Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone knows if the 7" display audio infotainment system on the EX and EX-L trims includes a subwoofer or RCA audio out?

I was thinking about getting a Kenwood KSC-SW11 powered sub that should fit in the passenger seat well under the dash.

I have no experience installing speakers and it would be cool if there was as little manual wiring/splicing as possible.

Thanks for the help!!

Link to the sub:

 

Has anyone pulled their 7inch screen yet? I am also searching for info about the outputs for this unit to install some subs.

 

Just buy a subwoofer amp with speaker level input (high level). Splice a wire from the L and R speaker wires to the input on the amp. Very few stock systems have pre outs.
Speaker level is better because it typically has more voltage than most pre outs, so more voltage means less noise. Most aftermarket pre outs are only 2-4 volts, some people will run a pre amp to achieve as high as 10 volts to bring the noise level down.

 

A power amp typically produces much more noise than a pre-amp line-level output. More voltage does not mean less noise. It may allow you to get less noise from your aftermarket amplifier, but that may not mean overall less noise. Power amps are typically noisier than line-level preamps.

 

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ml#post1252759

 

A speaker level input can be less noisy because a lot of speaker outputs these days are balanced or bridged. the high level inputs on the amp will treat the incoming signal as balanced and reject noise picked up in the wires and sometimes ground loop noise as well.

Plus the fact that we are talking about a subwoofer amp but typically any such noise variation would not perceivable to the people sitting up front.
So yes, in cases like this, using speaker level inputs is certainly just fine, many modern amps also go a step further internally using other methods to eliminate noise as well....assuming it's a good amp and not Pyramid or something.

 

Using speaker level inputs sucks because the signal is being crossed over according to the speaker it's going to. In the case of my 2015 Fit, the awful factory rear door speaker is probably cut off below 120hz. I tried hooking up a Bazooka to the rear speakers and it's useless. That same sub sounded fine in another car using line level inputs. Hopefully someone can poke around and figure out a way to get line level audio out of the head unit.

 

My Fit has a Rockford Fosgate R500X1D amp hooked up via speaker level inputs to two Infinity Reference 860W subs and it "thumps" pretty good!

 

Where do you set your crossover at?

 

about 200 hz