Sub & Amp wired to Monsoon - cant toggle amp on/off
03-27-2009, 08:23 PM
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Sub & Amp wired to Monsoon - cant toggle amp on/off Car in question is 97 Camaro with Monsoon system..
I just partially finished installing a single MTX sub with MTX single channel amp. I tapped into the rear hatch speakers with speaker-to-RCA wires and pluged into the amp...
The good - it works and turns on and off with the factory deck
The not good - i ran the remote wire up to and tapped into the yellow wire at pin 9 on connector C1 which is hot on ACC, ON, and RAP and interrupted it by a switch so i can toggle the amp on/off at will...... however the amp is always on when the radio is on, even if i detach the remote wire completely
Something tells me the radio is telling the amp to stay on whenever the radio itself is on, how could i interrupt this signal so i can toggle the amp on & off at will with a switch?
I just partially finished installing a single MTX sub with MTX single channel amp. I tapped into the rear hatch speakers with speaker-to-RCA wires and pluged into the amp...
The good - it works and turns on and off with the factory deck
The not good - i ran the remote wire up to and tapped into the yellow wire at pin 9 on connector C1 which is hot on ACC, ON, and RAP and interrupted it by a switch so i can toggle the amp on/off at will...... however the amp is always on when the radio is on, even if i detach the remote wire completely
Something tells me the radio is telling the amp to stay on whenever the radio itself is on, how could i interrupt this signal so i can toggle the amp on & off at will with a switch?
03-28-2009, 11:10 AM
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just went out to the car and ran the stereo/sub again - when i disconnect the left side speaker input the amp remains on, when i disconnect the right side speaker input the amp shuts off
looks like this is where the amp is getting its signal from, any way to disrupt or override that?
the switch at the power wire would work but id need a hefty switch to do this, i was planning to run a small 16-14 ga toggle switch in the console
looks like this is where the amp is getting its signal from, any way to disrupt or override that?
the switch at the power wire would work but id need a hefty switch to do this, i was planning to run a small 16-14 ga toggle switch in the console
