Select Increments Intra-Pod - Manual

READ THIS FIRST FOR AN EASY INSTALL:
MOST IMPORTANT TIPS & F.A.Q.
1) The threaded holes in the amplifier cavity and under the speaker are used in the molding process and mean
nothing for your install.
2) If your radio has unused RCA Inputs, use them! If it has an RCA Sub Input, even better! If you don’t have
RCA’s and you’re going to use actual speaker wires as the inputs. That’s okay, but it is recommended that you
use a High-to Low adapter so you can still run RCA’s into the amplifier for the input signal.
These little boxes are available at Radio Shack or your local car audio or auto parts store and are inexpensive.
3) THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN YOUR CAR AUDIO SYSTEM IS THE RADIO!
Your amplifier(s) and speakers can only replicate the signal they receive. A generic radio simply won’t give
you a crisp, clean signal for which to work with and will seriously inhibit an otherwise great-sounding system.
If you’re looking to upgrade to a better radio, get one with two sets of (4 volt or better) RCA pre-amp outputs
AND an RCA Subwoofer pre-amp output.
4) When you’re conducting sound tests on the Intra-Pod, check your FM sound as well as your CD sound.
No matter what radio you have, they all produce a better signal with a higher dB when playing a CD. The
exact same song played on FM simply won’t sound as good or get as loud.
Note: RUN RCA’s OR SPEAKER INPUT WIRES TO THE
AMPLIFIER AWAY FROM YOUR AMP’s
POWER AND REMOTE WIRES, TO
REMOVE INTERFERENCE (i.e. noise
or ‘hum’ coming through speakers.) BRING THE
REMOTE AND POWER WIRE IN THROUGH A
SEPARATE VENT.
5) The best place to run the amplifier power wire through the firewall and to your Jeep’s battery is on the bottom
right-hand corner of the firewall on the passenger’s side, just above where the floor slopes upward and
meets the firewall. You’ll see a little metal area that’s exposed, that’s where you want to drill a
hole to run the amplifier power wire through. Mount the power wire’s fuse block in the engine compartment,
above your battery. Drill two pilot holes in the firewall and run two screws through the fuse block and
into the firewall.
6) The ground wire for the amplifier should be as short as possible. For best results, mount it by way of
a ring terminal to one of the seat bolts that mount the seats to the floor. Large ring terminals such as this
can be purchased at your local car audio or auto parts store. (Or you can use the smaller ring terminal that comes
with the amplifier wiring kit and drill a smaller hole, use a smaller screw and run it into the floor of the vehicle.
Either way, make sure the terminal is sitting on bare metal.) Remove the seat bracket and scrape some paint out
of the way to expose bare metal on the floor boards for the ring terminal to rest on. FOLLOWING THIS
METHOD WILL ENSURE A GREAT GROUND! We also recommend that you ground your radio at the
same place as the amplifier. This can be accomplished by cutting the ground wire at the back of the radio and
attaching it to a new wire, which is run from your radio to the amplifier’s ground location. This method will
reduce all ground loops between your radio and amplifier, reducing the risk of alternator ‘whine’.
7) Don’t go nuts fastening the Intra-Pod to the floor, just enough to hold it securely without splitting the two
tabs up front. The third and final screw is mounted through the base of the Intra-Pod and into the floor, behind
the speaker; this one can go in tighter since it won’t split the plastic.
8) Use solder for wire connections, if possible.
9) Make sure to seal the extra space around the speaker wires where they go through the grommet hole of the Intra-Pod
with a glue gun, wax, etc. so no air escapes and the internal space is completely sealed. If air can escape there it can result
in a vibration noise or whistling noise.
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