Re: Augh! Setting up my amps
 

THATS what I had. Thought they were out of business. . .
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Re: Augh! Setting up my amps
 

THATS what I had. Thought they were out of business. . .
Thanks

Re: Augh! Setting up my amps
 

Battery was bad. I think it was shorted because when I put my charger on it, the gauge would bounce between charging and charged every 3 sec. New 5/06, so free replacement. 1000CCA dual purpose. Other battery must have been low enough to not work either.
Anyways, amp came back to life. Having trouble hearing the difference between the gain and the freq adj. Both seem to do same thing to my ears after a short time, so I set them at 60 LP, and 85 HP for now and the sub turned down at the HU to rid the rumbling sound. Seems like some songs need some bass, then if I leave it there, the next song will blow the boat off the trailer. Trying to find that spot where I won't have to touch anything to play every song. I think trying to adjust them in the garage isn't helping as the sound is enclosed??? At least now I will be able too tweak on it a little at a time.
The 4 channel is good. Nice and clear. The sub, jury is still out.

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Re: Augh! Setting up my amps
 

I would suggest the JL RBC-1. It is the remote bass control. It plugs the the RJ11 port on the amp and extends to wherever you need it with phone cable. I think setting my jl e4300 was easy. I picked a reasonable hp crossover at 85. But the sub amp 500/1 I tinker from song to song. I lp crossed my jls at 85ish. You are correct each song is different. Therefore, mount the RBC (ebay $30) close to you and adjust as needed at high volumes so not to blow the freeairs. At low volumes there is not the need to adjust that much.

Re: Augh! Setting up my amps
 

Also the subsonic filter I feel is crucial in a free air application. I have it set a notch above 20. This way the speaker doesn't have to handle frequencies we can't hear.

The bass remote is for the 500 and 1000. Not for the 250. Really have no desire to change the bass from song to song. Too much work. Wanna plug the Ipod or CD in and let'r play.

I'm thinking about getting the test disc from Crutchfield to help with the setup. Have read several reviews about it with positive results and ease of setup. I assume my difficulty in the settings are my untrained ears, not knowing exactly what to listen for. I just hear volume changes, not sound changes. By using the disc and a DMM as suggested by JL, at least the max input settings will be set by a meter. Still researching, but for now, I went with the recommended settings between Bill and Jon. I have been reading about using a small amplified speaker and some resistors to drop teh amps output, to be used with the test disc for another method of setup.
What subs are you running?

I'm running the marine JL's in freeair.

As for as too much work the remote is just one knob. You can always add it later.