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Has anyone wired a 3rd amp with so2 ? I swapped out the onboats to 650's and installed a 12" sub.

My plan is to use the ht2 and ht6 to run the inboat and sub

New Dx 2 for the tower. (Run the icons until I can swap them for Rev 8"s. )

I have search the forums and google but can't seem to find a wiring diagram.


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Did you do a custom box for your new sub, or keep it in the original spot? Any pics?

I had the local stereo shop do a custom inclosure where the factory 10" was last summer. I'll see if I can dig up photos.

I would have them install the amp but they r on the other side of the lake and I keep my boat on a lift


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smurph -- yes, you can use the open spots on your power and ground distribution blocks. You will also need to (obviously) run rcas to control the amp, as well as run a jumper wire from one of your current amps' remote turn on lead to turn on the new amp.

Then tune.

For tower speakers the amp's crossover should be set to high pass at 90hz (+/-) to start. To tune, set gains at lowest level, then set the HU (or EQ if you have one) to just the tower zone. Turn volume on the HU up to 90%ish (do same for EQ if you have one). With the volume(s) set at this level, play some very dynamic music (gasp, nickelback is actually good for this) and slowly raise the gain until you hear your tower speakers start to break up (sound bad/unclear). Back the gain off until the gain is as high as it can go and still retain great clarity.

enjoy!

Thanks for the info. Going to try and install it this weekend. I'll post the results


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So I'm finally going to attempt the amp install this weekend.

Since the only thing I am adding is the amp , is all the only wiring I will need for the power ground and remote turn on?

Other than that it's just a matter of mounting the amp, switching wires and rca's and retuning correct? Seems like I'm forgetting something?


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if I am reading the correct only manual for my kicker head unit it looks like I have 4 sets of rca's so I shouldn't need any more correct

RCA front going to ht 6 front 2 xs 650 speakers (inboat)
RCA rear going to ht 6 rear 4 xs 650 speakers (inboat)

RCA zone 2 going to the dx2 4 icon 8's 2 ohm

RCA sub going to ht 2 12" JL sub? mono

does that sound right? sorry for all the questions its been a decade since I attempted a stereo install lol

thanks again !

On the HT 6 there are push buttons to bridge the RCA inputs on the control panel with the crossovers and gains. So you would have your front and rear RCAs to the HT6 and connect channel say 3/4 to 1/2 for the rear and run 5/6 as the front. You have the option to bridge 3/4 to 1/2 or I think run all 6 channels off one set of RCAs. The stock setup is 5/6 bridged to the woofer and the front on 3/4 at 8 ohms. With the 1/2 running at 4 ohms powering the back 4 speakers.

The tower speaker should run at 4 ohms per channel since there are two speakers running off one channel of the HT2. I don't think the HT2 is 2 ohm stable.