check list....
check list.... ok, ive got all my wires hooked up and hid and i just hooked up my old POS amp to them and it never came on. help me make sure ive got evorything hooked up rite.... power wire to 12v source, ground to metal ( might be problem), rca cables to out on HU, remote wire to entina wire from HU. does all of this sound correct? and is their a good way to check and make sure all wires are working withought the amp? thanks
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* Power: Use a test light or multi-meter to make sure there is power at the 12V souce and Ground (Check at the terminals on the AMP).
* Stock Headunit: Since you are using the antenna signal as the remote-turn-on, did you install a switch in-line to lower the antenna? If so, make sure its not in the "OFF" position.
* Aftermarket Headunit: Use the remote-turn-on signal and not the antenna signal. Many aftermarket headunits lower the antenna when not using the tuner. Therefore you wont get a signal and the amp wont turn on.
* Stock Headunit: Since you are using the antenna signal as the remote-turn-on, did you install a switch in-line to lower the antenna? If so, make sure its not in the "OFF" position.
* Aftermarket Headunit: Use the remote-turn-on signal and not the antenna signal. Many aftermarket headunits lower the antenna when not using the tuner. Therefore you wont get a signal and the amp wont turn on.
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Originally Posted by bolton98TA
thanks man, it was the remote wire, i had it on the antenna and i had to switch it to the power wire.
Does that mean that the amp will be on even when the radio is off or the amp will stay on when the car is off?
well, i couldnet find anything haveing to do with the remote for the amp. i hooked it to the red wire that says 12v source that runs to the cd player. the amp goes off when i cut my car off and somes on when i turn it on. it might not be tha wire u were talkin about but it works.
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Originally Posted by bolton98TA
well, i couldnet find anything haveing to do with the remote for the amp. i hooked it to the red wire that says 12v source that runs to the cd player. the amp goes off when i cut my car off and somes on when i turn it on. it might not be tha wire u were talkin about but it works.
* Are you sure that wire has no power with the key is not in the ignition?
* That wire still has power when the radio is off. That means that the amp will still be on when the radio is off. I dont know if that matters, but its something to know.
* The wire I am talking about is a signal wire that comes from the radio and only has power when the radio is on. Its called the "remote-turn-on".
What model headunit are you working with?
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ive got the panasonic cq-c7301u HU. the light on my amp goes off when ever i turn my car off does this not meen the amp has no power runnig to it? i looked at all of the wires and they are labled and non of them say remote turn on on them. is the wire ur talking about on the new harness or the one that comes in the car? if you could find me some information it, it would be helpfull. thanks for all the help by tha way.
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Verdad Gallardo i got er man, its the blue/white wire, evorything works fine now. the red wire does cut the amp off when the car is off but takes power from tha hu. the yellow one it the constant one.
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Originally Posted by bolton98TA
ive got the panasonic cq-c7301u HU.
Originally Posted by bolton98TA
the light on my amp goes off when ever i turn my car off does this not meen the amp has no power runnig to it?
Originally Posted by bolton98TA
is the wire ur talking about on the new harness or the one that comes in the car?
Originally Posted by bolton98TA
thanks for all the help by tha way.
Originally Posted by bolton98TA
i got er man, its the blue/white wire, evorything works fine now. the red wire does cut the amp off when the car is off but takes power from tha hu. the yellow one it the constant one.