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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.

oh.....bro street-audio kalau mau upread sound..mcm bknj feber berapa lama bro bikin..?

sthu sy x lma bha 2..jgn ja tym dia cbuk mcm skrg ney utk 1borneo..mmg lma lh 2 sbb bnyk dia mau wat..hihi.btl ka taiko kotiak?

kalu mo buat pki fiber display ko, nda lma ba tu... 3 @ 4 hr siap da tu....

na,x lma bha jga 2..skjp ja 2.klu bsr lg pngerasnya lg 2 skjp..hikhik.

tp skrg bro kotiak sibuk tuk prepare 29 ni....

2lh..lps 1borneo nie mgkn bru dia free skit 2.

I've no idea, why i'm falling in love with sound system.!
Because my 1st bleeding nose, from the bass Audio speacialist beat me up? LOL

Sifu! gua nak minyak tolong,
Gua sudah ada Capicator 2.0 farad,
2 biji woofer macam 12" sama kotak (kalui jual sama saya)
Amplifier MONOBLOCk gham gham hao untuk itu 2 woofer,
Head audio guna balik (boleh kah tidak, budget rendah bah..)

Bah.. Apa lagi kurang benda..?
Please.. PIMP MY RIDE < ICE >

Especially Street Audio, ah liang-zai.

kurang??hrmmm...dlm list ko tu byk kurang...cable dr battery p amp...fuse block...RCA cable...hehehehe....player ko pakai apa?klu stended,ada RCA output ka?klu teda,beli tu HI to LOW d kedai acc...

so please help me list item that i'm miss,
and tell me the item name.. i'll find it,
kalau guna player dari HU stendert kilang boleh bah kan?

setahu saya, saya kurang ni sajak

Pre-Amp,
RCA cable,
Low to high or High to Low, tak tau@@" tiatau apa benda tuh, dorang cakap insrtall untuk stendert H.U
sama itu RCA converter for stendert H.U

p/s : H U = Head Unit kan? dorang panggil HU atau?

maksud wiring tuh

RCA cable + fuse kah tuh? dorang cakap wiring Rm180.
tak paham.. tuh lah aku, beginner brabis. wakaka

pre-amp setau aku tidak berapa mau pakai coz ko pakai amp utk woofer jak...
High to Low tu memang berfungsi sebagai RCA output from ur player... but if ur player already have RCA output,u dont need to buy that thing.

HU mmg ertinya head unit...huhuhuhu....

but as for me if only using 1 amp for ur woofer,i guess u dont have 2 buy the preamp...unless ur going to use 2 amps or more...then its useful...hehehehe... but if u really want to buy,go ahead la...maybe later ur thinking of adding another amp for ur speakers right?

this is just my opinion lah...hehehehe...cheers mate!!

Tiara_Humble wrote:

pre-amp setau aku tidak berapa mau pakai coz ko pakai amp utk woofer jak...
High to Low tu memang berfungsi sebagai RCA output from ur player... but if ur player already have RCA output,u dont need to buy that thing.

HU mmg ertinya head unit...huhuhuhu....

but as for me if only using 1 amp for ur woofer,i guess u dont have 2 buy the preamp...unless ur going to use 2 amps or more...then its useful...hehehehe... but if u really want to buy,go ahead la...maybe later ur thinking of adding another amp for ur speakers right?

this is just my opinion lah...hehehehe...cheers mate!!

itu pre-amp kan, boleh control that bass right? just in-case i want to adding 4 channel amp.. hehe..

actually what i less?? i'm using back HU original waja.

altec90 wrote:

maksud wiring tuh

RCA cable + fuse kah tuh? dorang cakap wiring Rm180.
tak paham.. tuh lah aku, beginner brabis. wakaka

hehehehe...ok la..tulung2 member dlm sini kan....sbb klu member x tau apa2,nanti kena bagi harga kaw2 d kedai...macam2 dorang suru beli...

1. u need to buy the power cable from battery to ur amp
2.Fuse block-must use this...coz u have to connect it in between the power cable from ur battery to ur amp
3.RCA cable from player to amp
4.High To Low converter incase ur player doesnt have RCA output
5.Grounding cable for ur amp...can also use the power cable and mount it anywhere the nearest to grounding.
6. a wire to connect from ur player to ur amp(REMOTE)

hehehehe...

Tiara_Humble wrote:

altec90 wrote:

maksud wiring tuh

RCA cable + fuse kah tuh? dorang cakap wiring Rm180.
tak paham.. tuh lah aku, beginner brabis. wakaka

hehehehe...ok la..tulung2 member dlm sini kan....sbb klu member x tau apa2,nanti kena bagi harga kaw2 d kedai...macam2 dorang suru beli...

1. u need to buy the power cable from battery to ur amp
2.Fuse block-must use this...coz u have to connect it in between the power cable from ur battery to ur amp
3.RCA cable from player to amp
4.High To Low converter incase ur player doesnt have RCA output
5.Grounding cable for ur amp...can also use the power cable and mount it anywhere the nearest to grounding.
6. a wire to connect from ur player to ur amp(REMOTE)

hehehehe...

let see, let me list it all in note, tomorrow i go look around KK, are you kk people?
you know where can i find those thing in cheap price? and nice handy also la, who know short curcuitT__T"
at the mean time, all together, i need prepare how much?

bagus bro altec PM bro kotiak...dia blh dpt murah bro

aku pm dia nanti. thanks for reminding, tapi dia macam tak buat sudah kan install install ni.. dia cakap dia buat fibre jak..

buat bro...musthl dia xbuat..lgpn dia byk tau 2 bro..hehehe..bro mau gn berapa amp..?

aku cuma ada satu amp jak bah.. nanti aku ada duit nak tambaah satu 4 channel angkat 4 midbass clarion oem proton saya.. wakakak~

huhuhuhhu....just prepare ur $$$$$ around 150 la...hehehehe....are u going to DIY to install ur amp?? im oso KK people ba....aiyaaaa....ahahahahaha...

what do you mean by diy?? mean self install.. no la.. maybe ask ah liang.. dia cakap labour fee = free gong~ tapi barang mesti beli dari dia.. aku okay bro~ Rm150. bah bah! boleh no problem. kalau short circuit, sot. HAGUS oh BARANG>

bah....jgn kasi lama...hahahahaha....hangus bleh bli baru ba...hehehehe...ada jual monoblock mohawk 5000W @ 1ohm punya...hehehehe...kaw2 o0o0o0o...

wah.. tak nak la.. aku dingar syok jak ni~ xixixixi!~

mati! battery aku cuma 40Ampire jak! mati! nak cari 60/70 ampire kah ni atau tukar? ataupun tambah?

untuk? kawan pakai kancil battery standard NS40...2 biji amp lg dia pakai...1 4ch,1 lg monoblock...huhuhuhu...steady jak tidak pandai cut @ protect...hehehehehe

tapi kereta aku waja.. bukan kancil.. takut battery jump~ jump~