How to properly tune an amplifier using a SMD DD1

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024

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  • @soundman_caraudio
    @soundman_caraudio Před 7 lety +73

    Wow! You look so handsome like Zorro

  • @PBWillyWonka
    @PBWillyWonka Před 5 lety +3

    thank you Rafa for explaining step by step...i dont have the DD-1 but i have a omni200 handheld oscilloscope, im going to use the tracks downloaded from the SMD forum and use the oscilloscope as the tool.

  • @9Tick5
    @9Tick5 Před 7 lety +9

    You need to throw some Doug’s mom jokes in

  • @UrAvgBasshead
    @UrAvgBasshead Před 6 lety +2

    Can’t wait to get mine today. Thanks for showing how to do this. Simple!

  • @AKEYFACTOR
    @AKEYFACTOR Před 3 lety +1

    No idea what you are recording with but it transferred the sound really well. The song you were playing sounded real good coming thru my car speakers on CZcams 👍🏼

  • @sciroccocity8974
    @sciroccocity8974 Před 7 lety +12

    Gotta get the daily videos now that Doug isn’t putting out

  • @davef.566
    @davef.566 Před 6 lety +1

    Rafael you explained this to perfection :-)

  • @jimlayhey1965
    @jimlayhey1965 Před 4 lety +1

    best video on dd1

  • @sickjohnson
    @sickjohnson Před 7 lety +2

    CZcams's newest star! #BumpThatBass

  • @wholeset
    @wholeset Před 7 lety +16

    It doesn't matter what you did rafa

  • @spacemanrick2014
    @spacemanrick2014 Před 7 lety +2

    Nice one, Rafa. Keep it up.

  • @six0sick
    @six0sick Před 5 lety +6

    Wish you could have shown how to actually connect the DD-1 in order to use it.

    • @tanner6698
      @tanner6698 Před 3 lety +4

      Wtf you mean he did at 1:39 and 3:59 you plug in each rca and try them for the head unit and then use the probes on the + and - on amp that speakers will be connected to

  • @josephburton92
    @josephburton92 Před 6 lety +1

    Bro you know you’re system is tuned correctly when you watching this on a TV and it sounds great! Good job bro! Let’s say I have a factory head unit, bangs ands olesfon and the head unit never distorts?

  • @bric7244
    @bric7244 Před 2 lety +1

    How can you test the radio with a factory radio no amo for the highs running an loc tho !?

  • @Fahad-ik1zo
    @Fahad-ik1zo Před 2 lety +1

    Quick question when your setting your gain and head unit with dd1 people say make your bass, treble, and mid from head unit straight flat does that mean after you set your gains and head unit with no distortion you can't move them back up?

  • @srdat9667
    @srdat9667 Před 5 lety +1

    Where you pick he signal? RCA signal coming from dash front speakers (high V) or coming from low signal from the radio(low V)?

  • @travismcvey
    @travismcvey Před 7 lety +3

    Liking the videos Raffa. Definitely keep them coming. Is there a reason head unit manufactures don't measure the outputs, and set the max volume of the unit to stay just under distortion?

    • @spacemanrick2014
      @spacemanrick2014 Před 7 lety +3

      Travis McVey, even with the same head unit, the output at distortion could vary. Unless you are getting a high-end head unit, that may or may not have cherry-picked and matched components, i.e. transistors, op-amps, capacitors, resistors, diodes and inductors. I'm sure they test the units to make sure they don't clip under a certain volume, but they are not going to take the extra step and hard program each head unit so it reaches its max volume right before clipping.
      That's one of my theories anyway.
      My other theory is some guys don't think it's loud enough till they hear distortion. If the manufacturer cut it off before that point, people may complain that it doesn't get loud enough.

