buickman091 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 There's probally a thread about this lurking around somewhere but I gave up trying to find it... I have a 96 GP with a stock pontiac CD player. I have 2 kenwood 12's and a 1000 watt amp Id like to run off my stock CD player to keep the stock appearance and SWRC's since everything still works. I know I will need an adapter of some sort to run the RCA's off the rear speakers but I don't know which one to get. Also, other than not being able to control the subs with the stock HU, is there any other downfalls/disadvantages to doing this? Thanks in advance for any and all help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 there are line convertors to get RCA outputs, but i'm not sure how well they work. i bought a Scoche one a LONG time ago when i thought my circa ~1996 Panasonic head unit didn't have RCA outs.... it did(at least 1 pair, possibly 2, can't remember), so i never used the convertor. that solves that issue, but you'll lose the rear speakers with that method, unless the convertor offers a passthrough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted to eaton Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 I did this two, Everyone told me to go aftermarket, 2 reasons i did not want to. 1.no HUD/SWRC controls, 2. not factory look. I picked up a 4 channel Scosche line output converter at the local wally world and ran 2 kicker amps off of it! and i could have not been more thrilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 EXACTLY what i bought... sitting about 10 feet away and i never used it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 how much are those? I just bought a different kind for $25. I will be installing it in the red tgp for all the same reasons except I run a tape adapter to my mp3 on my cell phone. I got a 1200 watt cadence amp and a boston sub I will be hooking up soon. was going to buy a JL audio cleansweep for it, but I may not like it and that money could go towards a bad ass aftermarket HU. It is really a good feeling to be running a factory stereo that works good after 20 years though. especially if the 6 speakers that came with the car all sound perfect and if you want you can pop in the TURBO grand prix cassette tape and hear a woman talking about your car in a sexy voice. she really makes you feel like you are driving a special car, its f-in awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted to eaton Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 19.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 what did you tap in to for the remote wire? BTW most amps have a line level input, so you can just tap into the rear speaker wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted to eaton Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 rear speaker wires on my First setup, when i went with the touch screen computer i went with the tail Sunroof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 ^huh? what did you tap in to for the remote wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscsc Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Just an FYI, it is possible to keep the steering wheel controls operable with an aftermarket head unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 ^huh? what did you tap in to for the remote wire? some subs detect it automatically through the speaker wires, but for those that don't you could hook it up to the switched 12V line, that way the amp kicks on when the radio comes on and goes off when the radio does. or would it go off of ignition? i forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted to eaton Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 ^huh? what did you tap in to for the remote wire? The sunroff fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 power antenna wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buickman091 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 bought the unit for 18 bucks at walmart, works good. for the remote lead, I tapped the green power antenna wire in the harness. all connections soldered and taped and all is good now! thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 what black tape??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 what black tape??? 'Tis the ghetto electrician's best friend... i'd have thought if someone would go through the trouble of soldering it, they would heatshrink as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 there is a horrible fright right down near the ghetto and they have a sidewalk sale with a variety heat shrink pack for $1.99... black tape almost costs more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buickman091 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 what black tape??? 'Tis the ghetto electrician's best friend... i'd have thought if someone would go through the trouble of soldering it, they would heatshrink as well... Sorry guys, that's what I meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphagtp Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I did this two, Everyone told me to go aftermarket, 2 reasons i did not want to. 1.no HUD/SWRC controls, 2. not factory look. I picked up a 4 channel Scosche line output converter at the local wally world and ran 2 kicker amps off of it! and i could have not been more thrilled Any more information on this? I just bought it, I want to install an amp for a subwoofer from my factory radio on my malibu. I heard to get the signal from the rear speakers but exactly how? and a 2nd question, what is the one lil black cable for? Do you have any pics of your install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buickman091 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 you just tap into the rear speaker wires. run speaker wire fron the existing factory wiring to the converter and run a set of RCA's to the trunk. the instructions that come with the converter will shed some light on the install too. very simple stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92 GP Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 you just tap into the rear speaker wires. run speaker wire fron the existing factory wiring to the converter and run a set of RCA's to the trunk. the instructions that come with the converter will shed some light on the install too. very simple stuff If you were to just mount this block on your sub box, couldn't you run speaker wires from the rear speaker/splice into right in the trunk, then drop RCA's not even 2' down onto the sub box/amp? I haven't seen this unit in person so i'm not sure otherwise how it gets power/etc, just thinking it may be a more simple install than running RCA's that long if they aren't needed and help prevent any noise disturbance between RCA's/power wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted to eaton Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 step 1. Unhook you factory 6x9's. step 2. take the + and - from the right and + and - from the left and hook them to the box acordingly. step 3. run new wire from the box back to speakers (the box has a input and output spots) step 4 run you rca cables from the box to your amp, and the black wire is to clean the sound up a little (ground) I have never had to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 what did you tap in to for the remote wire? BTW most amps have a line level input, so you can just tap into the rear speaker wires. This is somewhat true, but it's more of a new thing. About 5 years ago virtually no amps had this and you had to pay for the converter. I have this setup in the Grand Prix coupe and couldn't be happier (my amp does the hi-low for me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphagtp Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Thanks! I finally got it running, here's what I did: I only had to tap 1 rear speaker (2 wires +-) to get the speaker wire to the input of that box, then from the output of the box I ran the rca to the amp, then I had to run a remote wire from some fuse to the box and that was all, I dint used the black wire neither; the scosche box has place for 4 speakers to use as input but only one was enough to get the sound/signal to my subwoofers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radman3120 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 i would think you would want to connect that second rear speaker input. depending what you are listening to if its in stereo all the bass wouldn't necessarily go to both speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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