what is clipping? O-Scope demo (set the deck up) SMD "HOW To"

[demass216]

is clipping the reason when I turn my deck up it sometimes blows the fuses on my amp?

[speedfighterkee]

yeah its realy handy i dit it on this way and it play ALOT better :)

[Kodyman15]

Hey Steve, would setting my gains with a 40 Hz wave have any affect on really low frequency response or can you set everything with a lower frequency??

[SuperBrandango]

would you recommended a capacitor for a 1800 watt kenwood? My s10s lights kinda flicker when i turn it up, or a better battery

[demass216]

@SuperBrandango I wouldnt get the cap I would recommend upgrading your electrical system. Most cars can only take like 400 rms or something like that. a new alt and battery and the big 3 would get rid of that dimming effect for sure. I tried getting a cap to stop dimming it just made my lights dim more, but my system hit harder. All the cap does is hold extra power for your amp. It has to get the power from your electrical system its kinda like having 2 amps instead of 1 running on your stock.

[SuperBrandango]

@demass216 thanks man



[demass216]

@SuperBrandango no prob

[kcox669live]

steve, i've been racking my brain until i found this vid. you should call this 1 of 3. thanx for all your help tho bro.

[kyloooo]

what Setting are you running the o-scope on? what tracks do u use to test the deck with? first time setting up a sound system.. thanks

[ihernandez112]

@kyloooo AC voltage.. its a rockford fosgate test cd

[kevinreid]

@kyloooo if you watched the video he shows you what track he used!

[vyraz]

hi dude, where can we get CDs like those to test? anywhere we can download them? they dont have this in malaysia

[dakotaracer53]

jeeze meade all this nice stuff and yuh know if you want you can hook up a former basshead gone broke.. haha but ni9ce videos man i watch'em all

[icemikexc90]

the sub "looks" like its clipping, what a retarted comment.

[icemikexc90]

hi, ok i have a orion 2500d, i want to set it like this, im using the amp at 1 ohm, but when set this way the amp will be showing no load, so wah i want to know is will the amp clip the same at 1ohm, and at no load ? so if i set it up this way, it will still be right when in use, not as clver as you so i hope you understand what im trying to ask.

[sounduser]

Why do you use - 5 and - 10 and not 0 dB??

[teamfapa]

how do you no what ohm the oscope is reading 1 2 or 4 ohm`s ect

[pcpaterson]

Steve, why is it that you connected the o scope leads (only to one of the RCA's outputs) instead of to the pair? You did it for the sub RCA's too, any particular reason why you connected it up that way, ??

[bigtahoe99]

@pcpaterson glad u asked that, i was wondering the same thing....

[bossscrillaguy]

Damn, you could have class session for car audio dummies once a week or somethin'. Bet you'd get even more viewers than you already have! More views, more money. I just learned from this, i'm a car audio "noob" so this was new to me. Thanks for all the work you've put in though. Very inspirational.

[0698jc]

Hey Steve when I have the oscope hooked up to my sub amp should I have the bass knob turned all the way up or down when setting the gains and the xover. Thanks

[0698jc]

Just wanted to let you know how cool Rockford really is I called them up to buy one of the 3sixty.2 disks and they gave it to me for free. Now that is awsome customer service.

[reaperwayne]

Great vids but how do you get that disc ??

[jdmferio13]

just wondering if not using mids amp and just sub amp how do you set the decks volume for clipping the smae way i guess right.

[andymcdo]

hey just wanted to double check on how you have your probes hooked up. it looks to me like you have the negative on the outer part of the RCA and the positive on the inner part of the RCA. also, both probes are hooked up to a single RCA. Thank.s

[First2ner]

so, where is what 360.2 setup vid?

will it ever be?

[MrPug123]

wat up steve,my name is randall a.k.a rated.r from alabama and,i wish i can hear ur system in person but can't travel at the time cuz i'm unemployed.i done heard 1 18'' b4 and dat was beating pretty damn good.i can only imagine what 4 or 8 18'' sounds like.well 4 now keep up da good work.

[nwarpm]

why is it bad if your sub and things are clipping?

like what would happen?

[phishitaac]

thnx man good shit

[Danielh409]

where would i find an oscope similar to this one?

