stupid question

[FI_Showboat]

hey my boy has a head unit that doesnt have a remote wire to it how do i run a remote to let tha amp know to turn on and stuff this is probably a stupid elemantary question :slap: but i still have alot to learn in tha audio world and any help would be greatly appreciated by me and my boy since it is his car LOL if ya need to know its a 89 mercury cougar thanx guys and gals

[fi istaylo]

aiight heres what u do...what we did for rons car...run a wire off the battery, or any contant wire...to a ON/OFF switch...then run the wire like a remote wire...works perfect...turns the amp on and off when needed...

[FI_Showboat]

what about if i run a wire from the fuse to tha radio will that werk ??? im thinkin if i know anything about electricity that it will??? what do u know i already thought about tha switch

[nickf829]

nah you WILL forget to turn the amp off that way, its only natural to be forgetful when your in a rush.. what you do, tap into the ignition wire running into the back of the headunit.. or figure out which fuse is the one for the radio and run a wire from there to the back, that way only when your radio is on, will your amp be on

[mnchvgs79]

Heres what you do: BUY A RADIO WITH A REMOTE TURN-ON!


Or if the radio has a power antenna wire, just use that

[fi istaylo]

nice nick...glad it aint on my car tho...and that my deck has a remote wire...when i redo my system, im just puttin a switch on the remote wire

[nickf829]

whats the point of a switch on a remote wire? remote means its only on when the radio is

[fi istaylo]

turn subs on/off...cuz i dont drive around with bass blaring all the time

[FI_Showboat]

well u know nat he gonna be bassin hard as hell i thought that tha fuse idea would werk or i might tap into tha damn radio wire thats a good idea too aight i think i know what to do but i mean i would like to hear any ideas that yall have to say aight ill holla at yall lata

[phigity]

tap into the ignition wire on the headunit. switches aren't a good idea b/c you'll forget about them.

[FI_Showboat]

aight now that is tha yellow wire right NO wait thats tha constant maybe its tha red i cant remeber i know what colors mean what its universal for all cars except tha speaker wire colors those vary from car to car and actually make to make but i mean if i run to tha yellow then im still pullin power and tha red may be what im looking for not sure

[Darkside66]

Usually a blue wire will be on he back of th CD player.....thats a antenna wire..just tap into that. The wire might even say remote or antenna on it.

[ViSiON3k]

im pretty sure you can run a lead from the 12v on the amp to the remote. I think scott told me something like that before when i was hooking an amp up in my room.

[PimpinLow]

YEs i can vouch for forgettting abotu the switch. The way mine is set up is that i ahve a wire running from the power on the amp into the remote. Its to weasy to forget..

Id do like phigity and other said tap into the ignition its the best way. Then you can also put a switch on that so you dont have to listen to the bass all the time.

[Slamd_S_Dyme]

The power antenna wire usually goes off when you put a cd in. That means youre not gonna have a system when you want to play a cd. Tap into the ignition and put a switch on the remote wire, that way you can choose when you want to listen to yout system, and you wont forget to turn it off.

[rhenry01]

How about doing it the right way. Since relays are current devices you can hook the coils into the power wire of the radio and when the radio is turned on current flows throught the coil thereby activating the contacts. If the contacts are wired to a 12V source on one side (the same power wire) and the remote-on wire on the other the amp will only come on when the radio is on.

[rhenry01]

And let's hope Scott doesn't read this thread....he would bust a blood vessel if he knew we were ghettoing systems together like that!

[fi istaylo]

^^you know how we do rick...ive ghetto'd a few systems in my days...never my own...but i think me and justin will figure it out this weekend or somethin

[FI_Showboat]

I got it wired i gotta hook tha amp and subs tonight i mean i think it will work hey mike i know more about his car then he does its funny but i mean i had to pull seats out and then PUT THEM BACK IN wow thats new i only jerked mine out didnt put em back but yea i still gotta hook tha amp

[oapy123]

How about doing it the right way. Since relays are current devices you can hook the coils into the power wire of the radio and when the radio is turned on current flows throught the coil thereby activating the contacts. If the contacts are wired to a 12V source on one side (the same power wire) and the remote-on wire on the other the amp will only come on when the radio is on.
x2 do it the correct way...