'11 f150 no nav or sony
02-18-2012, 08:18 PM
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'11 f150 no nav or sony
Can anyone send me pics or tell me how to set the following up in pretty good detail? I can't find what im looking for.
Stock head unit -> PAC -> lc6i -> alpine 5 channel powering doors and dual 10" setup!
THANKS!!
Stock head unit -> PAC -> lc6i -> alpine 5 channel powering doors and dual 10" setup!
THANKS!!
02-18-2012, 08:49 PM
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I believe that won't work with the LC6I because it only has speaker wire inputs. If you want to use the LC6I look into the two wiring harnesses I just made a thread about. But only after there's confirmation from somebody here that they will in fact work with our stereos.
02-18-2012, 09:22 PM
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The whole purpose of the PAC unit is to have RCA outputs to go to amps. The LC6i takes speaker level inputs in from your stock deck and outputs the sound via RCA's. In other words, you don't need the LC6i if you have the PAC harness. I guess you could use it, but it kind of defeats the purpose of the PAC.
If you want the LC6i, get the Metra BT-5520 harness. You can run speaker level inputs from it to the LC6i and then have VERY short RCA cables from the LC6i to your amp or amps. This is a little harder method, but provides a cleaner signal and can manipulate that signal more easily than just going from the deck straight to amps with the PAC unit.
I went the Metra route in my truck and have wired it to the LC6i and then to two amps powering 6 speakers and a subwoofer. Everything functions as if it were a stock stereo and completely eliminates all the shortcomings of the factory sound system.
If you want the LC6i, get the Metra BT-5520 harness. You can run speaker level inputs from it to the LC6i and then have VERY short RCA cables from the LC6i to your amp or amps. This is a little harder method, but provides a cleaner signal and can manipulate that signal more easily than just going from the deck straight to amps with the PAC unit.
I went the Metra route in my truck and have wired it to the LC6i and then to two amps powering 6 speakers and a subwoofer. Everything functions as if it were a stock stereo and completely eliminates all the shortcomings of the factory sound system.
02-18-2012, 09:56 PM
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Thanks alot for that, that is what I was looking for!
You wouldn't happen to have pics of how you wired your door speakers up would you? Or atleast run through it? Like from the lc6i to speakers?
You wouldn't happen to have pics of how you wired your door speakers up would you? Or atleast run through it? Like from the lc6i to speakers?
02-19-2012, 08:09 PM
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I didn't run new speaker wires from the doors. I used the factory wiring. I'm not building a competition stereo, so for me, it wasn't necessary.
I bought what is called 9 Wire which is one bundle of wire that has all 8 speaker wires and the remote wire encased in one wire. You need two runs of these. One from the Metra harness to the LC6i and then the other from the amp or amps back to the other side of the Metra harness. I ran mine both from the deck under the steering column and down the driver side of the truck.
I bought what is called 9 Wire which is one bundle of wire that has all 8 speaker wires and the remote wire encased in one wire. You need two runs of these. One from the Metra harness to the LC6i and then the other from the amp or amps back to the other side of the Metra harness. I ran mine both from the deck under the steering column and down the driver side of the truck.