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MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => ELECTRICAL | ELECTRONIC | AUDIO => Topic started by: thekswenson on March 13, 2020, 10:45:13

Title: Does my stereo have an external amplifier (FD - 2009 i30)?
Post by: thekswenson on March 13, 2020, 10:45:13

Hello,

I'm installing nice speakers and a simple class D amp (Alpine KTP-445U -  :link: Alpine KTP-445U Power Pack Compact 4-channel car amplifier ? 45 watts RMS X 4 at Crutchfield (https://www.crutchfield.com/S-bDQZbM3NGaF/p_500KTP445U/Alpine-KTP-445U-Power-Pack.html)). I'd like to figure out whether my 2009 i30 has an external amp without tearing apart the trunk.

I see that there are two types, the P-710 and the P-760. According to these diagrams, it looks like the P-760 has a "REMOTE E AMP" pin, which I assume implies there's an external amp for the P-760.

The diagram of the P-710:

(https://i.ibb.co/q9Fn0W6/Screenshot-from-2020-03-13-11-34-21.png) (https://ibb.co/sQJP567)

The diagram of the P-760:

(https://i.ibb.co/1Lpq2F1/Screenshot-from-2020-03-13-11-34-55.png) (https://ibb.co/Tkn8h96)

Here's the tag on my radio unit:

(https://i.ibb.co/tHzy2Qc/IMG-20200313-104448-529.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WH0SzGF)

The strange thing is that the front of my unit looks exactly the same as in the diagrams, but the back is upside-down.

Does anyone know a quick and easy way of knowing if I have an external amp?

Title: Re: Does my stereo have an external amplifier (FD - 2009 i30)?
Post by: thekswenson on March 16, 2020, 22:45:10

Well folks, I took the back-right of the car apart and found that there is no amplifier:

(https://i.ibb.co/SBBbnBH/IMG-20200313-171424-462.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3cc2NcV)

(https://i.ibb.co/zHJZ5ZX/IMG-20200313-171744-375.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VpmTNTg)

Title: Re: Does my stereo have an external amplifier (FD - 2009 i30)?
Post by: nzenigma on March 17, 2020, 01:40:49

Yep, the SR model had it