is that correct ?
Thank you
@sikvibration Did you make a vid? I haven't checked yet
Would you mind explaining to me how to run my rcas from my hu to my 4 ch amp? I want to run my fronts with ch 1 and 2, and bridge 3 and 4 for my sub. My amp is bridgable, and has crossovers etc, but it does not have a 3ch mode. It does have a "clone 3 and 4" switch though. My hu has two sub outputs, so do I run rcas from both sub outs into the 3,4 ins on the amp? also, I will be running my backs off the hu, so those I just hook up to the wiring harness/do a straight swap out right?
+joseph abercrombie Kinda confusing me here. When you say your hu has 2 sub outputs do you mean it has one set like a red and black one?
+casperskafs yes it has a left and a right for sub.
ok man just tested all the voltages first test the head unit 3v then pluged a set of rca's both ends read 3v then chucked a splitter on and 3v on both outputs but i did also test the PAC LC1 level controler that both you and i have and guess what dropped to 2v flat with it lc1 turned to full so to sumerize no voltage loss from 1 pair of splitters couldnt find my others to check if doubling up made a diff
how do you hook up AN EQ. im trying to run my highs to my amp to make them more powerful. i am not sure how should i run them to my eq. like should i run all of my speaker wires to my amp then just run the rca'z from my eq there or what?
i have tryed to look at someone hook up a eq but everybody already has there's hooked up an just play with the buttons while talking about hooking up amps...
@Amarion6 rca's from headunit to eq then rca's from eq to amp.
Hi guys hope some one can help I currently in my car have a low output converter behind my oem head unit with 1 set of rca going to my hertz ep5 amp which is 5 channel powering my front c2 650 jl components and a jl sub I want to add rear speakers how do I ho about this please or can I split the 1 rca into 3 sets? Or is that going to kill audio quality or would I add another low output controller behing the head unit for the rear ? Any help is appreciated
yoh, noob question, i have 4 500w 6x9 pioneer, wanne cnnect 4 channel amp, but what size? dont really understand the diff between rms and w so what do i look for and and what size amp will work best?
A 1000 watt 4 channel will work just fine for those. No need to do the math just trust me :)
how do you hook up AN EQ. im trying to run my highs to my amp to make them more powerful. i am not sure how should i run them to my eq. like should i run all of my speaker wires to my amp then just run the rca'z from my eq there or what?
I have a boss 7 inch touch screen 340 Watt stereo it only has one sub wire. I have a boss ar 3000 D one channel amp. I have two 12-inch Subs wired in series to 1 ohm how can I use both of My RCA's other than d rear deck RCA's or front RCA's thank you
? I'm trying to run 4 amps but have a line out converter should I put another line out converter and run only 2 amps off of each? Or would it still be ok to keep using splitters off of one converter?
If you have 2 hookups its is a 4 channel UNLESS one is an input and one is an output then the output is just for running from one amp to another. If you do have a 4 channel one set is for 2 channels and the other is for the other 2 channels
thank you brother!
Thanks for watching glad I could help
i have a question......trying to hook up 2 amplified sub tubes to a dual dv271bt deck....yes cheap i know lol but it has 2 sub outputs but theyre both green and doesnt say left or right.....not sure what to do now
You should only need one of them for a sub amp so it doesn't matter which one you use
Can you make a video of how to install a Digital Bass Restoration Sound Processor and how to tune it?
Hector Rios has
Okay so I've got a head unit with two sets of rca outputs. I have a 4 channel amp I am hooking up the two sets of rca outputs from head unit to. So basically my head unit is all taken up as far as rca outputs. I need to add a second 4 channel amp to power wakeboard tower speakers... what would be my best option as far as rca for my second 4 channel amp if my head unit is obviously already taken up, thanks!
Y splitters just like in the vid. Make your 2 rca sets 4 rca sets and hook up both amps
How is the manufacture of those splitters?