[biggmann35096]

Are you connecting the scope leads to the sub out RCA'S? I have a borrowed scope coming and want to make sure im doing it right.

[meade916]

some clip at half (or less) some clip at 3/4 and some dont clip at all......thats why its important to use a scope so you can SEE it rather then just guessing. If you do the 3/4 volume "rule of thumb" you could be hurting your system or leaving a bunch of output out on the table either way - gotta scope it! :)

[ThatWikkidShit]

Haha 7:04 it says OUCH

[BIGGIEDEVIL]

Please post the next vid on how to set your gains on your amp

[Gouch616]

Damn Steve i want that deck.

how much you want for it???

[Bulletinjection]

This is VERY helpful! Thanks steve, you da man!

[dymesquadceo]

i didn't read through the all the comments but I wanted to add a note, were you testing the subwoofer output with the sub level control on the deck at 0? or at it's max when it would be outputting it's max voltage?

[LulzChicken]

Awesome information, I'm looking forward to the video that explains how to properly set your gains!

[shinodal3]

steve you are truly a master! no doubt! :)

[DEO541]

Cables Too Long what Does that Do huh like if you just leave em long the cables like hella long less power or what

[MiracleOfRealism]

I realize the second part you said there but my question is - why are square/clipped waves harmful?

[MiracleOfRealism]

Okay he shows how to not clip - but what exactly is it and how does it effect my system? He says you cannot really hear clipping you can only find it with an oscilloscope, so what's the harm? Is it more of a performance thing than a real audible issue?

Thanks, whoever answers :D

[pottersi]

good video man, keep videos like this coming, please! I just got done installing a sound system in my legend coupe, that includes 6.5" infiniti kappa fronts and a TMA T500.1 amp powering a single 12" audiobahn.

I dont know where to set my gains so i set them at about 40% and use the bass boost to adjust the sub volume. I hope your videos will help me set it up right. Thanks again.

[crunkjunk010]

i have a question. i just got a 200w kicker amp installed for my front door speakers and 6x9s. today, the speakers on the right side of the car were fading in and out of sound. when the sound was out the subwoofers weren't hitting either. does anyone have any clues why it might be doing this?

[kx519]

check all your rca's. and go back and solder ALL connections. if it still does it. try a new deck . or a new amp.

[tok4life420]

that comes very in handy lol. great stuff dude.

[SKYNOVERYA550]

STEVE,

the highs clipped at 62 and the sub at 59, but wouldnt those volume levels be drastically decreased as you set the gains at a higher level?

[jlaudioisbest]

Yeah but when you set your gains;it is suppose to match the voltage on the deck for example,a pioneer deck is 2V then you set your gains too match that like how Steve showed us.BTW the gain is not a volume knob like the one on the deck :]

[sloan2007]

great info!

[cody1413]

lol, hes showing you how to clip not asking whats wrong with the sound system.

[kx519]

he was replying to coolmage9

[cody1413]

ya i know he said that

[kx519]

didnt see that

[coolmage9]

Wondering if ur gonna show how to properly wire 2 amps, i have been trying to do this and having no luck. i get a high pitched hum and whining through my fronts and rear speakers when i try to use 2 amps,and when i tap on the breaks, i get a bomb sound from my fronts and rears, when the 2nd amp is unpluged it works fine, with no whining in the speakers or boom from the brakes, searched high and low for a solution can't figure it out, A 2 amp install vid would be helpfull . thanks!

[geltavo]

thanks for making such vids

man u should have a tv show or sumthing

[krisxzx]

yeah or a how to dvd or some thing !

[SicSniper4unreal]

7:04 his O-scope says O.UCH :o

[FelattioKing]

With ur experience im sure u can tell wether its clipping?

[meade916]

ya, i can tell.....thats what the Oscope is for. If you dont have an O-scope, you are just guessing

[FelattioKing]

Right On. Looking forward for some 18's. lol

[calvinblinkee]

But can't you tell through the sub-woofer excursion? My subs move awkwardly when I clip them. I also got a newbish Clip L.E.D. indicator on my amplifier lol

[01xtreme]

I've never heard about being able to see clipping through your subs excursion, but even if that were the case, by the time your clipping got that bad, you would already be clipped more than enough to blow your speakers and or sub. Using this method will pick it up before you could ever hope to hear it (or see it if that is in fact possible).

