2011 suburban LS, facotory radio, will this let me amplify my 4ea factory door speakers?
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This unit will extract the low voltage audio signal from the radio to feed your amplifier(s) via RCA's, but you will have to facilitate the wiring from the amplifier(s) to the speakers.
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This device plugs into back of radio and the stock wires for your radio plug into this, so i think it amplifies everything.
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There is one for the older body style (up to 2006), but that one will not work on yours. They call it an "amp bypass harness", but can easily be used/modified for your intended application. However, they have not released one for your vehicle yet according to Metra's application guide.
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The answer is yes, you can amplify yourbdoor speakers with this product just as long as you have a amp that can support than many speakers/channel. This product allows you to keep your stock GM radio head unit and add speakers that will be amplified for example 12in subwoofers. The converter just gives you a handy remote wire (blue) which allows your amplifier to shut off when the car is off and the RCA jacks which is your left and right audio cables to the amp. This product worked great in my 2007 chevy impala LS. Keep in mind if you have a GM with premium audio such as BOSE this will not work. The answer is yes, you can amplify yourbdoor speakers with this product just as long as you have a amp that can support than many speakers/channel. This product allows you to keep your stock GM radio head unit and add speakers that will be amplified for example 12in subwoofers. The converter just gives you a handy remote wire (blue) which allows your amplifier to shut off when the car is off and the RCA jacks which is your left and right audio cables to the amp. This product worked great in my 2007 chevy impala LS. Keep in mind if you have a GM with premium audio such as BOSE this will not... » Read More The answer is yes, you can amplify yourbdoor speakers with this product just as long as you have a amp that can support than many speakers/channel. This product allows you to keep your stock GM radio head unit and add speakers that will be amplified for example 12in subwoofers. The converter just gives you a handy remote wire (blue) which allows your amplifier to shut off when the car is off and the RCA jacks which is your left and right audio cables to the amp. This product worked great in my 2007 chevy impala LS. Keep in mind if you have a GM with premium audio such as BOSE this will not work. « Show Less
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the output is that of a tuner so if your speakers have a built in amp you should be ok, if not your out of luck or you will have to have a seperate amp
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I'm not positive on that, but when I called the auto wreckers originally for an amp, they needed the option code for the sound system, so I would say no, it wouldn't work. Hope that helps. Richard
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The extra tweeters should be fed from a crossover from the front channel speakers as a "component" set. The wiring from the head unit wouldn't be affected by this, it'd wire up to the source or the amp as if it's a 4-speaker system.
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no cause it's a amplified signal. if you send a amplified signal to your powered speakers it will probably blow the powered speaker's internal crossover or internal the amplifier.get a two way crossover and use the regular outputs on the subwoofer
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Depending on the wiring harness that you may have, it may or may not work. As far as the Sub, it has a remote turn on wire for the amplifier. I think that is about it.
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yes, your factory radio has a built in cross over. Try it and if you dont like the sound, then install the cross over that came with the speakers. I personally would never do that. "you should use the cross over that come with your speakers."
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Yes, your speakers will work. You will need to adjust the receiver for the lowest impedance load you will be driving and everything will be fine. The settings on this unit are: 4 ohms or greater / 6 ohms or greater, choose 4 ohms or greater and it will compensate for the loads
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I always use 4gauge install kits. Your amp needs the same. The ground lead to the cars chassis must be a very good solid connection and the lead should be no more than 12" if possible. Cables at the cars battery need to be solid too, and your battery cables clean and tight always. Speaker wires should be 12guage for subwoofer-and +/- must be identical length from amp to speaker. Your speaker must be compatible in it's "ohms" rating with the amp's bridged ohms rating. Many amplifiers will not run 2 ohms bridged-you may have to change to a 4 ohm speaker or upgrade the amp to a 2 ohm stable model. Follow the instructions that came with the amp for +/- and especially for setting gain level. If you are driving a subwoofer, read it' s frequency specs closely. Adjust the variable crossover on the amp so that no amp output above say, 30hz is sent to the speaker. Very important! And high quality shielded RCA cables routed clear of all other wiring is a must. Finally, some larger subs drink your amplifiers output very quickly. If you hear heavy static popping sounds (clipping), you'll have to turn the amp gain down and after insuring all of the above are checked and properly installed and adjusted if you are still going into overload, the amp is suspect and may need replaced. Good luck!
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It didn't work for my 2004 suburban. I'd recommend pulling your factory radio and taking a picture of the existing plug. I could tell by looking that it wasn't even close to what I needed. Maybe it'll work for you though.
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Go to Crutchfield.com and plug in your vehicle, if your front accepts 6.5 speakers then yes.
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Yes it should....However, most aftermarket component speakers are usually power hungry so i would wonder how good it will sound. This is meant more so for people who want a little more power than a aftermarket radio, but dont want to install a real amp. Sorta of like an in between. A well known audio site tested when all said and done the unit kicks out about 38 watts RMS. Which is good enough if you are just doing a mild upgrade to the speakers. You can bridge the unit to run the components and maybe power the rear on the radio's power. In essence i would try it with the notion that you may need power or it may sound ok. Yes it should....However, most aftermarket component speakers are usually power hungry so i would wonder how good it will sound. This is meant more so for people who want a little more power than a aftermarket radio, but dont want to install a real amp. Sorta of like an in between. A well known audio site tested when all said and done the unit kicks out about 38 watts RMS. Which is good enough if you are just doing a mild upgrade to the speakers. You can bridge the unit to run the components and maybe power the rear on the radio's power. In essence i would try it with the notion that you... » Read More Yes it should....However, most aftermarket component speakers are usually power hungry so i would wonder how good it will sound. This is meant more so for people who want a little more power than a aftermarket radio, but dont want to install a real amp. Sorta of like an in between. A well known audio site tested when all said and done the unit kicks out about 38 watts RMS. Which is good enough if you are just doing a mild upgrade to the speakers. You can bridge the unit to run the components and maybe power the rear on the radio's power. In essence i would try it with the notion that you may need power or it may sound ok. « Show Less
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Correct. When you put it into 11-channel mode the amplified "front wide" outputs are disabled. To get all 11 at once you need to hook an external 2-channel amp to the front wide pre-outs. See page 14 in the manual.
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That will do fine, particularly if you bi-wire. However, you wont be able to drive the speakers up to (or near) full volume. I initially had a 100WPC amp driving mine, and the speaker would clip at high volumes. Only when I upped my power source could I open them up without blowing a fuse.But if you plan on moderate listening you will be fine. Any more and you might find the cops at your door anyways.
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It will not work with a amplified factory system, such as infinity. It is is a basic factory radio then it will work fine.
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You would need the cleansweep,fosgate 360.3,audison bit control or audio control. Factory head units have preprogramed equalization to make cheap factory speakers sound good. The cleansweep or those other products flaten out the factory equalizition and give you a clean signal to amplifiy. I put a 7 band clarion eq after the cleansweep,then out to my three amps,can fine tune any frequency ,bass control,or fade anytime you want. Only down side is the master volume is controlled from the clarion eq ,not the head unit
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I had a similar question. I even emailed Polk to ask them and never heard back. You will need an amplifier because the subwoofer is passive. It has its own crossover built in, but the receiver should only be sending high sounds to your other speakers and low sounds to your sub. I just attached both positive wires from the sub to the single positive wire coming from the amp (and the same for the negative wires). It seems to work great and I have had it in for at least a year.