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Old 01-03-2007, 11:11 PM
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Question Need Help With Kenwood KDC-X990

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I installed this head unit to replace my stock one, and no matter what I do I can't seem to get the woofers in back seats to sound good. I've messed with all the settings and I can't seem to get the woofers to be very loud. They are very quiet, and hit much harder with my stock head unit.

All of the kenwood menus and equilizers only have settings for "front" and "rear" i dont know which the woofers are considered, but it doesnt seem to matter because I have played around with both to no avail.

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Old 01-03-2007, 11:23 PM
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make sure you have the rca's hooked up to the sub-out and not a full range output.
Old 01-04-2007, 03:14 PM
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RCA? I have the stock system...
Old 01-04-2007, 07:34 PM
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explain your setup in some more detail. I just installed the kdc-x990 in my car about 2 days ago. I dont have my sub yet but im pretty sure that in the menu there was a subwoofer on/off switch and some other options.
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Did you ever replace the woofers in the sail panel with aftermarkets? If you did you probably wont get a great sound through the monsoon amp without alteration to your wiring
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I took a look at my kdc-x990 this morning. If you hit the menu button once and go into the sound management system (SMS) there is a subwoofer choice where you can set the size of your woofer. Make sure you dont have it set to none.
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ah, i think i figured it out, thanks jpticar
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If you want a little more kick to the low end.
Look under the WOW Control, scroll to TruBass Front or Rear and adjust the setting.
You will be able to choose 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. The higher number you pick, the more bass output you should hear.

Also, you should check to see if you have your High Pass Crossovers set to high.




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