High level 5 channel Kicker Q Class amp install in a F150 Installer Diaries 192 part 1 

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You have to know we know it is called a “ twisted pair”

You can upgrade that base GT to 8" Sync 3 for $500ish if you shop around enough

Did you run a ground to the battery?

Yes , i have a 4 gauge ground to my frame , learned that from one of your previous videos@@FiveStarCarStereoInc

yeah i dont get all theses dummies that keep do high level out on the fords, change a couple of bits in forscan and you have low level out on the speaker wires, i made an adapter that took the speaker wires and converted them to rca then ran them to my processor/amp. sounds a million times better now. the output from the ford head unit is surprisingly clean and flat so it took very little work on the processor. little bit of time alignment and tuning for acoustics of the cabin and it was spot on.

@@weldchip you got a video of doing this? And what has to be changed in forscan?

@@eliminator1978 This a link to the forscan spreadsheet you'd need to modify the ACM. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uDSQ1Z5a2Wt8-kjrSiVSlDFGFHnfeuhb3RTMVz95730/htmlview# The 727-01-01 line is the line you need to modify. What you're looking to do is change the setting from "internal amp" to "external variable". What this does is bypass the internal amp and turns your ACM into a pre-amp. Completely eliminates the need for line converters and makes adding an amp much easier. You will also need to edit the 727-01-02 line to set the eq to "flat".

@@Sagittarius-88 how is that not on top of comments in this post?! So you take the high level wires from the harness, make RCA terminals with them, plug them to a DSP/amp and modify the ACM? That is it?

@@Dahita That's pretty much it. Once you make the necessary forscan modifications, your factory radio basically becomes a preamp device. No line converter would be needed. From what I understand, setting the factory eq to "flat" also eliminates any bass reduction at higher volume levels. From what I've read on the F150 forums, the line level signal from ACM is pretty clean, and peaks close to 5 volts.

paul hvizda what speakers are U using

I offer a dsp harness for your truck that’s Plug & play and even includes input and output 17ft harnesses to reach your amp . Www.plugnplaykits.com

The current KXA amplifiers with the Radio Detect circuit (120 ohm loading resistors) were designed after the IQ amps came to market. When we released the IQ amplifiers the need for loading resistors did not exist yet. That is why you don't see that feature on IQ amps but do on the KXA. Because we can't design/redesign every series of amplifiers at the same time, you will see this technology gap at times. As far as the sound quality and DSP in the IQ, it is top notch.

What Kip Litsey said. He know Kicker believe me.

The problem is not high vs low. The problem is clean vs factory messed up. Most times you have to go High level you have a bunch of sound problems you have to fix.

play it at half the speed.

AX-DSP-FD2 . It's on the box in the video.

It is the 2015 xlt with the small 2 liter engine.

@@FiveStarCarStereoInc OK thanks for the reply. I finally got a chance to re-watch at home and this is the same setup as mine. I've already tracked down that harness with amps and subs soon to follow

For an Alpine Ram with a full system we would use an Amp Pro. The signals coming out of that system are the worst. There is no amount of summing that can be done to help that system. We will let you know as soon as we know. Thank you

Five Star Car Stereo Thank you very mush. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

You mean he put a huge iPad in one.

This was a base model with out the factory amp. The AmpPro would not work. Your truck would and that is what we would use

It is a standard 4 channel 8.5 volt out. Any amp that can take that will work. Some are better then others of course. The LC7i is also a great product to use if you are unsure of the amps you have. I’m also a fan of the LCQ1 if you don’t want to go DSP.

Not at all. Doing so would invite people to upgrade. That is something they do not want. They want a closed system that you can’t touch.

@@FiveStarCarStereoInc agreed. It's just they do these terrible systems and expect people to not want to upgrade. How are you guys gonna handle these new head units that are just tablets sitting on top of the dash...

Go and watch the Saturday day show we had PAC-Audio on. They have solutions coming.

Clearwater

You can conduct a google search for the name of the company....

Yes still us, they are not going to be built in.

@@FiveStarCarStereoInc thank you . I'm on the fence for setting up my 2017 Tacoma.I'll use umy factory head unit with 5 channel amp every thing else aftermarket.

No, it is a per channel amount not a total.

Five Star Car Stereo so your saying it’s 20v total I put it can take because it’s 10v per channel so 10v left 10v right?

The amp waking up would be my guess. It can happen sometimes when the LC powers on the amp.

@@FiveStarCarStereoInc my local stereo shop said there's nothing they can do,

It will be out this summer from PAC. We had the Beta kit on the Saturday show a couple weeks back.

@@FiveStarCarStereoInc Thanks, I forgot about that beta piece.

I would of said just cut the OEM dash and toss that sync in the trash.

Sadly we just did one and did not have rime to film it.

No, Fords have to have a Factory Sony system for an AmpPro to work.