Re: 2000 Dakota Infinity Sound system

From: Andy Levy (andy.levy@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2012 - 13:43:49 EDT


On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 13:38, Bill Pitz <bill@pitz.net> wrote:
>
> The amp is located behind the kick panel on the passenger's side.  If I
> remember correctly, you have to take off the door sill trim and then you can
> pop the kick panel off -- it has 2 or 3 clips holding it on.  The stock amp
> is very tall and narrow (I think it's only about 7" wide), so you may have
> to shop a bit to find an amp that fits in that opening.
>
> The amp takes speaker-level inputs (e.g. the speaker output from your head
> unit).  If you put in a new amp, you'll probably want to run new wiring so
> you can use line-level input from your head unit and increase the audio
> quality a bit.
>
> For what it is, the infinity amp is decent...but the factory speakers were
> terrible.
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
> On 4/19/2012 10:09 AM, Phillip Batson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey, do you guys have any idea where the amp is located and how it is
>> wired to the speakers? I am going to throw that MTX sub system in the back
>> under the seats, and rather than put an amp in just for that, I figured I'd
>> replace the Infinity one with an amp that can do a sub as well.
>>
>>
>> Has anyone done this already? Anything to watch out for?
>>
>> I stuck an Axxera XDMA7600 head unit in a while back. Awesome unit.

Passenger side kick panel sounds right to me.



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