JohnO said:
I replaced the stock radio in my '99 Outback a year or so ago, and it
sounds great. However, while doing a major cleaning last week I noticed
that the subwoofer is silent.
BTW, the sub is a module under the driver's seat, complete with amp and
a 4-inch speaker. Wow, what a great subwoofer.
In fairness, I'm
hoping to actually see if it's any good.
Does anyone have *any* info on the wiring of this little beast? I could
always open it up and figger out the main guzintas and gozoutas, but
I'm lazy these days.
John O
<fingers crossed>
Some of the other posters have said bad things about the
Soobie/Panasonic underseat sub, but I've been happy with the one in my
2000 OBW. The "bad things" applies to the absolute POC/POS factory
"premium" speakers.
It's not perfect; it only has speaker-level inputs (usually fed off the
rear pair). If the crossover frequency is set too high; it does a good
imitation of a duck when overdriven. When used with a full set of decent
6 1/4" speakers and adjusted correctly.... it's beautemus! Just don't
expect to outbump or outthump that Escalade with the 22" Dubs alongside
you at the stoplight.
The power and signal wires go to a "T" connector that inserted between
the dashboard harness and the connector on the radio.
If you used an adapter from the dash harness to the wire harness that
came with your new radio; all you have to do is pull the dash apart and
plug it in.
If you did the "chop off/splice on" method; you'll have to "splice on"
the sub's harness to make it work.
Google is your friend on what wire goes where...
It found this old post from here in alt.autos.subaru!
Factory Subwoofer Wiring
From: Richard Melville
Date: Sat, Nov 10 2001 1:27 am
Email: "Richard Melville" <(e-mail address removed)>
Groups: alt.autos.subaru
Several weeks ago, I posted a question about the wiring for the Subaru
factory subwoofer. Here is the answer.
The 1998 and 2000 Outback and 2002 WRX subwoofers are all wired exactly the
same. Other years are probably the same also.
The sub comes with a tap-off cable that can be cut off and adapted to
basically any car. The wires on the sub cable are 'striped', but the
primary
colors are all different. Here is what they are:
POWER:
Gray -- Chassis ground
Red -- +12 Volt, switched.
There is NO turn-on lead and the sub is powered whenever the ignition
switch
is on even if the radio is off. (At least this is true for the dealer
install on my 1998 Outback ).
SPEAKER LEVEL INPUTS:
Violet -- Left Rear +
Orange -- Left Rear -
White -- Right Rear +
Black -- Right Rear -
(There is no rule that says these speaker taps couldn't be to front
speakers
or any other right/left pair. So, it is useable with any system of
reasonable power output and floating speakers.)
I have installed the 2002 WRX version of the sub in my 1986 Porsche 951 and
it works perfectly for what I wanted -- no modification to the interior --
meaning, that there are 4 upgraded 4X6 speakers in the factory locations
and
the tiny sub hidden under the passenger seat. The head unit is a Sanyo
FXCD500 which is a single DIN CD/Cassette/Receiver with a 'claimed' 45w X4
output (probably about 15w X4 clean rms output).