[calvinblinkee]

I can see it with my own eyes. I only clip it for like a minute at the most so the voice coil doesn't really even get warm. However my power wires do lol

[buckmandon]

You can't see clipping. Clipping is just what this vid is, a square wave instead of sine wave giving what ever you have attached to it ~sqrt(2) times the power. Potentially damaging your equipment.

[calvinblinkee]

The way the subwoofer moved looked like it was clipping..but o well.

[meade916]

and what exactly did you "see" that leads you to think that?? i just showed ya' in black and white, plain as day the squared wave (clipped) vs the new, clean one.

[calvinblinkee]

When my amplifier gets clipped, my subs seem to do some "unnecessary excursion". I can't really describe it but it just doesn't do it when I don't clip it.

[SykoDj]

can you do that with an oldschool oscilloscope meter or does it not mater i'm asumming it does but i'd figure i'd ask first

[meade916]

absolutely! :)

[blissfullgimic]

yo meade i was wondering how to wire in an extra battery???? i dont just run a live from one to another do i?

[krisxzx]

yes, wirer it in parallel (live + to live +) and ground it to the chassis

[inOxVidZ]

youre going the right way steve. your experience is leet.

[unblessedrez]

damn that helped out alot. thanks

[meade916]

no prob glad you like! thanks!

[310Sole]

cool. i gonna check in for setting gain on the amp because im about to install my amp tomorrow or the day after.

[ICEDRAGON121ROSE]

rock on man

[Dillonxxxx]

ok did I miss something, or, did he say how to set your gain on the amp up? because I only saw him mess with the volume on the deck to see if it was clipping or not.

But how do you set the gain on the amp properly?

The volume on the headunit with what gain on the amplifier???

[THUMPBUMPDUDE]

check the title (set up the deck),,,and he says it...this is just to show how to see if your deck is clipping

[meade916]

amp is next my brotha....just the deck video alone was 9 minutes after editing so i have to break them up a little.....thanks for watching!

[Dillonxxxx]

Ok then, Thanks Steve! I thought you said amp. lol. How much is one of those meters?

[rep605]

dude! thats my amp XD lol

[tyzorg]

how bout clip testing with a amp

[Sigrafix]

I don't really have anything to say.. just showing support for SMD by posting a comment and rating the vid cuz Meade is the shit.

Word.

[jlaudioisbest]

5 stars man that is probably why you could demo those btl's all day without breaking a sweat.

[ka9chim9bo]

thanks meade i learn something today keep it up.

[lastpatt]

i vote you v.p. of rf marketing and product development. gj..

[letmynuttzgo]

Dam thanks steve, my shit fuckin clips all the time.

[madgamer2000]

Some music is made clipped. Even big name stuff. If you were bumping that at your max regular volume (like what was set in the video), would it be more likely to damage your speakers? Or is it only when the deck/amps are overloading it that it does that?

[dipdat33]

Good idea on the how to vids. Not alot of people know what they are doing anymore.

[Wilhelm406]

thanx steve

[WHYTEBOY]

i had a avh-p6400cd just like that when it first came out in like 99 lol

[xpertiez911]

If u could help me i would greatly appreciate it. My subs always clip. Make a loud knocking noise inside the box. The guiys at my audio shop said it cuz im putting the volume to loud. I say its bulllshit...

[xpertiez911]

i need my subs to stop clipping. 2 Alpine type r's 12 inch. running off 2 650 watt amps. i run it at about volume 25 on my alpine iva-d310.

[fastodie]

freaking youtube making it all upsidedown and stuff lol bitches nice one april fools

[calvinblinkee]

Lol cool video... well I clip my system on purpose just to get a bit more out of it. I know it's not good but I don't blast it for too long

[xregulatorx]

great video steve. you should make more videos like this

[erat91]

damn, i didn't think it was that easy.

[1997chevz71]

cant wait for amp video my voice coil pops when i really pound need to set it right.

[dustinallen1982]

this upside down shit is really annoying

[meade916]

you can fix it by going to the top right - its a youtube april fools day thing and its been mentioned about 30 times in these comments :)

[dustinallen1982]

thanks! ive been watching videos all morning upside down damnit!

