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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 07:08 AM
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Head unit gone bad

I have a clarion MD head unit. and the mids and high's stop working. I took it to Bestbuy to have it looked at. the instller told me that the head unit was bad. i asked why did my sub still work. he said because the rca's are different from the other speaker wires.

can i just use a splitter from the rca's and send one to my amp for my sub and send one to a 4 channel amp to the mids and high's?
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 07:14 AM
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how many sets of RCAs preouts does the unit have?
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 07:39 AM
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only one set of rca's coming out of the head unit
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 07:50 AM
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How did you have it hooked up before to play your other amp?
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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it was set up to run the 2 channel for the sub and the other spe3aker wires that were for the doors. i used the rca's to run the amp and sub.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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Ok so the interior speakers were not amped at the time? Sounds like the internal amp went bad.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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i guess. i want to know if i can just split the signal i get from the RCA's. and use a 4 channel amp for them?
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:37 AM
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technically yes, but I dont think it would sound to great. Although prolly better than it did before. Provided you have aftermarket speakers.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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i have infinity 6.5 components up front. and just infinity 6.5's in the rear doors.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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like don said. Youll lose your fading etc but it is possible. I would say ****** another unit or get that one repaired. We have a local guy that usually charges 50-75 fir that so you may be able to match that locally.
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