I believe somewhere I messed up my wiring and i don't have as much time as Id like to figure it out, but the output is left to right and not front to back. For example my front right is playing different than the front left. I thought stereo output went front and back?? I have an alpine cde149, alpibe spr 60c up front with the type r coax in the back, wired to a PDX f4 with the KnukonCeptz top quality wiring kit. Ya should've could've gotten a way better setup but whatever. Anyways my guess would be my rcas are not connected correctly, which I would think they are bc my fade settings and left right ( can't think of the word) on my head unit match to the corresponding speaker. For example if I want to just listen to the front left speaker, I fade up and then left and it matches to that speaker, or if I fade back and right it plays just the rear passenger. I have to just be missing or overlooking something small. But if one of you could help me out and save lots of time for me Id be stoked
Music is playing left to right not front and back?
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Stereo is L/R channels, NOT F/R. Audio is recorded in 2 channels, though I believe there has been some (very little) tinkering with 4-channel recorded audio, think it was Quadrophonic sound or something like that.
I could be reading things wrong, but nothing seems to be off by what I read.
I could be reading things wrong, but nothing seems to be off by what I read.
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That's it - gotta be RCAs if it's or speaker outs mixed up
See I never thought anything was wrong until someone on here awhile back said stereo is seperated front to back not left to right. And now that I'm gettibg into time correction and crossovers, it sounds weird when the right seems louder than the left and it seems to have more output than my driver side speKer even though right now they are set on my amp with the same croasover and gain...channels 1/2
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Uh.......wat?
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Use your L-R and fader control on the HU. If you set it full rt, fader full front you should hear only the rt front speaker
my understanding is that the OP's fade/balance controls work correctly, indicating the RCA's and/or speaker wiring are not swapped by mistake. The issue is that the OP is changing crossover settings and worse yet, applying time correction which is having some ill effects.
My advice, reset the time correction or turn it off. I believe it's the cause of your issues. Time correction can make things better, but if set wrong, can make an otherwise nice sounding system sound really bad.
Do a bit more research on how to properly set the time correction with your system. Seems there are many ways to go about doing such, but the problem is in how manufacturers have the Hu's setup for applying the signal delay.
My advice, reset the time correction or turn it off. I believe it's the cause of your issues. Time correction can make things better, but if set wrong, can make an otherwise nice sounding system sound really bad.
Do a bit more research on how to properly set the time correction with your system. Seems there are many ways to go about doing such, but the problem is in how manufacturers have the Hu's setup for applying the signal delay.
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:laugh:
I've had to do a lot of troubleshooting starting with complaints like "this thing is all eff-ed up"
I've had to do a lot of troubleshooting starting with complaints like "this thing is all eff-ed up"
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My interpretation didn't include any actual processor in the system yet.
OP - do you have a processor?
OP - do you have a processor?
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Ohhhhh well I o u a beer! Duh mine might too- just aint got that far yet. And I'll probably start bugging you with PMs for help when I do
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Can you describe "different" for us? Like different sounds, not at the same time, different levels, etc
No processor, just the time correction alpine cde149bt has on it. I've gotten about as much info I cAn on how to set it and once I did that, the alpine manual has a table where it tells you what to set it to for each answer I got from the formula, difference in distance/ speed of sound m/s. I can't remember exactly what the formula was bc it was a long time ago, but the correction makes it sound way better than if I just center the fader and balance. Just I swear my right speaker is playing More of a clear treble portion and my front left is playing more of like the background parts. Good way to explain it is like first string lineup on a football team playing against the second string lineup. Left speaker being second string, right being first, so my right speaker is way better sounding and I feel like it's overpowering my left speaker. For all I know im crazy and going deaf in my left ear, but unfortunately I don't entirely think that's the case
Never really looked into the PDX line, but does that mean they somehow will reverse polarity on their own for any channel that is out of phase? Seems like a stretch to me, but...
the wires at the amp may appear to be correct, but that doesn't necessarily mean the splice near the speaker is correct, assuming there is one.
Still, you could always try swapping the wiring at the amp, no harm should come from it after all.
the wires at the amp may appear to be correct, but that doesn't necessarily mean the splice near the speaker is correct, assuming there is one.
Still, you could always try swapping the wiring at the amp, no harm should come from it after all.
The thing with the pdx amps is instead of stripping the wires and putting them directly into the amp terminals, there is seperate connector that you put them in, and then that connects into the amp. There is a spot for + and - on the connector thing, but the manual says it doesn't matter which way you plug that in to the amp. Maybe i have the wires into that connecter thing mixed up, I'll look tomorrow
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Have someone who knows what they are doing look at it. It's difficult to help over the internet when you don't really know how to describe the problem. Having one speaker out of phase will not make that speaker sound different, it will make they combined sound different, but you can't listen to one speaker at a time and tell that it's out of phase, phase is relative, so it has to be out of phase in relation to something. Stereo is left and right, not front and back.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Ok now that stereo output has been clarified that whoever on this forum told me its front to back is a *******. GiJoe, that's what my situation was like. If I just played the front left it sounded fine, but with everything else playing, something just wasn't right with it. I believe I fixed the problem. Only time will tell, but it sounded better than ever, hopefully im not making myself think that it does haha All I did was cut off the old terminal connectors that went on the speaker, crimped some new ones on there, and I reversed the polarity. So if that really did fix my problem, I'll understand even less about the small weird features on pdx amps
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