When Installing an amplifier into my car...?

Question

and the factory radio doesn't have the blue remote turn-on wire to turn on the amp when the radio is turned on, what do you hook up the remote wire to?

Answer 1

Don't use the "hot wire, toggle switch" idea. The problem is that eventually you're going to forget to turn the switch off, and your battery is going to be dead the next day; and that only has to happen a few times to ruin your battery.

Tap the remote wire into a vehicle wire that loses power whenever the key is off. There are lots of options for this connection:
--tap into an accessory fuse in the vehicle fuse box
--connect to the switched power wire behind the factory radio
--in some vehicles like Honda, the cigarette lighter is key-switched, so you can tap into cigarette lighter's feed wire
--tap into the accessory output from the ignition switch

If you want, you can put your own toggle switch on the remote wire so you can turn your amp on and off, but if you connect to a key-switched wire you won't have to worry about a dead battery when you forget to flip the toggle.

Wherever you connect it, it's a good idea to put a 1-amp fuse on your remote wire within a few inches of the connection.

Another option is a device that connects to a speaker wire and generates 12VDC whenever there's a signal going to the speaker, like the N-902 on this page: http://www.autosound2000.com/pulsestretchers.htm

Answer 2

You tap into your red ignition wire that is on the wire harness. By doing this the radio will be turned on when you turn your car on and the radio will turn off when you turn your car off.

Answer 3

there is a remote wire it is the electric antenna wire and even if there is no electric antenna the wire is in the radio plug

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Answer 4

It may be worth it to get an aftermarket stereo. Or you could hook it to the wire that supplies 12V when the key is on.

Answer 5

a toggle switch wired directly to a hot wire or positive battery terminal. just make sure the amp is properly grounded to. just make sure the toggle switch is rated high enough to carry the juice an amp needs.

Answer 6

If you have a power antenna, you can splice into that lead. If not, hook it up to a hot lead and use a toggle/slide switch to control it.

Answer 7

that's in simple terms no longer all that complicated, yet because you're saying you do no longer know of what's in the back of the stereo i could have it finished professionally. . . One ordinary mistake could decrease to rubble the completed gadget. . .do in simple terms it professionally. . .

Answer 8

either hard wire like they said....or plug into fuse block

Answer 9

dont install it