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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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when i had my Rumble Bee i could not run high lvl inputs to a amp. there was some weird signal that the head unit used and they would not work without a $80 box to convert the signal or replacing the head unit. that was not a option for me since i spring for the Nav unit and i was not taking that out. I was wondering if the SS was the same? seems car companys love to make things hard to work with sometimes.. lol.. So if i hook up my subs using leads from the reas speakers into the high lvl inputs on my amp will it work??
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Use this. I'm going to.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PAC-AOEM-GM1416-...QQcmdZViewItem
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if you can use the high lvl and tap into the speaker wires there is no need to spend $50 right??
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony-SS
if you can use the high lvl and tap into the speaker wires there is no need to spend $50 right??

Yeah, that will work, but you're not getting as good a signal as if you used line level inputs.
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A high to low level convertor, like the PAX system is a must. . .DO NOT USE HIGH LEVELS ON THE AMP!!! For $50 thats a decent deal, i want to know someone that has installed it though
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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i tapped in to the back 6x9's to a line out converter to the amp and it works good.
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Originally Posted by eddiemoney
A high to low level convertor, like the PAX system is a must. . .DO NOT USE HIGH LEVELS ON THE AMP!!! For $50 thats a decent deal, i want to know someone that has installed it though

Are you wondering if it actually works? 'Cause if you are, I have confirmed w/PAC that it will work with the Bose ans non-Bose systems.
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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mine works fine without any box, I just tapped into the speaker wires behind the head unit and plugged it into the level imputs on the amp. Sounds fine too. havnt had any probs.
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Originally Posted by happygounlucky86
mine works fine without any box, I just tapped into the speaker wires behind the head unit and plugged it into the level imputs on the amp. Sounds fine too. havnt had any probs.
BINGO !! thats wnat i wanted to know. I just want a bit of thump. I have a box with 3 Orion DVC's that i had in my Trans am at one time. I removed one put it in a single 10" box and am using one of my amps. nothing major. just some boom. i really don't need to spend $50 on a box just for that. just wanted to be sure it will work before i run all the wires and all that.

thanks happygounlucky86
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