how do you setup a 12" subwoofer & box???

[swbdave]

As the title, how do you setup a 12" subwoofer & box??? i have just fitted one in my van today, i have turned the bass off on the head unit

the bass box amp has 3 controls, frequency, bass boost & gain

i'm effin clueless how to set up one of these things!!!! i presume gain is a master volume, frequency, i have no clue what to do with? it go's from 50htz to 250htz & bass boost???? clueless as i thought thats what the bass box did anyways!

my head unit is an aldi tevion brand 4x45watts
door speakers are stock/OE 30watt mk5 transit jobbys
i have tweeters in the doors also which made a big differance to the crispness of the sound, suprised me how much differance they make
my subwoofer box is an EDGE 12" with built in amp, i think its 900watts

i'm clueless with car stereo gear-i've just fitted it all & trying to make everthing look factory-ish, i have no rear speakers yet, i have some cheapo 13cm 3 way ones from maplins i think they are about 150/200watts i have'nt fitted them yet!

i've also got some tweeters with built in crossovers-i dont know what that means though???? i was hoping to put them in the back of the van with the maplin 13cm 3 way speakers or possibly the headlining as my mk5 is a swb minibus but with a futon rather than seats

i'm just trying to put together a better but budget £££ stereo in my van & make it sound half decent

any car stereo advice is appreciated chaps

the biggest arse is routing all the cables out if sight so it looks good & works well

[darkbluevanman]

how have you connected the bass box to the head uint, do you have power to the Bbox?.. does it have a remote wire connection for powering it up?

[swbdave]

yeah its on & on/working i just dont know how to set it so i dont sound like a dickhead going down the street, i dont really want it so other people here it too much

i put the bass box in as the standard speakers are a bit weak in the bass tones when the stereo is loud so my thinking is if i keep the bass notes/tones out of the door speakers & in the bass box then i "hopefully" wont blow the speakers when i have it loud on longer journeys

i dont know what you do with the 3 control nobs on the bass box

gain
frequency
bass boost

i have them all just above the lowest setting at the moment, it sounds alot better now but i know it could sound better, i just dont know what to do to make it sound better

i have everything set to 0 or what i think you call flat on the head unit apart from the treble which i have on number 4

my theory is if i can make reggae sound really clear with decent bass on the setup i have then all other music type should sound great too

[Guy88]

set the levels on the head unit all to the middle,

bass boost on the amp to 0

Frequency to around about the middle

Turn stereo to around 70% volume and slowly turn gain up untill the sub sounds good

Once thats done you adjust the bass boost to increace the bass to where you want it

[swbdave]

cheers guy, i'll have a fanny around with that tomorrow before i head out

i dont know if this makes sence? PICTURE THIS!!! say if i'm parked up at santa pod having a cuppaT & a bacon butty i have the front doors shut but sliding door open

when you walk away from the van i'd like it to sound like a home hifi not tinny-does that make sence

i know its alot harder to replicate in a van especially i spose with a "proper" budget stereo system but if i can get it in the ball-park-ish i'd be well chuffed

my van is having to do some big milage this week with my 2 speaker, 2 tweeter & bass-box system so it'll definately be easier to mess with the settings & see if i can impress myself anyways LOL

i'm not looking forward to routing the speaker cables for the rear fo the van, i have to take up the rear floor, climbing under the van its been bolted down all around
even bolts i cant get to that means i'll have to at least lower the fuel tank to get to them which is a bit of a mare!

but the rear floor needs replacing so so it'll be a big-ish job that's allow me to do a few other jobs & possibly route extra cables for futre stereo bits/bobs

its amazing the differance a half decent sound from the stereo makes to get rid of that van feeling........

[swbdave]

guy great bit of advice on the rough setup bud, just come back home from birmingham volume on 38 (maximum is 40) & it was fookin loud as heck!!!

i dont get that boom boom boom or dumpfh dumpfh dumpfh untill the volume is above about 28

need to play with the bass frequency a little more on break tomorrow but reggae sounds pretty decent now what it'll be like ith

i listen to everything from jonny cash to annie mac amped, cindi lauper to ac-dc/motorhead nicky thomas to the pogues, i have a right good range of tunes on the ipod!

great to have a decent sound for once!

what it'll be like when i add rear speakers i dont know

a subwoofer box & tweeters make a massive differance to a standard setup!!!!!

[bezzabsa]

got me eyes open for a decent amp n sub for the back of the 'viv'.. as i have a quality double din all singing all dancing JVC headunit up front to run it all

[darkbluevanman]

yeah its on & on/working i just dont know how to set it so i dont sound like a dickhead going down the street...

Bit late for that

[swbdave]

darkbluevanman i think ya may be right lol

[darkbluevanman]

darkbluevanman i think ya may be right lol

I am.... you don't need bass for radio2

[swbdave]

LOL thats is true bud, i do turn the bassbox volume off when i'm listening to bbc cw, i do have radio 2 on now n again in all honesty

i am the one chatting along conversing with radio shows/arguing & no bugger bloody hears me