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Level Setting for Beginners


Level setting, done by ear, is more art than science. It can be done using an oscilloscope but since few people have one of those laying around we'll cover doing it by ear. Basically you want to start with the first component in the chain (the head unit) and work your way to the last component (the amplifier).

1. Start by turning all of the input level adjustment knobs (gain controls) on your components fully counter-clockwise (to their minimum setting). Set the tone controls (bass, treble, loudness) on your head unit to no boost (bass and treble level = 0 and loudness is off). If you have more than one RCA pair you will want to set each gain adjustment separately. Make sure your fader and balance controls are set to the channel you want to adjust first. This can be an individual channel if you have individual gain adjustments or a pair of channels if you have one gain for two channels.
   
2. Next set all of your equalizers settings (if you have an equalizer) to the center (detent) position so they produce no boost or cut. What we want is as pure a signal as possible.
   
3. Put in some good quality source material, preferably a CD with strong output and a clean recording. Hard rock would be a bad choice here. Try something cleaner, maybe acoustic, that you're familiar with.
   
4. Turn the deck's volume up slowly until you begin to hear distortion. When you hear it, stop and back off slightly until you no longer hear it. If you don't hear distortion, even when the volume is all of the way up then you have a quality head unit. That's what we're looking for.
   
5. Now with your head unit at maximum undistorted volume move on to the next component. Adjust it's input gain until you begin to hear distortion. Back off slightly.
   
6. Continue this process until you have all of the components in the chain at their maximum undistorted level.
   
7. When you reach the amplifiers you may need to wear earplugs to adjust them to their maximum level. As before, turn up the gain until you hear audible distortion. This should be audible even with earplugs in. But honestly, if you have to wear earplugs to listen the distortion level is probably not a factor
   

That's it. Play some music and verify that everything sounds right. Congratulations! You've just learned to properly adjust the settings on your car audio system.

qsn7474 wrote:

under18crew wrote:

pkai 4 chanel ja bha utk mid..ok uda 2.klu mau tmbh woofer lg pkai amp 5 chanel ja trus..

sorry kalo salah komen ye...kalo pakai 5 channel saoun dia x balance dgn erti kata saound dia lama2 main makin x sedap macam bateri week. kalo nak main memang kena asing amp untuk wofer n speaker. maaf lah ye sekadar pendapat budak baru.

pkai 5 chanel nie ngam utk men SQ ja bha..sy x ckp pkai nie 5 chanel ngam utk mblast..klu utk mblast ngam pkai monoblock atau 2 chanel utk woofer n 4 chanel utk mid..

tu la pasal bro...

kalo main sq asing2 amp lagi bagus ba sora dia. xtau lak sabah style pakai 5 amp. jgn mara otai.... sy nie mana tau bah. bdk baru la kan

klu ikut betul memang mcm tu la..tp klu asing lg power la..

kalo asing kejelasan sora tu macam penyanyi tu nyayi atas dashbord keta kita. hehehehe

kalau asing2.. alamak... mo pakai byk la amp... kos pun tinggi...3 amp cukup la...

rickengineering wrote:

kalau asing2.. alamak... mo pakai byk la amp... kos pun tinggi...3 amp cukup la...

klu mau bagus quality pakai 4 amp la..sya pakai 4 amp 2 monoblock tuk woofer 2 lg 4ch tuk mid..

ala men sound bukan mau 1 kali kos bro..men sikit2 lama mantap juga tue...

memang betul. sikit2 la. kalo nak bunyi sq ok main 3 way dls. hehehe.... mantap. ada gak tren main 1 mono utk 1 wofer, 1 amp 4 channel untuk speker n 1 amp 4 channel utk tweter. sekadar pandangan

qsn7474 wrote:

kalo main sq asing2 amp lagi bagus ba sora dia. xtau lak sabah style pakai 5 amp. jgn mara otai.... sy nie mana tau bah. bdk baru la kan

mmg lh da klmhnnya tp bg yg mau save bajet men sound ble gna bha nie..sda sy ckp ngam utk yg men syok sndri ja..

