stereo installs........

Ryan,
The 24th should work for me.

ski anyway i could give you some cash chrcl money order for 75 feet of 14 gauge?..if not ill just purchase off ebay...

Ryan, this weekend should be fine. do you have everything we are going to need? What time are we going to start? I think we should try to get an early start. looking forward to meeting you and Eric.

randy -the amp is a bazooka maa465...www.sonicelectronix.com

home depot wanted 60 for 100 ft of 14 gauge wire!

randy talked to eric today. sqaturday should be fine..eric mentinoed something around 800am?. too early, if so no big deal....beers cracked by 900am! i got the ring terminals for 8 gauge wire? is this what i need? or do i need them for the 3 gauge wire?.anyways i have 8 ring terminals for 8 gauge wire and 4 ring terminals for 2 gauge(will have to crimp if needed).hope i have the right ones, your not talking about like the ones on my car battery or boat are you?..those big heavy ones?...eric said to call me friday to get final details..time beer choice etc..anything else you can think of?

randy- was playing around today(sunday) with the stereo and noticed something good and bad...good part everything is still working and i moved the sub all the way uo facing towards the back.. turned the gain up a few hairs and holy sh*t does it pound..everything up front shakes and everything that doesnt shake vibrates...if i turn it up past 24-25 on my cd player it starts to skip....sounds freaking awesome, pretty amazing for one 12" sub and 4 speakers in a boat...ok so bad news is this....you know how the perko has a 1-2-all-off switch...well battery #2 was supposed to be for the stereo only, one for starting...well if i turn the knob to 32 it plays, and it also plays on #2 and all...the whole idea is to have the battery for instance #1 as the "boat starting battery"...shouldnt play while turned to one..correct or im i confused, which could very will be...i just want to make sure one battery is not getting any amp/volts used...should it still play while turned to all?.(it does)and should it still play while turned to #1(it does)

thanks bkh-again as randy will soon chime in im a complete idiot to this stuff, but learning. can honestly say this sites pretty damn cool and very damn useful...thanks, ryan

not a big deal randy, either way im pressing a button, wether its a breaker or my cd player....correct?....i was just confused today cause i was toying around and noticed i could get power out of #1 #2 all ...wanted to make sure all was good before i tied it all up put it all back together....thanks

hooking up that audiobahn???? getting the fever ehh..lol...no big deal, i trust you..just got al ilttle confused, ithought that when i turned it to #1 i would have no power....tried injecting the zerk fitting with some grease yet?....i was reading on planet nautique a minute ago, and that wire we have is thnn if you look...i guess thats the best wire for marine use....its the only wire approved by a few different marine companies..thats cool to hear, is a bitch to work with though.....have fun

The equipment is all connected directly to batt.#2. It doesn't matter which way you switch the switch the stuff is still connected directly to the battery. The switch serves to isolate the starting battery so that even if you drain batt.#2 completely you can still start the boat with batt.#1. You will probably want to keep it set to ALL most of the time so both battery's are being charged by the alternator. If you are out at the sand bar drinking beer and pounding the ba$$ you would probably want to switch it to battery #2 to keep battery #1 from draining. Then before starting the boat switch to battery #1 and once started switch to ALL so you are charging both battery's.

I tried to take the Audiobahn apart to solder leads to the board for power, remote and ground. Apparently everything is glued before it is screwed together because it is not coming apart... I guess I will call Audiobahn tomorrow and order the wiring harness.

dans, so you got yours apart? maybe I will try again. seemed like it was glued in there real good and I didn't want to break anything. I'll try again...

randy the wire is called thnn or thhn look on the wire....i guess that and one other type of wire is actually approved for marine use...a great thing, let me know if you personally ever need any wire etc.later

Soldered wires to the board of the Audiobahn powered sub. This thing hits a lot better than my 8" bazooka. takes up a lot more space under the observers seat. I want to build a sub into the kick panel under the helm eventually. This will work for now.

Thanks Ryan!

Well my dask black top part needed paint so I put the CD inside the dash & a cup holder .I dont care if I gotta buy a CD player every time it gets wet.I got tierd of reaching under the dash.