Aftermarket Amp connectivity

jeffgw · 10-17-2005, 04:19 AM

Can anyone advise on the preferred method of connecting an aftermarket Amp to an E90 with iDrive? I plan on adding 1 Kicker Solo-Baric 12L7 and a Kicker KX600.1 mono amp, all will be professionally installed. I haven’t started shopping around for an installer yet but I wanted to do some research prior. As of now I see only 2 ways of accomplishing this:

1. Run RCAs from the iDrive system into the amp? Not sure if this is an option
2. Splice into the rear speakers and run a line into the amps speaker level inputs. This wouldn’t be the preferred method but I really want to keep a stock appearance and limit and serious modifications.

Any feedback on this subject?

Tierfreund · 10-17-2005, 09:22 AM

There are no RCA or even low-level connectors on the CCC (the i-drive central unit). Your only option with idrive is to connect to the speaker wires going from the amp to the subs and run those into a speaker level input on the aftermarket amp.

10-17-2005, 04:19 AM	#1
jeffgw New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 330i Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Heidelberg, GE iTrader: (0)	Aftermarket Amp connectivity Can anyone advise on the preferred method of connecting an aftermarket Amp to an E90 with iDrive? I plan on adding 1 Kicker Solo-Baric 12L7 and a Kicker KX600.1 mono amp, all will be professionally installed. I haven’t started shopping around for an installer yet but I wanted to do some research prior. As of now I see only 2 ways of accomplishing this: 1. Run RCAs from the iDrive system into the amp? Not sure if this is an option 2. Splice into the rear speakers and run a line into the amps speaker level inputs. This wouldn’t be the preferred method but I really want to keep a stock appearance and limit and serious modifications. Any feedback on this subject?
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10-17-2005, 09:22 AM	#2
Tierfreund Major 21 Rep 1,002 Posts Drives: E90 330i Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	There are no RCA or even low-level connectors on the CCC (the i-drive central unit). Your only option with idrive is to connect to the speaker wires going from the amp to the subs and run those into a speaker level input on the aftermarket amp. __________________ No, not THAT kind of tierfreund!
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