under18crew wrote:

qsn7474 wrote:

kalo main sq asing2 amp lagi bagus ba sora dia. xtau lak sabah style pakai 5 amp. jgn mara otai.... sy nie mana tau bah. bdk baru la kan

mmg lh da klmhnnya tp bg yg mau save bajet men sound ble gna bha nie..sda sy ckp ngam utk yg men syok sndri ja..

ok otai...tu tadi sekadar pandangan yang jauh.... sorry kalo sy salah cakap lam nie

xda bha bro..ok ja..lex jak k

qsn7474 wrote:

under18crew wrote:

qsn7474 wrote:

kalo main sq asing2 amp lagi bagus ba sora dia. xtau lak sabah style pakai 5 amp. jgn mara otai.... sy nie mana tau bah. bdk baru la kan

mmg lh da klmhnnya tp bg yg mau save bajet men sound ble gna bha nie..sda sy ckp ngam utk yg men syok sndri ja..

ok otai...tu tadi sekadar pandangan yang jauh.... sorry kalo sy salah cakap lam nie

alala..sy bkn otai lh..kta sma2 tkr2 pndpt bha kt sni..nie lh cranya utk kta tmbh ilmu..

apa yg sy ckp 2 pn mgkn da slhnya jga..

under18crew wrote:

qsn7474 wrote:

under18crew wrote:

qsn7474 wrote:

kalo main sq asing2 amp lagi bagus ba sora dia. xtau lak sabah style pakai 5 amp. jgn mara otai.... sy nie mana tau bah. bdk baru la kan

mmg lh da klmhnnya tp bg yg mau save bajet men sound ble gna bha nie..sda sy ckp ngam utk yg men syok sndri ja..

ok otai...tu tadi sekadar pandangan yang jauh.... sorry kalo sy salah cakap lam nie

alala..sy bkn otai lh..kta sma2 tkr2 pndpt bha kt sni..nie lh cranya utk kta tmbh ilmu..

ya la kan. tambah je ilmu sambil tu tambah duit dapat beli baru....

tmbh duit npa plak?mna lh dpt duit on9 kt forum nie..hihi.

kahkahkah...keja ke. bukan online nak tambah ko la ada org sudi derma nak wat sound. kuasa tuhan mana la tau. kahahkahkah.....gurau saja bah

maksud qsn7474 tambah duit kat luar forum bha tu..bukan dlm forum..cuma dlm forum tambah ilmu jak

ya btl ckp didie

qsn7474 wrote:

kahkahkah...keja ke. bukan online nak tambah ko la ada org sudi derma nak wat sound. kuasa tuhan mana la tau. kahahkahkah.....gurau saja bah

adakh smpai mcm 2..sy mnt sound nie bkn psl duit lh..jgn kmu slh sngka..cma sy tmbh2 ilmu ja psl sound nie.sda mnt sy kn..bnyk jga lg yg prlu sy bljr.sy mna da wat sound urg..

haha..kalu keta kecil cam kacil gtu bole la pakai
5 channel..pakai 1 pre-amp pun kaw2 da tu.
adjust sound dr pre-amp ja kasi asing.

ok bha jga 2..men utk syok sndri ja..hihi..

under18crew wrote:

qsn7474 wrote:

kahkahkah...keja ke. bukan online nak tambah ko la ada org sudi derma nak wat sound. kuasa tuhan mana la tau. kahahkahkah.....gurau saja bah

adakh smpai mcm 2..sy mnt sound nie bkn psl duit lh..jgn kmu slh sngka..cma sy tmbh2 ilmu ja psl sound nie.sda mnt sy kn..bnyk jga lg yg prlu sy bljr.sy mna da wat sound urg..

aku bukan salah sangka ba....mungkin ada misscomunication... xpa la abaikan ja. kita share je imu yg kita ada

xpa lh..sy kt sni just nak tmbh2 ilmu ttg sound nie ja..klu sy yg slh btlkn..

betul2..!!!