Car Stereo Ran Off My Pc PSU

well i had a spare power supply and a spare car stereo so surely theres only 1 thing to do.

i will be putting it in some kinda case, maybe my pc case maybe something i build as a stereo.

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Science & Technology

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• stereo
• car
• power
• supply
• 12V

[ssc4564]

the yellow wire from the PSU is connected to the live on the stereo as thats a 12V wire.

and earth to the black wire which is earth which is pretty much it.

im working on intergrating it into my case but its about an inch 2 big for my 5.25" bay lol

[ssc4564]

power cable on from the stereo / usually red goes to the 12v cable on the PSU which is taken from a standard 4 pin molex adaptor for hardrives and CD drives.

[iPlayTheDrums07]

do your settings stay when you switch off power from the power supply? i just hooked up some car audio in my room, but when i cut power to the cd deck, i lose all my settings. i have the constant line and the switched line hooked up to the same power coming from the power supply. any help would be amazing cause i cant seem to figure this out.

[matty01231]

@ekans0069 atleast! 2500w

[ekans0069]

i have a 2000 watt 4 channel amp what kinda psu would u recomend

[coondogtheman1234]

that is perfect for a car styereo as car stereos run at up to 14.5 volts safely. and more info please on that thin sense line wire. also some PSUs use a button hooked to the mobo on the PC to turn on and off. how do you activate those PSUs when hooked to a car stereo? like turn them on and off.

[coondogtheman1234]

my car stereo in my bedroom probably uses that but its being run off of a 6 amp bench PS at 13.8 volts. all you have to do is gang up all of the +12V lines together and then do the same with the ground and then hook it to the radio. I think that uses all of the PC PSU's amps.

[coondogtheman1234]

i didnt think this would work b/c car stereos use lots of amps but maybe if you gang up all the 12v lines together like all the + sides of the 12V then you might get some serious amps out of it, enough to run the stereo.

[BowenBass]

you will need a good psu if not just plug it in take it out connect the switch wires once the fan kicks in plug it back in this worked for us

[lilaj50cent]

The positive 12v (usually red) to the red of the 4 molex adapter, then the ground wire from the stereo (usually black) to the black ground wire of the molex adapter.

there is a memory wire you can add aswell, i think you add it to the red wire on the molex adapter, but im not too sure.

hope this helped.

alex

[lilaj50cent]

Hello, great video.. my setup is alot like that... but i have a problem turning the psu on.. ive put all the wires in the right places, but i cannot think of how i can make the psu start. does anyone know how?

thanks,

[amjovi]

looks great, but how did you do that? I've a atx psu and a car stereo+ speakers, how do I fix it? I don't know a lot about the wires..