pioneeravicd3

spodg I'm confused, under the pic with ground wire looped around RCA connectors you state "BUT ITS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT CAN FRY THE UNIT at some point". How would making a connection from ground to ground fry anything? In your post you said "the complicated fix is to disassemble the whole unit, locate and replace fuses. The simple fix is to connect RCA shields (outer wires of all RCA's) to the ground". This makes absolutely no sense. Fuses are only used inline on power wires (12v constant and 12v ignition) internally fuses are on the ps rail. Second the outer shield of an RCA is the ground p

RCA outputs are low level signals generated by a preamp, therefor it is not possible to power a speaker from an RCA output without an amp. When you connected the speaker wire to your sub and then added RCA connector on the other end and plugged it into your ipod via an adapter you basically bypass the D3's internal preamp and the volume will be very very low and will eventually fry both the D3 and the connected ipod which is now acting as a preamp and passing the signal out its speaker level output. When using RCA outputs of D3 or any other stereo (home or car) the internal amplifier is bypass