KENWOOD KSC-SW11 INSTALL Underseat Compact Subwoofer (2/3 Install Series)
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- In this video I show you how to install your Kenwood KSC SW11 Underseat Compact Subwoofer in a complete how to guide. The Kenwood KSC-SW11 is a compact low profile powered subwoofer system that can be added under car seat, in tight spaces or just in your trunk. This subwoofer is powered, so no need for an external amplifier, it also comes with remote bass control and power and ground wire harness. It's made by Kenwood, so you are getting quality made subwoofer that will last you years! This 150 Watt subwoofer is the perfect system for you if you are looking for that all in one system.
► Video timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:59 - Remove trim
4:42 - Remove head unit
5:07 - Choose wiring method
7:02 - Wiring
10:10 - Remote wire
14:09 - Power wire
16:59 - Route your wires
18:10 - Connect your earth
19:14 - Connect to battery
19:48 - Connect it all up
20:51 - Give it a test!
►Checkout the SOUND TEST video here: • KENWOOD KSC-SW11 SOUND...
►Checkout and compare the PIONEER TS-WX130DA Series here: • 12v Subwoofers & Audio
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Hey mate I’m looking at buying this sub for my DMAX I was wondering if you think it’ll be possible to wire two of these in the car? I currently have a single cab ute with a 10” sub in it and sounds amazing, but upstaging to a dual cab, that sub won’t fit in for obvious reasons.
@@TurtleWurdle yeah for sure, am about to do the same with mine but thinking 3 10" kicker hideaways would fit back there 😁 Will have a vid of course, prob month or two 👍
@@VideoShowMeHow sweet can’t wait for then, two is definitely possible you reckon? Keen to watch it mate 👍
Love the content, hate the overwhelming background music.
Good news: no more background music in vids these days! 😁
Just installed one in my Double Cab Toyota Tundra. Really nice little upgrade for the price and improves the sound system a lot. Thanks for posting!
This is such a great video. Very informative. Thank you.
The video is very helpful, thanks a lot.
great video mate, looks like Tomorrow m gonna install one
Love the explanation, thanks m8!!
Really useful, thank you!
Hey!! Nice Show!!
Im putting mine in a 97 corolla
Thank you for that time stamp bro
Amazing job! Installing something and recording it is not easy... Thank you for your effort!
Appreciate the comment :) This was prob about 30hrs in total end to end. Have a great day!
This was really helpful!! I know it wasn’t particularly rocket science but I was able to install this into my Fiat Doblo with no problems at all! Almost everything I needed was in the box, I have much richer bass now, certainly not going to bust your windows but it’s done exactly what I wanted! Would recommend!
Glad it helped 🤘
Very well done video, thanks
Thanks 👍
Can’t wait for the proper sound test video. I’ve had mine for a few months now. Sounds great but want another opinion.
Should be up in the next 7 days 👌 Planning on doing a comparison with the pioneer as well.
@@VideoShowMeHow I’m torn between the kenwood and the pioneer because there is only a £10 difference
They're vvvery similar!
Here you are czcams.com/video/xIQjpPV85AQ/video.html
Fantastic video and great explanation. May I ask does the P.Cont. wire need to be connected in series or can it be connected in parallel to the ignition/car unit? Thank you.
Nice video, I wanted to see how you mounted it to the car as I don't want to screw mine into the floor of the car. I saw on another video a guy gluing a piece of MDF to the floor under the carpet and screwing into that... I thought maybe just cover the underside of the unit in velcro and stick to the carpet? It would be good to get some ideas before committing.
it comes with little brackets, i just used 2 of these and some existing bolts in the seat to secure it :)
What are the connectors on the end of the wiring covered in plastic? What type of connectors do I need coming from the stereo wiring and tap a fuze to connect them all? Thanks
i like the music over speaking 🤣
The aus amazon link in the description is a different model, and the one that is the right model doesn seem to come with speaker and power cables?
I don't have a input option for the blue wire, any recommendations? I have RCA inputs on the back of the head unit
Great video!!, thanks but it's possible to connect the sub to the fuse box instead of battery?
Can, so long as it can handle 10amps as this is the max draw on these subs
hey! thanks!
I want to ask you; why yu want to remove the fuse from the power csble that goes to the battery... ?
apleade
My car has a sub under the seat, will I be able to use the same connections for this?
This is the first video im seeying and im getting ChrisFix Vibes in an instant. Are you the Australian counterpart? or is he the Murican counterpart? :P
I thought the signal wires from the speaker wires to the amp were signal sensing so the all will turn on and no need for them remote turn on??
so you use the front speaker channels?
Its passelboll to only conect the with and red audi cabel or is it needed to wirew the others?
You reference link to a video on how to tap a wire into the connector block. I didn't see the link.
Hi, many thanks for sharing your work!
I have a factory JBL with a tiny subwoofer that does not really produce bass. The subwoofer is hidden in the floor behind passenger's seat. I am considering buying two of those SW11s and hiding below the seats in the 2nd row. Since I have no experience I would like to ask you two questions:
1. How much real gain would two provide vs one.
2. What would be the preferred way to connect them, tapping into high level wires powering back speakers or somehow connecting everything with current subwoofer?