@casperskafs I have my rca cables hooked to the back of my HU and dont feel like running another set if I split it from the deck so can I put 2 female to male Y splitters at the back and wire 2 amps or would it have to be female to female and 2 more sets of RCA? still kinda new to audio and want to run 2 amps
Which splitters do I need to hook 2 CD players in my truck n how many
@casperskafs sweet im glad it did ok for you. Cant wait to see how the panels turn out.
my deck only has one sub out how would i hookd the two cords to the one ? with a splitter? i was told i would need a mono amp but im not sure
@Loudizzzzle Teaching the world about bass 1 basshead at a time LOL
A alternative to using y splitters is to just cut the other ends off of 2 rca cables and solder the 2 rca cables to one rca cable plug so that you have a rca cable with one rca cable plug on the other end and 2 rca cable plugs on the other end that simple you can actually make your own y splitters out of some old rca cables that you might possibly have hanging around the house and this could save you the money on having to buy actual y splitters because y splitters are optional you don't really need them when you can make a y splitter out of 2 rca cables
@tapaudiop3 REALLY!! Damn I didn't know that. Thanks for the info bro
Goddammit fucking thank ye I watched 10 other fucking videos and my crack baby ass has ADD so of course I couldn't understand a fucking thing they were talking about preciate it buddy
LOL glad I could help man and thanks for watching
Yea,straight over my head and I feel dumber.
If I was to use a splitter on a Red rca cable do they become two reds? and likewise a splitter on a white RCA becomes two whites?
I believe it doesn't matter especially if your hookin up mono blocks
Thanks for the reply, either way I guess it will work,.
jus add a line driver to keep the voltage up line drivers can go high as 8 volts and that can keep a clean signal and prevent clipping
@sikvibration Just added annotations and links to people channels. Please make that vid. I'd love to see the difference.
very helpful
Thanks for watching
i have one rca cable can i use Y splitters to connect to amp and another to Hu?
You can use splitters to make rca's for other amps but don't hook 2 hu's together
Yea an EQ would be great but if ya ain't got the money splitters are cheaper
Personally I've never split that much. For a setup like that I like headunits with 3 sets of preouts
thank you
Thank you for watching
wouldn't that mess with the fade or front to back?
I'm not a fan of batterys caps. I always say save your money and buy an extra battery
I have an issue maybe u can help me with I have a mix sub and amp when I hook up the the speaker wires to the sub there's no sound at all what did I do wrong here
+scott cummings Bad speaker? Bad amp? Bad rca's? Could be tons of stuff
I found the issue one is blown and one is not why would that do that so weird
@TimeKeeperJ I think it should work fine
so i have a 4 channel amp and a mono amp, mono for the subs and the 4 channel amp for the speakers, but i have to split the RCA cables so how many spliters do i need?
Enough to get the job done Dip 💩
where did you get those i looked them and i cant find them
Ebay I believe
Could i spitl the same way just did but with two amp my Fr and Fl work on my head unit but my Rr and Rl just stopped working out of the blue
Is it the same process
Good deal bro good
@MrPep469 OO well as long as they work and don't give ya shitty static I guess it better than nothin
With Y splitters man. It splits your rca's and makes 2 sets one for each amp
@DanneVolvo OOO Sweden. Sorry bro I couldn't member. Also yes I do have 2 diff colored eyes. I actually just added an annotation in this vid about it lol
@Belyea09 You might be tryin to get to much power from that amp. Try things using maybe just one sub. If you can get that one sub to work then you can start hookin up more. If you have ALL 4 channels bridged you might be trying to get like 1/2 ohm outta that amp which will totally not work. You need a better amp bro. A mono block class d amp
i was just kidding, i finished the video lol, so look for a rca splitter male to female?
Hmm maybe. I've ran rca's out of Headunit into a PAC - 1 bassknob and ran to multiple amps like that
Yes you use Y splitters. Use a mono amp for subs or a 2 channel
You can run splitters at the back. I have
Wow, dats alot of interesting piercings. The few seconds I saw of the video were far to many.