Simple Ways On Upgrading Custom Car Audio Through Replacement

By David Jones


Vehicle audio, an equipment which is installed into the car or other types of vehicle to be able to provide an entertainment and as well as information to occupants. Before, for old car types, this is being controlled through pressing some buttons from dashboards, but for the modernize cars, it can now be controlled from either voice commands or steering wheels. Aside from its use for music and for radio, it also became a part of telecommunication, hands free calling, remote diagnostic system, telematics, vehicle security, and navigation.

A lot of people wanted to have expensive systems in their cars, but unfortunately they cannot afford on buying those very expensive cars, so they just have to deal with low quality systems. An audio having low quality often results to louder volumes distortion, and unclear sounds with no bass. In this article, you will be provided with some information and steps for doing an upgrade of custom car audio.

This article assumes also that you already have even just a small knowledge about this particular subject. The advices would apply into most types of vehicles, but some information may not apply to other vehicle types. Most information are also not applicable to a very old vehicle type. Having the basic understanding and basic knowledge about the electronic components, woodworking, and fiberglass is very helpful.

The main part of a sound system is called the head unit. This is what the listeners will interact with most of the time. There are many stated reasons on which most people prefer to have their head units replaced. These reasons include not having an aesthetic feature which is ample, power is not well provided to the speaker, is not high in quality, or unsatisfied users because of low quality features.

So now the first step is replacing the head unit. You will need to purchase first a new unit and make sure that you are going to purchase a unit that will cater to your car audio. At times, one difficult question that may be hard for you to answer is what type of brand you will purchase. So one important tip here is browsing the internet or look for some reviews about some particular brands.

After you purchase, next is removing the unit by the use of special pins in order for you to remove it easily. The dash may also need to be removed to access the head unit. Next is removing screws and getting the radio. Be sure that you will disconnect all wires connected to the supply of power and antenna. Do the steps reversely to install new head unit.

Second, replacement of speakers. A poor quality speaker must be replaced with a modern component to have an enormous sound quality improvement. Next, remove all the screws that are holding the speaker and disconnect the wires. After, attach your newly purchased speakers.

Third, replace the amplifiers. These are devices which will provide much more amount of power to the speakers. These are being grounded by using separate wires into power lines. A power line is its connection to vehicle battery.

And lastly is replacing subwoofer. These are large speakers that play sounds having low frequencies and will produce bass as well. These are connected to amplifiers and these are being sealed by silicone.




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