Hey there 👋 Thanks for the comment :) To answer your Q's: 2 is obviously going to give you more boom than one, should be roughly double, however, if it 'sounds' double isn't as simple, depends on placement, the car and the listener. I would recommend starting with one and go from there? Can always add another as most of the wiring will already be done. I would always prefer to connect via RCA leads (I use this method on the Pioneer install vid on the channel) or if your headunit doesn't have these then the speaker connection way like I did in the Kenwood install. Hope this helps! 👍👍
@@VideoShowMeHow Thanks mate, I would prefer RCA too but doubt I have them in in the factory radio. I hope it is possible to tap into the existing JBL subwoofer signal and power cables which theoretically should be the easiest.
Yeah fingers crossed 🤞👍
I have a question, if the point of a sub is to take off the bass load to the door speakers, how are you meant to lower the bass eq to the door speakers when the sub basis its usage off the door speaker wires?
Hi there!!! Thanks for your videos they are very instructing and Straight forward I say your videos about the Kenwood KSC-SW12 and the Pioneer TS-WX130DA honestly talking from your perspective. Which sounds better?
They were both v similar, maybe slight edge to pioneer
@@VideoShowMeHow The fact that you installed the Kenwood and the Pioneer in different car brands with different radios does that make any big difference
@@osvaldomorales9787 no, not for a sub if just listening for the bass tones
@@VideoShowMeHow After listening your sound check videos with my headphones 🎧 For my taste like better the Pioneer rather than the Kenwood, Pioneers is a little bit more expensive but that doesn't matter when you seat on your car and feel the sound quality. Thank you very much thumbs up 👍
Great video! I have a question: my stereo only has one sub out RCA line, what should I do to connect up this Kenwood sub?
Grab a y splitter/2 into 1 cable, same as what I used in the pioneer sub install video 👍👍
@@VideoShowMeHow awesome, cheers!
Great video! Since you now have tested out both this and the Pioneer TS WX130DA, which one do you prefer? I am leaning towards the Pioneer for my 2015 aygo using high level inputs from the OEM touch screen radio, but am unsure which one has the best sound quality as there are basically no comparisons online (video idea for you :P), hope it works out well :)
Yep got a comparison vid of them both in the works ;) They are both very similar, I would probably lean towards the pioneer 👍
@@VideoShowMeHow thanks very much for the reply! Looking forward to that before i buy one :D
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Hey great video, just wanted to ask the user manual for this says to connect the poswer cable to the car fuse box is this correct? I believe they say this as it only consumes 8.5amps?
Yes, back to battery is preferable
@@VideoShowMeHow thanks for the reply so the power cable is not required to go into the engine bay directly to the battery? Also the p count wire is it required? I was thinking because you connect to the left and right speaker that they only come on via ignition on so you don't need the p count?
Hey man great job. Im looking at the Kenwood Ksc-sw11 vs Pioneer TS-WX130EA what one would you recommend?
Slight edge to pioneer, very similar, Kenwood has blue led on remote. Even wiring is the same
@@VideoShowMeHow Thanks for the quick reply. I actually purchased the Pioneer EA version without remote yesterday on amazon now having second thoughts that I should have got the kenwood instead; the RMS is 75w vs 50w on the Pioneer and it comes with remote for slightly less money. I do have a brand new aftermarket Sony head unit with sub settings inbuilt and RCA so I don't necessarily need the remote however. Also I just purchased 4 x Pioneer 3 way 17cm door speakers and thinking I will get the Vibe powerbox micro amp if they still don't kick hard enough off the inbuilt head unit amp... also plan to mount it in the rear where the old CD changer is currently. If the mounting plate can be modified to fit my existing screws then it should be perfect.
Hey mate. Love your videos.
Just curious to see if you would know. It’s not this sub but I’ve bought a kenwood ksc-psw8 sub and I’ve got a pretty decent kenwood head unit. I’ll be running a twin rca to the head unit that I’ve purchased additionally.
Do you know if I will be able to control the sub and play with its settings on the head unit instead of using the remote or is everything set on those smaller remotes?
Cheers
Everything is set on the sub itself with these units I'm afraid.. should have some sub control on the head unit though?
@@VideoShowMeHow yeah I thought that would be the case. I haven’t installed the sub just yet but I assumed there would be at least some partial settings to play with through the head unit, but wasn’t sure if I could do everything. Hopefully I can find the sweet spot on it and just set and forget with the attached controller, unplug it and leave in the glovebox in case.
What splice did you use behind the head unit while wiring in this video? It looks different than the 5 splices you show in your other video.
Hey Miller 👋 These were just insulated blade connectors.. had to use because the Kenwood wiring loom used these also.
@@VideoShowMeHow Gotcha! I'm trying to install the Pioneer sub from your other video into a subaru impreza and the only part I'm not confident on is the wiring behind the head unit. By the way, I appreciate your videos! They're definitely helping me out.
Thanks 👍 Just make sure you use a decent crimper so everything is nice and solid :)
Hi, will I need to buy any extra cables/wiring kits besides the cable that come in the box?
