Stereo Installed

[spharis]

Awesome Coach! I was under the impression those CPS remotes were for Sony stereos, how'd they wire it into the Alpine?

Those use a standard interface. The Alpine he has is 3rd party remote ready...theres a little mini plg in the back of it......so the CPS will work, though it may have had to be done through a PAC adapter....it kind of like wiring in a steering wheel control adapter to a car. You can also use remotes made by PAC or Soundgate, but the CPS is marine.

[Domsz06]

good to know spharris!

[spharis]

Found one....PAC makes a kit that uses the remote, so just buy this kit.

http://www.pac-audio.com/products/pr...ine%20Products
at the bottom
SC1-W KIT

Its the remote and the SC-1....so it was either that, or a steering wheel adapter. Depends on if they wanted to use the IR signal, or hard wire to connect the remote. If the hard wire was used, then they bought the CPS remote, and a steering wheel control. I have never done one so I don't know for sure. Maybe Coach knows which PAC adapter was used for the remote, if any at all.

[Coach]

Found one....PAC makes a kit that uses the remote, so just buy this kit.

http://www.pac-audio.com/products/pr...ine%20Products
at the bottom
SC1-W KIT

Its the remote and the SC-1....so it was either that, or a steering wheel adapter. Depends on if they wanted to use the IR signal, or hard wire to connect the remote. If the hard wire was used, then they bought the CPS remote, and a steering wheel control. I have never done one so I don't know for sure. Maybe Coach knows which PAC adapter was used for the remote, if any at all.

The PAC SC-1 is what was used to interface the Alpine HU and the Accesss Technologies remote. They use the Access Tech remote because they have less problems with them. Alpine is suppose to have a marine wired remote coming out (they have said that for 3 years now). It works well. The only problem I had was the I-Rock wireless remote and the wired remote can't work together at the same time. I have to unplug one and plug in the other to work. It is not as conveintent but will when I want to use the wireless remote I will be on the beach not the boat so I can deal with it.

[talltigeguy]

Where exactly are your six interior speakers?

My dealer has an RZ2 and he just had four cabin speakers (the same kind by the way, and they sounded very, very good) with just two in the rear corners and the two in the bow. Tige did not do a great job on locations for the other two main cabin speakers...where did you put them?

That L5 is gigantic!

[Coach]

Where exactly are your six interior speakers?

My dealer has an RZ2 and he just had four cabin speakers (the same kind by the way, and they sounded very, very good) with just two in the rear corners and the two in the bow. Tige did not do a great job on locations for the other two main cabin speakers...where did you put them?

That L5 is gigantic!

There is a spot in the fiberglass just below the observers seat that a 6.5 will fit. I didn't put that picture up (I will find the pic tonight). The picture with the stainless bezel is right behind the drivers seat.

So I have 2 in the normal spots in the cabin and one across from me under the observers seat and one right behind the drivers seat and 2 in the bow.

Here is the pic behind my seat

[bschmaus]

Would the EIDB system Tige installs push the wattage necessary to maximize your system?

[spharis]

No...........

[Matt Garcia]

My ears are hurting just looking at that!

Nice setup.

[Domsz06]

i think it looks sharp. I need to get some pics of mine up there

[Coach]

Where exactly are your six interior speakers?

My dealer has an RZ2 and he just had four cabin speakers (the same kind by the way, and they sounded very, very good) with just two in the rear corners and the two in the bow. Tige did not do a great job on locations for the other two main cabin speakers...where did you put them?

That L5 is gigantic!

Here is the other pic of the cabin speaker just below the observers seat.

[Coach]

Would the EIDB system Tige installs push the wattage necessary to maximize your system?

It wouldn't even be close. The set up I have gives me 300 Amp hours with the stock starting battery back in the stock location. I will run my system about 6-8 hours a day. The alternator will help some but never get the batteries back to a charged state. The 300 Amp hours will let me go most of the weekend without having to put it on a charger. I still will end up charging it up each night to keep the batteries full and prolong the life of the batteries.

[spharis]

It wouldn't even be close. The set up I have gives me 300 Amp hours with the stock starting battery back in the stock location. I will run my system about 6-8 hours a day. The alternator will help some but never get the batteries back to a charged state. The 300 Amp hours will let me go most of the weekend without having to put it on a charger. I still will end up charging it up each night to keep the batteries full and prolong the life of the batteries.

ZX-1500 = 27A @ 1500 watts and 2 ohms
(2)ZX-850 = (2)14.6A @ 215 watts
total amp draw playing tunes avg. probably 40% of that so:
22.5 amp draw.

300 amp hours should give:
15 amps for 20 hours
37 amps for 8 hours
22.5 amps for 12 hours
A full charge after a hard day and you will be golden! You should have a 4 hour reserve assuming you value your hearing.

At max output you'll push 56A, so that would equal a little over 5 hours until you hit 10V....

[Coach]

ZX-1500 = 27A @ 1500 watts and 2 ohms
(2)ZX-850 = (2)14.6A @ 215 watts
total amp draw playing tunes avg. probably 40% of that so:
22.5 amp draw.

300 amp hours should give:
15 amps for 20 hours
37 amps for 8 hours
22.5 amps for 12 hours
A full charge after a hard day and you will be golden! You should have a 4 hour reserve assuming you value your hearing.

At max output you'll push 56A, so that would equal a little over 5 hours until you hit 10V....

That is awesome. Do you have formula or calcualtor to determine the info?

I just asked the stereo guys and told them what I want to do and how I play the stereo and they told me how many 2150 to buy.

[T*]

SWEET Audio, Bro (you knew that). Those tower speakers look Evil!