Do you need to hook up the remote wire on your car amp?
What wiring and accessories do I need? Car amplifiers don’t come with any wiring included. You must supply the amp’s power and ground wiring, an inline fuse, a remote turn-on wire, RCA cables, and speaker wires.
What does a remote wire do for an amp?
When the ignition of the vehicle is turned off, the remote turn on wire stops transferring voltage and the amplifier turns off. If the remote turn on wire is connected to a wire in the vehicle that has constant voltage, the amplifier will always be on.
How do you connect two amps to a remote wire?
You can splice the tip of the remote wire, just before you reach an amp, and tap 2 wires, one from each amp. Ive seen some people put a jumper wire from the remote terminal of one amp to the remote terminal of the 2nd amp. It works.
What color is the remote wire for AMP?
Most head unit wiring harnesses have a blue wire in them. Do not confuse this wire with the remote turn on wire with the blue stripe, it is for power antenna or factory amplifier turn on.
Can you use power antenna wire for AMP?
It should be noted that some head units have both a remote turn on wire and a power antenna wire. It’s important to use the right wire for your amplifier and other electronic equipment. In the case of both remote and antenna wires the power antenna wire will only output 12 volts when the radio is on.
What can I use for remote wire?
you can use speaker wire for that. Just run the remote wire off your other amp. any copper wire will work it doesnt matter how old or new it is. just find some old copper wire and use it.
How does the remote turn on work on a car amplifier?
This voltage is transferred through the remote turn on wire to the amplifier turn on circuit; when the amplifier senses this voltage, it turns the amplifier on. When the ignition of the vehicle is turned off, the remote turn on wire stops transferring voltage and the amplifier turns off.
Why is the remote turn on not working on my amplifier?
If the remote turn on wire is connected to a wire that does not receive voltage when the ignition is in the ACCESSORY or ON position, the amplifier will not turn on until that wire does receive voltage. The blue/white stripe remote turn on wire has a number of other names such as accessory wire, system remote control wire, etc…
How do you wire a car radio remote turn on?
Simply connect another piece of blue primary wire to the blue wire in the wiring harness and run the primary wire back to the amplifier to terminate in the remote turn on terminal. To connect wire to wire, an appropriately sized butt connector or other style connector can be used.
How do you wire a remote power switch to an amplifier?
Another option for providing a proper remote turn on circuit is to wire constant power and ground to a switch and then wire the output of the switch to the amplifier’s remote turn on. This way you can manually control when the amplifier turns on and off by the flip of a switch.