    • @mikemccabe952
      @mikemccabe952 Před 7 lety +1

      Spaceman Rick also I think cuz different inputs guve diff outputs, ex:same radio but on radio mode the volume isnt as clean or loud as it is when a cd is being played.. also same could be said on Bluetooth vs a usb input modes so I think thats another reason for it imo

  • @justinmurphy2227
    @justinmurphy2227 Před 7 lety

    Love this!
    Keep doing these!

  • @stevenrajh
    @stevenrajh Před 4 lety +1

    question. in your video were u setting the undistorted volume through the head unit or through the amplifier?

  • @913los913
    @913los913 Před 7 lety +1

    What if i have a eq running also than what do i do. Rafa.

  • @johnfox5034
    @johnfox5034 Před 5 lety +2

    what about the bass knob setting while tuning, and amp gain on the stereo?

    • @abunch421
      @abunch421 Před rokem +1

      Bass knob all the way up. Start with gain all the way down, hpf n lpf all the way up

  • @snizzard9730
    @snizzard9730 Před 3 lety

    Dope. Helped a lot brotha thank you.

  • @210Designs
    @210Designs Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks man 👌🏾

  • @maxstacks8
    @maxstacks8 Před 6 lety

    Is there a video you guys made that has a list of all products needed to play music off iPad using the dash kit? Or is there a list you can give me. I’m in NY so i can’t come pay you for the work but I’d appreciate the help

  • @Diffuse_Yah
    @Diffuse_Yah Před 7 lety

    The layout of that head unit looks like a Toyota, I'm about to do an install on my 2015 Rav4, curious to know if there is a factory amp or anything I need to worry about before swapping the deck out.

  • @terryburton971
    @terryburton971 Před 2 lety

    Well once u set every thing by the dd1 and u say adjust the bass mis or treble on the head unit or do u leave it flat?

  • @onewheelup
    @onewheelup Před 3 lety

    well what voltage were you at while doing this ?its going to change when your voltage drops,,,,,just saying

  • @DetrellOfATL
    @DetrellOfATL Před 7 lety +1

    Good vid dude!

  • @rubencervantes8840
    @rubencervantes8840 Před 3 lety

    Does the car have to be running
    or off in the radio postion? when you set the gains.

  • @terryyawkee5095
    @terryyawkee5095 Před 2 lety

    I thought you would tune the amp so that you can turn it up all the way without distorting by adjusting gain and other knobs? I'm a newb :)

  • @pfritts3111
    @pfritts3111 Před 6 lety

    Great video! Can this be used for a powered subwoofer, like a Rock Fosgate p300-10?

  • @grady.stu.8300
    @grady.stu.8300 Před 2 lety

    Im assuming you put the positive RCA in the dd1?

  • @RockfordF150Bass
    @RockfordF150Bass Před 7 lety +2

    Say you deck is putting out 3 volts and you add a 360.3 now your pre out voltage went up to 5 volts will the deck still distort at 44 (say your using the deck on this vid) or will it change?

    • @rafaelfelix2963
      @rafaelfelix2963  Před 7 lety +4

      +RockfordT1 Bass the signal
      Coming out the deck will
      Be the same. Now you'll have to set the signals coming out the 360.3 using the same process

    • @ctamez9309
      @ctamez9309 Před 7 lety +3

      Yes u will have to measure thru the 360.3

    • @RockfordF150Bass
      @RockfordF150Bass Před 7 lety +2

      Rafael Felix ok got you gracias brotha👍👍

  • @carlosesparzavazquez4753

    Good job video 🔥💪🏽

  • @TravisMeeks6
    @TravisMeeks6 Před 7 lety +1

    "using.. this shit right here" hahahaha

  • @DarthRaider
    @DarthRaider Před 4 lety

    What speakers were used in this setup? Sounded nice

  • @jimsindhvac2678
    @jimsindhvac2678 Před 3 lety +1

    What do you do if your head unit doesn’t have a CD player?

  • @BoBBy_Loko
    @BoBBy_Loko Před rokem

    So I just got my dd-1 but I don’t have a CD player so now what?

