Aftermarket headunit issues

rosst192

rosst192

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Hey guys maybe someone can shed some light. I installed a kenwood head unit in my jk and it sounds horrible. My jeep has upgraded kicker speakers in it and I check them and they're working fine but there is no bass and the sound is very distorted. I used a wiring harness off amazon and everything seemed to link up. I messed with the settings some and it seemed to just make it worse. Is there something I'm missing?
 
billallen

billallen

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Do you have the factory amp? If you do you may have the wrong harness or you will have to bypass the amp
 
rosst192

rosst192

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That kind of what I'm wondering, I bought the jeep used and of course the dealership was as helpful as a dead horse about anything done to it. Any clue where the factory amp would be located would be located if I did?
 
Sithwindu

Sithwindu

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rosst192 said:
That kind of what I'm wondering, I bought the jeep used and of course the dealership was as helpful as a dead horse about anything done to it. Any clue where the factory amp would be located would be located if I did?
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I thought I read somewhere it was under steering dash, next to column
 
RKJK10

RKJK10

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rosst192 said:
Yeah that's exactly where, I'm not sure the harness I have is powering my tweeters either. Have to do some checking tomorrow.
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figure out the issue? what model do you have? I'm about to pull the trigger on a DNX392, I'm just wondering
 
Spencer11496

Spencer11496

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Check if you have the factory amp. Also, how did you connect the harness with the radio? Solder? Crimps? Twist caps? Could be a poor connection. Check and make sure you didn't invert the phase settings on the radio, it's usually only for the sub but still wouldn't hurt to check.
 
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