Hey I just bought the Alpine 7893 http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/carau....asp?sku=12049 And I wanted to know out of those of you that have this head unit if you really need that fused cable running to your battery because it is 60 x 4? I have heard that this is just a gimick but that seems like a strange gimick to me but just wanted to see some feedback from you guys.

 

yes

and

ground to solid metel ground

 

You need to run that units power cable to the battery. It really has a 30 Watt X4 (RMS) chip amp in it.

And don't forget to use a fuse for that connection to the battery within 12 inchs of the battery.

 

yes you need it, it's not a gimick

 

The factory wires are too wimpy to supply the power.... it's a pain in the a**, but run the wire.