I've been looking into putting in aftermarket speakers and subs but doing so without splicing any of the factory wires.
I started with the LCQ-1 and hoped that it would turn on and off with the speakers output. It uses what AudioControl calls their GTO circuit (Great Turn On) and it works great in our application, assuming that you wish to keep the stock radio. I can verify, for certain, that the LCQ-1 will turn on and off with the factory radio including the door chimes.
The door chimes will be amplified and may be delayed at starting to play if you have an amp that doesn't turn on instantly.
Now in order to splice into the stereo wires without actually touching the factory wires, I ordered the PAC AA-GM44 which has a T-harness that allows access to all the wires coming out of the radio without touching the wires that were factory. I chose this product only better it was relatively cheap and easier and faster than making any custom harness.
I'm using about 3feet of 9 conductor speed wire to get the speaker wires down to the LCQ-1, I'm using about 4feet of wire to send power and ground to the LCQ-1. Now the only reason I am using the speed wire was to keep all my colours in check so I didn't mix up the wires. I was trying to get yellow and black for the power and ground, but apparently, yellow is too cool for Canadian Tire.
The colours on the T-harness are set to the standard car audio colours so the positive speakers are plain colours and the negatives have a black stripe. Front left is whites, front right is grays, rear left is greens and rear right is purples. Then the yellow wire is constant 12v and black is ground. Since the sonic is radio turn on by data signal there is no remote turn on wire which is why I chose to use the LCQ-1 in the first place.
I'm currently hiding the LCQ-1 just underneath the air conditioning box and it is a short distance away from the radio and out of the way but close enough to get the signal wires to the back and to the shifter area where I plan on hiding my Rockford Fosgate PBR300X4.
I started with the LCQ-1 and hoped that it would turn on and off with the speakers output. It uses what AudioControl calls their GTO circuit (Great Turn On) and it works great in our application, assuming that you wish to keep the stock radio. I can verify, for certain, that the LCQ-1 will turn on and off with the factory radio including the door chimes.
The door chimes will be amplified and may be delayed at starting to play if you have an amp that doesn't turn on instantly.
Now in order to splice into the stereo wires without actually touching the factory wires, I ordered the PAC AA-GM44 which has a T-harness that allows access to all the wires coming out of the radio without touching the wires that were factory. I chose this product only better it was relatively cheap and easier and faster than making any custom harness.
I'm using about 3feet of 9 conductor speed wire to get the speaker wires down to the LCQ-1, I'm using about 4feet of wire to send power and ground to the LCQ-1. Now the only reason I am using the speed wire was to keep all my colours in check so I didn't mix up the wires. I was trying to get yellow and black for the power and ground, but apparently, yellow is too cool for Canadian Tire.
The colours on the T-harness are set to the standard car audio colours so the positive speakers are plain colours and the negatives have a black stripe. Front left is whites, front right is grays, rear left is greens and rear right is purples. Then the yellow wire is constant 12v and black is ground. Since the sonic is radio turn on by data signal there is no remote turn on wire which is why I chose to use the LCQ-1 in the first place.
I'm currently hiding the LCQ-1 just underneath the air conditioning box and it is a short distance away from the radio and out of the way but close enough to get the signal wires to the back and to the shifter area where I plan on hiding my Rockford Fosgate PBR300X4.
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