  • @jaycalva2477
    @jaycalva2477 Před 3 lety

    What about subsonic lpf and bass boost? They all stay at 0?

  • @CarAudioInc
    @CarAudioInc Před 7 lety +2

    That's wazzup.

  • @capitalr8649
    @capitalr8649 Před 6 lety

    Did u leave the filter on HP, off, or LP?

  • @PhoenixxxAz13
    @PhoenixxxAz13 Před 7 lety +1

    Hey B, I have and SMD DD1 too. I want to set up my amps. Im getting my RCA'S from a Audiocontrol DQ-61. How do I set up both? I have factory stereo.

    • @rafaelfelix2963
      @rafaelfelix2963  Před 7 lety

      xIIPHOENIXIIx I would set the deck first before the audio control. Then the audio control after you find max undistorted from the head unit

  • @mushfiqchoudhury537
    @mushfiqchoudhury537 Před 6 lety

    Nice ending rafa

  • @xXclusive808x
    @xXclusive808x Před 5 lety

    My car doesn't even have a CD port to play test CD. Hope they have a downloadable version of test tracks available.

    • @codydagoat3915
      @codydagoat3915 Před 5 lety

      Steve meader designs has a thread filled with test tones for download.

  • @7ThrillFishing
    @7ThrillFishing Před 5 lety +1

    I did exactly like you said and the distortion light (red) won't light up even when I turn it up to max

    • @marcorodriguez7748
      @marcorodriguez7748 Před 5 lety

      George Delgado what head unit do you have?

    • @7ThrillFishing
      @7ThrillFishing Před 5 lety +1

      @@marcorodriguez7748 I forgot exactly but it was a boss double din, cheap headunit and I just replaced it with a bit better one this weekend a Kenwood ddx 376bt and it does the same thing when I turn it up to max volume so I assume it doesn't distort

    • @marcorodriguez7748
      @marcorodriguez7748 Před 5 lety

      George Delgado I’m pretty sure 98% of headunits distort at some point... I believe you have it in another mode??? I’m not familiars with a dd-1 but it has different modes.

    • @7ThrillFishing
      @7ThrillFishing Před 5 lety

      @@marcorodriguez7748 yeah that's what I assumed it had to distort at some point but my new headunit max out at 35 volume. Which I think isn't powerfully enough for my system. But anyways the distortion light would blink but won't stay on solid red

    • @marcorodriguez7748
      @marcorodriguez7748 Před 5 lety

      George Delgado headunits distort whenever you put “loudness” or some boost to the sound. Try to enable all of those and see if the headunit distorts at max volume. If not then your dd-1 might be faulty?

  • @john-martin
    @john-martin Před 7 lety +5

    ohhhh yeaaahhhh. (doug creepy voice)

  • @eazy69ful
    @eazy69ful Před 6 lety

    how to set the bass knob on the pioneer gm 9601 using the smd dd1

  • @pajaro514
    @pajaro514 Před 7 lety +1

    How would you set your gains with a umpa center?

  • @jeffh2125
    @jeffh2125 Před 3 lety

    What if you don't have a cd drive. I copied the tracks to a flash drive but media is not recognized.

    • @adrianjaimes14
      @adrianjaimes14 Před 3 lety

      Change format. Or download test tones

    • @jeffh2125
      @jeffh2125 Před 3 lety

      Found it on their website. For the money, they should have included it on a $2 thumb drive.
      Thx

  • @timdunne3179
    @timdunne3179 Před 6 lety +2

    lol you got your own channel I might actually learn something 🙅

  • @michaeledwards7331
    @michaeledwards7331 Před 7 lety +1

    How much

  • @elcazadordeembusteros
    @elcazadordeembusteros Před 5 lety

    Hola buen video muy claro y sin hablar tanto una pregunta me parece que hablas español ojalá sea así por que no hay nada de manuales en español
    Cuando dice que se saca el promedio entre 40hz y 1Khz en el volumen del autoestéreo que fórmula se usa amigo ??? Gracias

  • @Jay-ot2tk
    @Jay-ot2tk Před 7 lety

    Hola holmes, what's up essay ...lol... today on Ampli-plier!!!!!

