Powered Sub - how do I wire it in?

[GreyKnight]

Hello again all you ICE experts :D

Right - having successfully wired in a new head unit and speakers into my Elise, I have just received a powered Kenwood KSC WA62RC subwoofer which I purchased off Ebay on the advice of a chap on the Lotus forums. The thing is it doesn't have any wiring instructions, so being a novice at wiring car stereos I'm not sure what to do now...

The subwoofer has a white connector on it which sprouts four pairs of speaker wires (2 green, 2 purple, 2 white and 2 grey). It also has a black ground cable. Am I to assume that the sub gets its power from the speaker wires just like the normal speakers? There are no auxiliary power connectors or anything thats all :confused:

If this is correct do I just wire the sub up in series with the left and right speakers?

Thanks for your help (again) :redface:

[GreyKnight]

Anybody? I'm a bit stuck here. I've managed to route the wires in the car, but the sub doesn't do anything. I can't work out why there don't seem to be any power connectors on the unit :confused: Am I missing something? The unit I have is this one

http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/products/ListProduct.aspx?k1=2&k2=7&k3=54&pr=205

Like I say, the unit simple has a socket for the remote, two RCA line-in sockets, a switch to turn the remote on and off then a 10 pin socket marked POWER/SPEAKER INPUT. However the connector that plugs into it has only speaker wires and a black ground wire. No sign of (or indeed space for) the usual yellow and red power wires :help:

p.s. I've trawled the web for ages looking for a user guide for this unit, but none exist :(

[Icecavern]

Think you need to find someone with one to get a copy of the manual mate. That connector block should have a power wire it's just knowing which one it is.

Pete

[cupra R con]

Hmmm, i googled it & found out it appears to be a 2x30wat powered sub.
therefor there must be a way to power it up as anything with an onboard amp requires 12v power to drive it.
not the answer you were hoping for, but i did my best.
:cheers:

[GreyKnight]

Hmm, I'm beginning to think that there's a wire missing from the connector block that plugs in to the sub. I think I'll go and get a new connector this week - thanks anyway :)