Hey there 👋 everything comes in the box. You can checkout the unboxing vid to see what comes with here: czcams.com/video/5DTiwguVS-A/video.html
@@VideoShowMeHow okay thanks for clearing. As I have purchased an extra vibe amp kit from halfords. They said I will need it.
@@farhaansidd5547 cheeky (Halfords). Unsure what's in their 'amp' kit but as you saw in the vid everything I used came in the box :) (well, other than a couple of the standard wire connectors)
@@VideoShowMeHow thanks for your replies. Will save me £25. I will mention to them. Thank you
Hi sir can i please have the link about how to splice and to connect wires 🙏🙏🙏 thx a lot
on the channel bud
Does the LED on the remote turn off ?? As I am worried it will kill the car battery
Yep sure does
Is there another way to connect the yellow lead, I see that also has a bullet type connector?
Hey do you mean the wire itself?
@@VideoShowMeHow yeah, rather than putting a ring connector onto the wire, and connecting to the battery, are there any alternatives?
@@johnmaybury5334 Ah. depends on the vehicle, but I'd recommend running power from the battery as the sub can pull 10amps
@@VideoShowMeHow what gauge is the yellow power wire?
Dls Acw10 its better?
wouldn't you want to run the RCA and power cable on opposite side?
yes if RCA cables aren't shielded
I've just wired a kenwood under seat sub
The remote light don't go off
Is that normal
No, it means it is still getting power. The remote wire is connected to a circuit that gets constant 12v. Connect it up to a wire that only gets power when you turn the car on :) 12v outlets are a good source.
Can I install 2 in the car ? Would be better than one ?
Yes! 100% in fact :)
So of all the powered underseat subs which is the loudest and best sounding?
Probably the kicker hs10.. have a vid on these coming out in next day or two
Hmm I think the rockville ss10p gives the kicker some competition
How was the seat sole fixed? Does it need screws?
HD Velcro or can use the brackets supplied to screw to seat rail
Can i put two of those in my car or no?
Sure can 👍
Great video but music to loud when your explaining the installation
Thanks for the feedback 👍
would this powered subwoofer work with the kenwood KAC-M1824BT
? It has its own amp built-in, you just need to add the signal from your head unit/speakers 👍
@@VideoShowMeHow the KAC-M1824BT is a bluetooth amplifier that links a smartphone via bluetooth. the smartphone is the headunit. the KAC-M1824BT does have a line out set of RCA female terminals.
@@hagasn oh interesting.. Well these can get their input signal via RCA or via speaker wire, I talk about that in the vid 👍
I installed the same sub yesterday, all went well up until function testing it with music. Even when turning the radio volume up quite loud I’d have to put my ear up against the sub to see if it was working, I could hear it was doing something but definitely didn’t sound right. Very very quiet.
I can’t think of why this is? On my radio there is a single female subwoofer RCA output, so I bought a single male -> double male RCA cable.
Any ideas?
Hmm sounds like wired right.. there's no sub setting in your head unit? Sub is def powered on?
@@VideoShowMeHow I tested each power connection on the plug and I’m getting 12v so it is being fed power. The radio I have is the JVC KW-M560BT, I was playing around with the speaker settings but no joy.
Can you wire via the other signal method eg using the speaker cable rather than RCA?
@@VideoShowMeHow I think that’ll be an option when I look at it again. Will be having another go next week with someone I know who’s done a subwoofer install before so hopefully he’ll be able to find the fault!
That'd be the next thing is test to rule out it being a setting etc. Good luck🤞
Why didnt this just connect to a sub preout on the headunit?
Head unit didn't have one :(
Would you install one of these in your dmax.?
Why stop at one?? 😁
@@VideoShowMeHow fair call, look forward to the video…. Still awaiting my Dmax with the rest of Australia, but it’s on my list to install one..👍🏽
I connected the saboofer, but it dies every 10 minutes. What's the problem? 😢
Right size wiring etc? Good earth?
Great video, but the music is drowning out your great advice.
I can't hear any bass 😢
Really good video but you need to fire your editor
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VideoShowMeHow the music, timing, volume, genre all over the place
@@zaamirrazi8705 thanks for your comment
Thanks but 5 commercials during it...
Sorry about that
music in video wayyy to loud !!! … Respectfully 😅
Good news, no more background music in vids these days 😁
Damn loud music playing over your voice.
Yeah have been trying to work out what's best.. am currently trying music at all like the last couple of D-Max build videos, what are your thoughts?
@@VideoShowMeHow no music would help viewers ,whereas having that loud sound is a distraction. You basically made a good informative video and ruined it with music over your voice. I had to turn it off.
No offence intended and kudos for putting out a video at all.
@@railinly610 thanks for the feedback. Constantly trying to put out the best I can with each new vid, so constructive comments good and bad are helpful. Cheers 👍
Turn the music down!
Would love to hear you talking without the pointlessly loud background music 🤦🏻♂️
no need for music man
superb content, thank you. but the music was a bit too loud. like+sub ;)
Cheers! An older vid this one, you'll be pleased to hear there's no more music in the vids these days :)