Re: 2000 Dakota Infinity Sound system

From: Phillip Batson (pbatson68@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2012 - 14:20:02 EDT


Yeah, I changed the speakers out long ago. :)

Any idea if it is a 2 channel or 4 channel? I'm wondering if it is 4, since you have right/left as well as front/rear fade.

Thanks again guys!

----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Pitz <bill@pitz.net>
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: 2000 Dakota Infinity Sound system
>
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> Phil Batson
>>
>>
>



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