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11-01-2005, 07:08 AM

handsofstone

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Head unit gone bad

I have a clarion MD head unit. and the mids and high's stop working. I took it to Bestbuy to have it looked at. the instller told me that the head unit was bad. i asked why did my sub still work. he said because the rca's are different from the other speaker wires.

can i just use a splitter from the rca's and send one to my amp for my sub and send one to a 4 channel amp to the mids and high's?

11-01-2005, 07:14 AM

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how many sets of RCAs preouts does the unit have?

11-01-2005, 07:39 AM

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only one set of rca's coming out of the head unit

11-01-2005, 07:50 AM

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How did you have it hooked up before to play your other amp?

11-01-2005, 08:10 AM

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it was set up to run the 2 channel for the sub and the other spe3aker wires that were for the doors. i used the rca's to run the amp and sub.

11-01-2005, 08:13 AM

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Ok so the interior speakers were not amped at the time? Sounds like the internal amp went bad.

11-01-2005, 08:34 AM

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i guess. i want to know if i can just split the signal i get from the RCA's. and use a 4 channel amp for them?

11-01-2005, 08:37 AM

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technically yes, but I dont think it would sound to great. Although prolly better than it did before. Provided you have aftermarket speakers.

11-01-2005, 11:26 AM

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i have infinity 6.5 components up front. and just infinity 6.5's in the rear doors.

11-01-2005, 01:12 PM

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like don said. Youll lose your fading etc but it is possible. I would say ****** another unit or get that one repaired. We have a local guy that usually charges 50-75 fir that so you may be able to match that locally.