L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw?

Posted by: KeNny

L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 18/02/2007 21:05

I just noted that my empegs L and R audio channels are connected to the head-unit the wrong way.
Is there a way to change this by the players sw. eg. reverse the L and R channel? It would be great not to open up everything again...

Thanks KeNny
Posted by: mlord

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 18/02/2007 21:18

Heh heh.. messy, but doable in software (inside the Hijack kernel). Trouble is, you'll have to do it yourself. I do accept patches, though.
Posted by: mlord

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 18/02/2007 21:35

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Heh heh.. messy, but doable in software (inside the Hijack kernel).


Okay, I take that back, now that I've actually tried to do it here.

I added four lines of code to swap the left/right channel data in the kernel, and that part worked okay. But things like the Radio output, Balance, etc.. all still use hardware left/right designations, so.. not too useful.

Best is to try and reach up under the dash and flip the two wires around.

Good Luck!
Posted by: KeNny

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 19/02/2007 05:41

Thanks for the input. I guess I will try to solve it by the wires. This way it's done wright in the first place!

Have a great time!
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 19/02/2007 14:37

Where is your amp? Most people have it in the trunk and relatively easily accessible. If yours is there, flip the cables on the amp side. They might be labeled wrong, but they'll work right.
Posted by: KeNny

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 20/02/2007 11:42

Well, I also have a cool head unit and the empeg is connected to this one... So I need to get behind the head unit -which is a real pain. Basically I need to remove the whole thing which is a lot of work.
Changing the channels on the AMP and my head unit is mixed up.
But thanks anyway.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: L and R channel wrong wired. Any way to change by sw? - 20/02/2007 12:23

Ah. Gotcha.

I have managed to do some minor work on the connections by sticking my hands through the dock. There's a reasonably sized hole in the back, if you have small hands, to grab some cables and pull them through.