Has anyone added a subwoofer for their stock Furrion system?

[bryancass]

I have the Furrion DV3200 head unit in my trailer. I bought a Rockville under-seat subwoofer, which is speaker and amp in one. It fits on a shelf under the TV (for now). I ran the +12v wire to power and ground wire to a ground on a AC outlet. I'm getting power at the subwoofer, but it's not turning on because it needs a 5VDC 'remote' wire connected to the head unit. I don't see any 'remote' output on this Furrion head unit. Apparently, without that the subwoofer will not power on.

Has anyone successfully wired up a subwoofer to their stock Furrion subwoofer out and got it to work? I could maybe connect that 'remote' wire to a 12VDC source on the head unit and put a resistor or something inline to step it down to 5VDC if I can find out how to do that. Any ideas?

[TheLexx]

Watch this video. Hope it helps.

I have the Furrion DV3200 head unit in my trailer. I bought a Rockville under-seat subwoofer, which is speaker and amp in one. It fits on a shelf under the TV (for now). I ran the +12v wire to power and ground wire to a ground on a AC outlet. I'm getting power at the subwoofer, but it's not turning on because it needs a 5VDC 'remote' wire connected to the head unit. I don't see any 'remote' output on this Furrion head unit. Apparently, without that the subwoofer will not power on.

Has anyone successfully wired up a subwoofer to their stock Furrion subwoofer out and got it to work? I could maybe connect that 'remote' wire to a 12VDC source on the head unit and put a resistor or something inline to step it down to 5VDC if I can find out how to do that. Any ideas?

[bryancass]

You have ESP... I just found that very video and watched it before reading your post. :-) I found out the remote voltage is 12V, so I can connect to any of the 12V switched wires on the head unit - so that should not be a problem.

But I'm getting the Protect LED on the amp when I do that. I think my problem is the ground, which I connected to the ground in a AC outlet. I think I need to run a ground wire from the amp to the power board's ground connection instead. I'll try that tomorrow after I find some 10ga. wire somewhere. They only gave me 30" of ground wire in my kit, which isn't enough to reach the power panel.

[TheLexx]

12V stuff needs to stay with 12v. Don't hook the ground to the AC ground. Just find a 12V ground and you should be good.

You have ESP... I just found that very video and watched it before reading your post. :-) I found out the remote voltage is 12V, so I can connect to any of the 12V switched wires on the head unit - so that should not be a problem.

But I'm getting the Protect LED on the amp when I do that. I think my problem is the ground, which I connected to the ground in a AC outlet. I think I need to run a ground wire from the amp to the power board's ground connection instead. I'll try that tomorrow after I find some 10ga. wire somewhere. They only gave me 30" of ground wire in my kit, which isn't enough to reach the power panel.

[bryancass]

OK all set! My mistake on the protect mode. It automatically starts up in protect mode, and if I just waited a few seconds it would have turned on. I was just touching the wire to the remote terminal and saw the red light. Once I connected everything securely, it works like a champ. I connected the blue remote wire from the amp to the pink Power Antenna wire on the back of the head unit - it's perfect, turning on the amp when the head unit is on, and off when the head unit is off. The sound in the camper is WAY better with some bass - the stock speakers in the ceiling are pretty bad by themselves. :-)

[bryancass]

I just wanted to add that I purchased some 6 1/2" speakers to replace the woeful paper cone speakers that are in the ceiling. I got the Blaupunkt GTX650 pair, which are 4-way speakers and they sound fantastic... 100% better than the original ones. They sound great with the stock Furrion head unit. They fit perfectly into the same hole, the existing wiring will fit on them, and all I had to do was drill 4 holes into the ceiling to mount them. These are 'car' speakers, not marine speakers, but I think they will be fine in the camper since they are not exposed to the weather. And they're less than $30!