Bass knob
 

I just got my hands on a Hifonics BXI160D. It comes with the bass knob. i kno how the bass level is on amps (Never have it turned to max or try to avoiding using it. Or keep it tunned low).
My question is. on my amp i have the bass level on 0. then i connect the bass knob and put it on max. its loud! sounds good! is it safe to have the bass knob on max while the level on my amp is on 0? i unplugged it for now to be on the safe side.

Weird, something else i noticed, the power light on the amp dims once i plug in the bass remote. Does it draw that much power?

Don't take this as gospel as I don't know the exact rule. I have mine set all the way max, but my HU has a S/W out and I usual keep my bass at -1 and my sub at half, and up to about 3/4s when I want some more bass, and full if I have to prove to someone a single 12" can have more balls then their dual setup.

If your HU doesn't have a sub line out, then what I would do is set the bass knob to almost full, say 90% and reset your gain. Then use the knob to turn the bass down not up, you know what I mean?

yea i do. i was thinking about doing that. just wanted to be on the safeside, with peoples input.

The max on the knob should be a tad bit shy of max on the sub before it distorts.

My HU has a S/W preout too so I just use the knob on the deck to go from 0 to +15 with the bass.

Oh and I kind of phrased my last post wrong, when I said to set the knob on the amp to reset the gains, once you plug the knob in it overrides the knob on the amp. Maybe you should even set the knob to 100% when setting your gains, so just in case you ever go past 90% with the knob you won't risk clipping.