[First2ner]

fail, snap your head!

[meade916]

nope you use a O-scope for that too.....i will only use the volt meter if i am gain-matching multiple sub-amps in the same system.

[916PublicEnemy2]

How much did that O-Scope run you?

[meade916]

mobilesolutions-usa dottt commm bro, its all there!

[916PublicEnemy2]

Thanks bro gotta get me one of those things :D

[REBEL2250]

a lot

[AlmostInfamous1]

whats up with the wheels? you upgrade?

[meade916]

nope 1 is a spare 26, the other is an old 26 i stole from Chickens ride (he fu#cked up the other 3 :D i got a spare 26" tire out of the deal so i dont mind - saved me 600 bux!

[AlmostInfamous1]

so he's gonna upgrade? them where some bad ass rims though.

[geraldwp]

does anyone know where to get that 3sixty cd without haveing the 3sixty unit?

[xxsnowball10xx]

hahahahah wtf. this sucks.

[skiddae16]

i have a feeling this is some sort of april fools joke, but everything is upside down :(

[d3v07]

nah its conflicker.c the virus OMGGGG

[N130GV2]

Wow, You just keep coming up with more and more?? I love it! And thanks for showing how to do that. I knew what a clipped wave meant and would look like, but never knew how to test for it. Cool, thanks!

[johnnytrouble2208]

thats disorienting

[donbehatin]

whoa it's upside down

[atomdragon4]

its a april fools joke...

[REBEL2250]

haha did anyone notice that he says "ok lets try to do this without hurting anything" then at about 7:05 the word "OUCH" pops up on the oscope display! lol

[HemiRacer77]

your video is upside down.....lol

[harrypm82]

the best

[KooolaNL]

hey dude how can u still hear normally after all this ear torture !?  :P

[onedollarjuggalo]

cool

[mathesar73]

I notice it says to turn off all equalization / bass boosts etc. when testing for clipping, But what happens when your done testing and decide to turn on the EQ / bass boost etc? Would that introduce clipping at a lower volume?

[meade916]

good question - i think if you KNOW your gonna turn those up a little, then it prob would be a good idea to re-test it with the bass and treble up where u would normally put them. If there is any difference ie it starts clipping, you know THAT is your new volume number to stop at

[burninruber60]

so steve how did you hook up the o-scope to the rca cable? it looked like you only had it hooked up to one of the two rca wires. am i right

[meade916]

one at a time......but you prob dont need to do both, they will clip at the same time anyway

[smokescreen160]

I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and making these awesome videos. Thanks!!

[zaxfire69]

Great instructional video. I understand that now. I am so glad you put this out on the net for everyone to see. I can't wait for the amplifier video. I will be tuned in. Thanks man.

[Screammy89]

everything is upside down

[cyerbyandmarge]

Great video Steve. Very informative.

[mimismith]

wow

[mm34rider]

great job steve im really looking forward to learning as much as possible about car audio so keep up these vids =D they are very helpful and now im gonna have to get an o-scope haha. much appreciated looking foward to more vids =].

[meade916]

thanks man glad you like :)

[Beatmasta92]

Is this Youtube's April fools joke with the page being upside down?

[soloxcivic]

yes

[djvinnie112]

I think we alle know that the answer is yes, i think die did a great job..

[MT4LIFE88]

Awesome vid man.. I never really knew too much about car stereo shit.. Just the basics, but from watchin your vids i've deff learned alot more. They should make you a CD "How to setup up a sick system PROPERLY" By Steve Meade. Lol.

[KrsONE305]

why is my player upside down??

[mm34rider]

i noticed that this morning too! you have to go to the search and type in something and finding w/e vid. and aslo on the upper left hand corner there should be english written upside down. try that. i ffixed mine lol.

[mm34rider]

scratch that. ok where the advertisement box usually is... it will say something about the new layout.. click i prefer the old layout and it should work. that just did it for me.

[MagicalMrSkylar]

upper right hand corner on a vid, where the users pic and description is, click "classic view"

[audiogod9000]

NICE!!

[amiesman14]

Thanx man im the first to comment do i get a prize lol

[audiogod9000]

haha lol your not the first,lol

[lildzhank]

as always, nice vid m8