  • @JohnComeOnMan
    @JohnComeOnMan Před 7 lety +1

    Is this Antonio Banderas?

  • @jeremyarnold629
    @jeremyarnold629 Před 6 lety +1

    This doesn' do gain overlap get the dd1+ it does everything the dd1 does plus gain overlaps

    • @marcorodriguez7748
      @marcorodriguez7748 Před 5 lety

      Jeremy Arnold Yes, that’s what I recommend... the DD1+ is better.

  • @rjsal246
    @rjsal246 Před 6 lety

    Where's this shop located?

  • @MrJeast
    @MrJeast Před 3 lety

    What if the unit doesn't play cds

  • @Bighotwheelhunter
    @Bighotwheelhunter Před 4 lety

    My amps don't show distortion when I use the dd1

    • @jerrypino5608
      @jerrypino5608 Před 4 lety

      Steven c there’s always the one guy with golden equipment

  • @baront.mckinney9574
    @baront.mckinney9574 Před 2 lety

    Lol. Doesn't matter what you did Doug. Lol. 🤣

  • @ritoluis4903
    @ritoluis4903 Před 5 lety

    Great video but not everyone has smd to tune an amp with.

  • @fitodaking16
    @fitodaking16 Před 5 lety +5

    So wrong, at level 44 the 40hz would be clipping

    • @Flameroasted
      @Flameroasted Před 5 lety +1

      Hah, right! So we got distortion at 44 .... So our Max undistorted volume is 44... WTF

    • @jerrypino5608
      @jerrypino5608 Před 4 lety

      Norman Newkirk it’s not gonna explode besides the customer will not only raise volume to 44 no matter what you say

  • @timbraga81
    @timbraga81 Před 6 lety

    I'm running a LC7i with a bass controller. Do I turn that all the way down or half way? It doesn't tell me anything about it in the manual

  • @skippy710
    @skippy710 Před rokem

    To bad my car does not have cd player deck just Bluetooth

  • @mgcauctions07
    @mgcauctions07 Před 6 lety

    What if i dont have a cd player? All I have is a media player

    • @seanwatts392
      @seanwatts392 Před 5 lety

      Download what's On the CD and transfer the mp3s to your phone or memory card

  • @SentrixxFl
    @SentrixxFl Před 7 lety

    I'm only here because Doug told me to.

  • @Elevated618
    @Elevated618 Před 6 lety

    Um I can't the SMD dd1 anywhere can sombody help me please

    • @joshua199628
      @joshua199628 Před 5 lety

      Mr Shadow speak properly so we can understand what you’re trying to say

  • @jaredtrujillo831
    @jaredtrujillo831 Před 5 lety

    Ay man say man

  • @erichenriquez1673
    @erichenriquez1673 Před 7 lety

    ITS ANTONIO BANDERAS

  • @MCpherson91
    @MCpherson91 Před 6 lety

    rafas MOM is gona be even more famous shhhhiiitt pops is gona be pissed

  • @joeibar73
    @joeibar73 Před 6 lety

    Por que no ases vídeos en español

  • @MrDanielq101
    @MrDanielq101 Před 7 lety

    Thicccc

  • @alfredramosjr2262
    @alfredramosjr2262 Před 7 lety +1

    i was doing it wrong

  • @klient3100
    @klient3100 Před 5 lety

    so 43 was distortion ;)

  • @magia5035
    @magia5035 Před 6 lety

    Would if your poor god DAMN SON 500 FOR A DISTORTS MACHINE BOX.... SHIT WELL I guess I will have to just sit this one out.. Besides once it set 500 for 10 minutes of tuning.