AudioControl LC8?
 

Can someone please give me information on the LC8 from AudioControl. If you have installed this item and have pictures of the install that would be great also. I want to use this in my 2001 with DSP to sum the front channels into pre outs for my amp, and the sub channel for the sub. Also, when do I need an extra battery for my system?? Below is a list of my proposed setup.

LC8 from AudioControl
1 Farad Cap
2 Phoenix Gold X200.4 800W 4-Channel Amplifiers
2 Phoenix Gold X12D2 12" Dual 2-Ohm Subwoofer
4 XENON 6.5 inch convertible speaker set

Also, does anyone know the mounting depth of the front speakers??

Sorry for so much in one post.

Did you think of going this route?
http://www.xoutpost.com/showthread.php?t=5369

I did, but I have already purchased the IceLink plus, and will loose my input and song information.

Negative, Ghost Rider. We have an Icelink in this car as we speak. Not sure wha
t you're referring to here.

Per AC, the LC8 is only an LC6 with two more channels, summing internal, and a different auto turn on circuit.

I'd WAY go the bypass route before I'd use an LC8, man. Any questions, email el_duderino at avincar dot com or call the shop tomorrow (number's on our website).

My input is on a special coax cable into the DSP amp

Well, take it out : )

The Icelink can work without it. It has analog audio out, man. Ask Tom how...

There's nothing special about that cable. And it introduces an additional two layers of A/D and D/A conversion that is un-needed. On top of that,the amp adds distortion too

Why pay MORE for parts so you can have worse sound? At least consider it, seriously.

What about the NAV audio, and the telephone. Don't they all come through the amp??

I think the last page of that thread I posted covers that. If I remember correctly, you can move all that. Much cleaner/easier install. That's the route I'm taking when I have time again to work on it....

audio control lc8
 

[QUOTE=el_duderino]Negative, Ghost Rider. We have an Icelink in this car as we speak. Not sure wha
t you're referring to here.

QUOTE]
So elduderino what you are saying is that eventhough I have an 01 X5 with dsp (coax cable connection) you can get it to work with the icelink plus without paying extra $70 for the dsp kit if you bypass the dsp amp.

if so how?

Thanks

Well, the CD changer cable the Icelink plugs into carries analog audio to the Tuner Module.

The Tuner Module doesn't use this CD audio because it's in DSP mode (in YOUR car). In the 2005 no coax is used at all, and the DSP amp works with analog audio signals from ALL the sources, including the CDC. The DSP amp has an A/D converter inside it to work with the analog radio signals, so the CDC signals are just routed in there too. (I guess BMW figgered out that it sounded lousy either way:)

So, if you unplug the Tuner Module, and then remove the DSP amp, and then re-connect the Tuner Module after like 5 minutes or so, the Tuner Module comes up in NON-DSP mode, and accepts CDC analog audio no problem.

And since the Icelink emulates the CDC, it will now work fine without the coax cable or the D/A converter.