Can you please advise how I should wire up these boat stereo components?

[madurodave]

Please let me know how I should run these speakers and sub. Should I run the four sony speakers on the head unit and the tower speakers and sub of the amp? Should I buy another amp? Should I install all speakers on the amp?

I am so confused on what to do........ Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

Here is what I have to install on my boat.

Receiver: Sony CDXM60UI, 52W x 4 High Power -23.2 watts per channel continous average power into 4 Ohms.

Amplifier: Sony MX-604M, 4/3 Channel Amp, 600W max power, 60w x 4 RMS into 4 ohms, 70W x 4 RMS into 2 ohmsm 160W x 1 RMS into 4 ohms (rear), selectable 80 Hz HPF/LPF

Four in boat speakers: Sony XS-MP1620W, 45W RMS, 160 Watt Peak, 4 Ohms

Two tower speakers: Polk MM651, 100 W RMS, 200 Watt Peak, 2.7 Ohms

One subwoofer: Sony XS-L100P5M, 200 Watt rated, 800 W peak, 6 Ohms

 

[hrdwrkingacguy]

Re: Can you please advise how I should wire up these boat stereo components?

What I would do is run the boat speakers from the deck...one to each channel....Then the tower speakers off the amp one to each channel...And bridge the amp's rear channel to the subwoofer...Adjust the gains so it sounds ok mixing the deck and amp'd speakers...If the deck has a sub out you need to run that to the rear channel of the amp...I would use the sub-out and set whatever type of crossover the deck has for the subwoofer and let the rest play full range...

In my truck I don't use the crossovers in my alpine or fosgate amps...Ive tried it both ways and letting the deck be the crossover works better for me...

 

[madurodave]

Re: Can you please advise how I should wire up these boat stereo components?

Thanks so much! Can you please explain this?

I would use the sub-out and set whatever type of crossover the deck has for the subwoofer and let the rest play full range...

 

[hrdwrkingacguy]

Re: Can you please advise how I should wire up these boat stereo components?

Your CD player has 2 sets of preamp outputs (front and rear) and a third set that's call sub out I would run the front set to the front channel of the amp and the sub out to the rear channel of the amp...In the menu of the CD player there "Should" be a bass crossover setting and a level control(different from the trebble/bass that probably goes from +7 to -7 or something) I set the subwoofer crossover to 80hz...

 

[madurodave]

Re: Can you please advise how I should wire up these boat stereo components?

thanks so much