Pioneer Avic 5100 with Kicker Hideaway

Wesley08 · Aug 27, 2016

Alright guys I'm new to the audio world. I recently installed the avic 5100 with little to no issues. I installed it with the Metra xsvi-6502 nav harness. Everything radio wise seems to work fine. I also purchased kicker hideaway because it's small enough to fit under my seat. I spliced the speaker wires directly into an rca plug, but once hooked up to my head unit the packaged amp/sub doesn't work. I've got a blue light on the amp, so I know I'm getting power. I'm just not sure where to go from here. Anyone have any suggestions? I have a 2008 2 door ram with the standard audio if that helps.

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Bullitt5339 · Aug 27, 2016

You can't just splice the RCAs into a speaker wire, the RCA's are a much lower voltage output than a standard speaker connection.

Wesley08 · Aug 27, 2016

So do I need some sort of a converter?

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Bullitt5339 · Aug 27, 2016

No, the Pioneer should have low level RCA outputs built into it. You should just need long enough RCA cables to reach from the headunit to the amplifier.

justin13703 · Aug 27, 2016

^ Beat me to it. Everything Bullitt said is correct. Just pull your radio out and plug your sub rca's into the radio. Like he said you can't just splice rca's onto speaker wire, they make line output converters to do this, but there's no reason to use one when you have a radio with sub outputs built in. This way you will actually have independent subwoofer control from the radio.

Make sure you plug into the "Sub" outputs. There will be 3 sets of rca outputs back there. One for front, one for rear, and one for a subwoofer. They are labeled.

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