Hello all...

Been a while since I been here. I must say I like the new 'front page' to the aussiemagna.com site!

I have a question regarding my amp...
I looked at the instruction manual, and found very little but a lot of spelling mistakes. I have run a search here, and got nowhere. I looked up Boss audio's web site, and my amp must be a little too old to feature there, 'coz I couldn't see it.

Anyhow, I am sure someone here will know!

I have the standard RCA inputs (four of them... no surprises there). But, after all the L.P.F/H.P.F/FULL and Decibel settings, I have two more RCA 'inputs' that read 'Output'.
I can only assume that this is for running something from the amp, but the only thing that springs to my mind is another amp. Am I right, or is everyone snickering at there screen in contempt?

I thought I could maybe run a second sub, but then realised that it is highly unlikely it would be a reliable audio output, as there is no way to shape the sound from these output inputs (?!?!)

If anyone has any SOLID THEORIES (I don't wanna hear about how it might be there to run a coffee machine, pasta maker, or foot spa!), please share them. I would like to use my system to its maximum capacity.

Ta.

The Output RCA's are Generally a Way to connect a Signal from your Head unit through to your First Amp, then using the Output allows you to " Dasiy Chain" your RCA Signal to another Amp..

It basically means that IF you had Two of these Amps you would feed the RCA from your Deck,into the First Amp then Connect a Set of RCA's from the Output to the Input of the next amp so they Both recieve the same Signal..

You pretty much hit the nail on the head!
As a tip if your adding a second amp... RCA your BEST amp first and then use its outputs into the other amp... its quite likely to have a cleaner signal path (less degradation, colouration etc..) and that means better sound all round for you!!
Good Luck

Excellent!
Thanking you for your advice. One more question, though...
If I (or anyone else, for that matter) decided to run a second amp in the manner suggested above, would the second amp recieve 'blank power', so to speak, or would it's power be dedicated to running the speakers wired to the first amp? In essence, would one be able to run five more speakers from the second amp, or would it just be there to further power what is already in the car?
Just need to consider whether or not I could do with another four speakers in the car. I think I'll upgrade to splits in the front, 'coz my 2 way Pioneers have never sounded clean (always sound as though they're struggling with low frequency. I have tried EVERYTHING short of trying to get them replaced under warranty... but for $100, is there much point?)
If the splits solve my quality problem, I'll leave the Output Inputs alone. If it seems as though the sky is the limit once I get the front of the car sounding sweet, I'll begin the hunt for more speakers and another amp.

Thanks again.

The RCA outputs are a 'pass thru' type thing... basically, signal comes to your amp, via it's input RCA's, and then the signal gets amplified and passed out through your speaker terminals. But with the 'pass thru' RCA output, the signal is delivered to them WITHOUT being amplified or affected in any way at all (save for quality of circuitry). So to answer your question, here's an example.

I have my h/u with RCA out, and I plug the RCA in to the input of my 4 channel amp, and use that 4 channel amp to run my splits. On my 4 channel amp, it has RCA outputs. I go from that output to my bridged 2 channel amp, which has a sub hooked up to it.

Using the RCA output won't combine the power of your two amps, it is simply a signal delivery method. A lot of head units have multiple RCA outputs on them, but if you have a cheap one, and only have one RCA out, then having the RCA pass-through on the amp is a great way to add a sub.

So to summarise... you run whatever load (speakers) off one amp, and then whatever load off the 2nd amp, it will not combine power ratings (so 100wrms and 500wrms will not become 600wrms), and is only taking the signal from the headunit and bypassing the gain circuit of the first amp, to supply the second amp with the original UN-amped signal.

Hope this helps! :D

Phillbert Nailed it ...

They are a Pass Through.. You won't get any more power, just a signal..

As has been said...

The line out here will contain the exact signal that has entered the amps.

This enables you to pass the full range signal on to another amp.

By doing this you can Highpass one amp and low pass another.

On the flipside, if the highpassed signal was passed through the first amps RCA's in through the second Low passed amp, there would be no signal at the other end as the full frequency range has been removed.

The Line out signal will not alter in volume/characteristics from the amp it went through only from the headunit/source itself.

Peace

Tim