-teve Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Bought the Crutchfield wiring kit, did everything by the books including putting the Radioshack voltage regulator in to stop the "pop" when system powers up (tip from the site). 1. Don't seem to be getting subwoofer. Can't crank the D3 too load before I get distortion. 2. Still have the "pop" despite the voltage regulator. Not sure why the tip didn't work, ideas? Does the "pop" mean my subs are hooked up? Any help much appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MisFit Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 never mind radio shack, put a 3K ohm resistor on that line instead Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-teve Posted December 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 never mind radio shack, put a 3K ohm resistor on that line instead Assume I can buy that at Radio Shack... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MisFit Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 not sure, i get em through work. never looked for em retail Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jim9251 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Buy the resistor at Radio Shack they are 10 for 60 cents or something like that. Be sure you plug the sub plugs into your wiring harness. I installed a D3 in my 2006 Mustang and it works great. Search this forum, under Mustang, you'll find lots of good advice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-teve Posted December 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Found these at Radio Shack site. Nothing exactly 3k. Is 1/4watt capacity enough -- seems low? 3.3k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search 2.2k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search Quote Link to post Share on other sites
32valvefox Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 i'm sure you could get a guy at a best buy to give ya one if you go talk to them. Ive used a 1k ohm resistor and it has gotten rid of the speaker pop. like said before make sure you use the subwoofer low level outs(rca's) to integrate the factory woofers. The pop means that you have your amps turning on with too much voltage to em. alls you need is 6v to turn a ford amp on. which harness did you get from crutchfield? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iannuhn Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 I have an 07 mustang gt with shaker 1000 and i did not do the resistor, its on back order, but I will install it as soon as i get it in. my question is, is it harming my speakers when it goes 'pop' on startup? btw, for any mustang owner who is unsure of putting in the avic d3 with their shaker 1000, omg do it, its incredible how much better the sound quality is, i had no idea that the head unit could change so much. also, you have so much more control over the output to the rear subwoofer and other settings, sounds amazing and hits so much harder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-teve Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Found these at Radio Shack site. Nothing exactly 3k. Is 1/4watt capacity enough -- seems low? 3.3k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search 2.2k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search Anyone help here? Is 1/4 watt capacity enough? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VVVROOM Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Found these at Radio Shack site. Nothing exactly 3k. Is 1/4watt capacity enough -- seems low? 3.3k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search 2.2k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search Anyone help here? Is 1/4 watt capacity enough? I installed the D3 in my 2007 mustang just yesterday. I used the radio shack voltage regulator (#7805). It worked perfectly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VVVROOM Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Found these at Radio Shack site. Nothing exactly 3k. Is 1/4watt capacity enough -- seems low? 3.3k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search 2.2k http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=search Anyone help here? Is 1/4 watt capacity enough? I installed the D3 in my 2007 mustang just yesterday. I used the radio shack voltage regulator (#7805). It worked perfectly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trey5320 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 make sure its configured right in your d3 (like turned on) and play with equalizer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-teve Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Good tip, but I've already tried. I'm going to pull the head unit again and check my wiring of the subs and drop another Radio Shack resistor in. Any way to test if the subs are getting a signal from the head unit? I'm thinking volt meter on the sub output, but I don't know what to expect -- is it unamplified signal or amplified? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hottwhyrd Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 i read a post on a ford forum about a quick fix. 2 resistors i used 1.4k remote wire from pioneer---resistor---remote out to amp---resistor--ground its kinda wierd to ground the end of the remote output but this effectively takes the 12v output and cuts it in half. wich is exactly what ford amps want. just thought id share Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-teve Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 i read a post on a ford forum about a quick fix. 2 resistors i used 1.4k remote wire from pioneer---resistor---remote out to amp---resistor--ground its kinda wierd to ground the end of the remote output but this effectively takes the 12v output and cuts it in half. wich is exactly what ford amps want. just thought id share Makes sense, I'm going to give it a try. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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