I bought a truck from a buddy of mine a few months ago, and he was helping me work on it and get it all prepared for me. Well, he needed two female RCA adapters so he felt the need to cut them from the back of the radio without asking me first..
I just went and got a bazooka tube for my truck, and stumbled upon this.. And I have a few questions about how to hook things up.

First, I already have a amp connected to the line out RCA's, it powers two 6x9's at the moment. This amp has a Line in, and a Line out set of female RCA's.
Since the RCA's for the sub have been cut, is there a way to re-wire in two new female adapters, that way I can hook the sub up the right way? Or do I have to stick with the line out from the amp, and deal with not having much bass since I dont want to blow my 6x9's?
Also, the bazooka tube has a built in amp, I dont know if this would cause any interference with hooking it up to the line out on the amp.

I would really prefer re-wiring new RCA adapters, and running things the right way, but the guy at advance told me this was next to impossible.. Is this true?

 

no its not, but the problem is RCA's are twisted/ shielded to block out interference, you cant replicate that. So there is a chance you will get noise, a pretty good chance. Its just soldering some small wires and making sure you keep them insulated from eachother. Dont the Bazooka tubes come with a high level adaptor? You could just use that, Or try to fix the sub-out and if it doesnt work to your liking, use the high level.

 

Some sub woofer dedicated amps have low pass filters built in. You can use a line out and not get the highs pushed through the subs. If not you can always get the filters to install in the line.

The best thing to do is to pull the signal from the cleanest source you have which sounds like the line out.

 

Any stereo repair shop should be able to fix the Subwoofer Line-Out lines. Shouldn't cost more than $50 I'd say with parts and labor. It's not difficult, but you need some skill with a soldering iron, and to open up the radio itself.

Do you have a factory HU, or aftermarket? I'm assuming aftermarket.

If you have a factory HU, Just buy a new set of Line-Level adapters.

 

It is an aftermarket. I dont have $50 to drop on it at this time, because its my mud truck, least priority for financial things.
I have it plugged into the "front in" outlet, for the front speakers. Since my 6x9's are plugged into the "back in" RCA's.

That is some good advice though, I will bring it to a shop soon and have that taken care of. Thanks!

 

Just hook it up to the line outputs on you other Amp., or buy a set of StreetWires Male(1) to Female(2) Y-adapters.



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