Is this taking the stock amp, out of the signal. Splice out before, Splice back to speakers ? Looking which wire, of the plug, is signal in and which is speaker out ?
Also, does not utilizing Pins 1 - 4 & 9 - 12, remove the bass (low level signal) ?
I have a 1LT. Might not even be same colors, but do have Amp in trunck.
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Originally Posted by wal-dog
I wanted to use my 5 channel Kenwood Excelon amp to power the fronts and the rears plus add a sub. From what I understand about the system, the My Link unit sends a digital signal to the factory amp and the factory amp converts the signal to analog and to the speakers. This means you have to keep the factory amp. I purchased an AudioControl LC7i Line Converter. The LC7i Takes the signals from the speakers and converts them to usable RCA connections. Here's my install:
First thanks to users Darth Martel and Chris227 who provided these diagrams of the wires. I hope they don't mind me reposting them. Darth Martel's thread really helped me.
http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452618
I cut the following wires. The ends coming from the harness will go to the LC7i and the other ends will go to the Kenwood amp and power the speakers. If you look at the diagram of the harness you can see how they numbered the pins.
I used the front speakers to connect to "Main Input" on the LC7i
Pin 5 BU Left Front+
Pin 6 YE Right Front+
Pin 13 BN/BU Left Front-
Pin 14 YE/BK Right Front-
I used the rear speakers to connect to Channel 2 on the LC7i
Pin 7 GN Left REAR+
Pin 8 WH Right Rear+
Pin 15 GN/BK Left Rear-
Pin 16 BU/BK Right Rear-
Next I connected all the speaker wires from the harness to the LC7i, 3 sets of RCAs and the remote turn on wire to the remote out terminal. The LC7i automatically turns on when it gets a signal from the Main Input. The Remote Out wire will turn on the Kenwood. It was a tight fit but I was able to use the round screw on bolts that hold down the styrofoam part to also hold the LC7i in place.
Next I ran the power and ground wire. I also powered the LC7i by connecting it to the battery.
Then I connected the other end of the speaker wires (the ones I cut) to the after market amp. These are going to the speakers. Connected the RCA's, Power and ground and the remote turn on wire to the Kenwood. Put the trunk back together.
Overall I am very impressed how much it is improved. The factory speakers are really brought to life and the JL Audio 10W6 sounds great. |