The Simple Steps For Upgrading Your Custom Car Audio

By David Jones


The vehicle audio is one equipment that is being installed to a car or to other vehicle types for enabling the occupants to be entertained and also to receive any information. For the old types of car, the audio is controlled by pressing the buttons placed on dashboards but in the modern cars, it is controlled either through voice commands or through the steering wheels. This became part not only to music and radio but also of hands free calling, telematics, navigation, telecommunication, remote diagnostic system, and vehicle security.

For people who cannot be able to provide their own expensive car, for sure, their vehicle contains only low quality of stereo system. A low quality audio usually results to the distortion of the louder volumes and you cannot have a bass and clarity which you really want. So the purpose of this article is to provide you with the simple descriptions of steps which are needed to upgrade the custom car audio.

The article assumes you have already acquired some little knowledge concerning this subject. Most of the advices here can be applied to almost all vehicles, but there are some information which are not relevant for use in some vehicles. Also, most of the descriptions are not relevant to old vehicle types. If you have already acquired a basic understanding and knowledge on wood working, fiberglass, and electronic components, it would really help you a lot.

The sound system is consist of a main part which is called as head unit and probably, it is the part from which the listener is going to interact with. There are several reasons of why at times, you will want or need to replace the head unit. These include the features that do not satisfy you, has low quality, do not provide enough amount of power into the speakers, or not having ample aesthetic features.

First, replacement of head unit. Purchasing first for the new unit must be done. See to it that the purchased one caters to the car audio you have acquired. Sometimes, you will really have some difficulties especially in making decisions for selecting a high quality brand. One good suggestion is searching on the internet about the reviews of different brands.

After you purchase, next is removing the unit by the use of special pins in order for you to remove it easily. The dash may also need to be removed to access the head unit. Next is removing screws and getting the radio. Be sure that you will disconnect all wires connected to the supply of power and antenna. Do the steps reversely to install new head unit.

Second, replace your speakers. Speakers with poor quality should be replaced with modernized components which would result to having enormous improvement in its sound quality. Next, removing the screws that hold speakers in place, then disconnect all wires. Attach the new component.

Third, replace the amplifiers. These are devices which will provide much more amount of power to the speakers. These are being grounded by using separate wires into power lines. A power line is its connection to vehicle battery.

Fourth, replacement of subwoofer. A subwoofer is a type of large speaker, playing a low frequency sound while producing bass. The subwoofer is connected to amplifier and this is sealed by a silicone.




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