What is an Amplifier Remote Turn-On Wire?
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Watch as we explore the functionality of an amplifier remote turn-on wire.
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Installing an amp today, this was the one step I missed 😂
Me too I killed my battery 😐
Me too. Amp wouldn’t turn on and I panicked about it for a hour and a half till I found this video . Ganna fix it in the morning
Same and I hope my battery is full tomorrow
Or I put a new
This forgotten step is the epitome of my current install
This was the most helpful video I’ve found. Thank you so much. This was extremely detailed for people who aren’t super savvy with car stereos lol
Congrats man! The video went directly to the point, but still managed to be quite detailed. Keep it up.
nearly a decade later. this info is still helpful for head units with touch screens and phone-play. thank you
Great video, I just wanted to add, Do NOT wire your amplifiers rem to the radios 12v constant( typically the yellow wire )! this will cause your amp to be on when the car is off and drain your battery.
Thank for you advice. But really need to know, after connected both blue/white wires of after market radio harness and adapter for my car, where can I hook up the remote turn-on wire from after market Amp to ? Or do I need a T connector or what? Thank for help again. Appreciated.
I just hooked up my remote wire to the 12v cigarette plug. Works fine since the plug is only on when the car is on. Just make sure to hook it up the the + terminal(the tip)... The remote wire just tells the amp when to turn on so it doesn't drain the car battery.
Hey that sounds easier than whatever this complicated thing is
@@jdmchickkustomz9417 im doing same rn on my amp, its easier. And if something goes wrong im gonna blame yall😂
I was struggling to find a remote wire and hooked up to the antenna after watching this video!! Sub's are working!!!! Thank you!!!!
Yes, i was confused as my stereo has no remote wire. But it has antenna out, it should work.
@@jayjwin1178 did it?
On my head unit it is the red wire and also the orange one......all it does is power on the head unit when the vehicle is either started or put in accessory mode......One note is that your yellow constant power wire(to battery +) is running your head units clock,settings saving,etc...
Can you split the remote turn-on wire and feed 2 amps with it? Or run one remote turn-on wire and loop it out to the second amp if it is closeby?
Allen ! Nicely done sir. I learned a lot and it's because of your work many many people like me are learning cool things . Thanks again.
Isn't it better to connect the remote wire to a fuse (by using a fuse tap) if your factory stereo doesn't have a remote wire to connect to? Problem with connecting to acc or ignition is that you can get a surge of signal when you turn on your car to acc or ignition that could damage the amp and/speakers.
Excellent video! I bought my wife a Land Rover Freelander which has a factory Harmon Kardon amp under the drivers seat that I didn't even know about. I installed a new head unit and speakers as factory replacements, using the correct (and only) Metra radio wiring adapter and dash kit. Head unit powered on, no sound. There's no mention of this in Crutchfield where I bought my adapters and connectors for this install so I did some internet digging and found out there's a hidden factory amp and it's obviously not powering on now. So thanks to this video and very detailed explanation and a schematic on another site showing the remote turn on pin for the factory amp, I am going to splice an inline fuse between the remote wire coming out of the factory amp plug and the rear 12V lighter adapter that sits at the back of the center console for rear passengers so it turns on when my key is on.
I’ve been looking for this video for about a year and have been holding off paying someone hundred quid for about 2 months to do it myself and save the money. Fully sorted now thanks a lot
Thank you SO MUCH for your video. After spending 6 hours trying to figure out why I didn't have and sound and after taking my radio back thinking it was a bad unit, I was able to resolve my no sound problem in 2 minutes after watching your video. THANK YOU!
Thanks bud was looking around for 45 min online until i fell on this and figured it out right away
45 today lol. Wish I saw this first
Thanks for making this video! I'm using an automotive class D amplifier for non-automotive use, and the instructions with the amp just said: "Connect the REM terminal to the remote control wire from the head unit with 18 AWG wire." Well, I don't have a head unit; I just needed to know what to do with the REM to turn the stupid thing on: tie to 12V? to Ground? to one or the other through a resistor? Thanks to your tutorial, I felt confident in connecting it directly to 12V, and it came up as expected. Thanks again for supplying information the manufacturer didn't see fit to include in the stupid manual!
This is a very good video, thanks! Exactly what I needed
This video was super useful, although my aftermarket stereo system has not one, but three remote turn on wires!
Me too
Can I connect both - amplifier and power antenna to blue/white wire? I have Sony XAV-AX100.
I did that. I have the XAV-AX50000.
I did this and the wire got hot. But didn’t burn up and worked. Good thing I used solder and heat shrink. Also, when I connected the remote to antenna wire, my amp wouldn’t produce power to sub for first minute or so after each start up. But it works!
so 12v from ign is ok but is there a required or too much amps to turn on remote ?
I know time has passed but for anyone else to see. The answer is "the less the better". I just hooked the one end of the remote turn-on wire on a 15A fuse [(which was for the radio) has 12v on ACC and IGN] on the passenger compartment fuse box.
Some dumbasses think that because they know one thing, it's a crime not to know what they know. That just means that you know one thing and the rest of your life is shit. Thanks for the educational video.
Yeah, I always hate it when people are condescending to me when I ask questions and am trying to learn something. I tend to not ask them any questions about anything again.
@@damienholland9244They finally learn something and want to pretend theyre the arbiters of knowledge and must clutch on to it 😂
So on my aftermarket radio it only has a blue wire and not a blue and white wire. Can I power my aftermarket amp with the solid blue (antenna) wire?
Can I install a switch on that remote line so that I have option to use sub only when I feel like bassin?
Yes of coarse you can.
How
Thank you so much finally found the reason my amp was not turning on 3:20 i had the remote wired to the wrong wire on the radio!
So i bought my new deck and connected the blue white wire from the new deck to the wire harness i bought. I just bought an amp and i don't know where to connect the remote wire since the blue white is all ready connected to the wire harness. Should i connect all 3? Do i connect the blue white from the deck to the wire harness and also to the amp remote? I disconnected the blue white wire from the wire harness and just connected the blue white from the deck to the remote to the amp but my speakers wont work now. I'm thinking i need to connect all 3 wires together
super, simple and easy to follow instructions regarding remote wire - explained how/where to hook up remote wire on stock HU.
superawesomesauce!
Този приятел много ми помогна, препоръчвам, много кратко и просто обясни защо е контрол кабела за радиото към усилвателя музика !
Really simple to understand and straightforward video thanks mate. sending likes from Aus
My Question is. My factory radio already has subs connected to it. So do I run wire from my remote wire to the amp as well?
So can I use the blue antenna wire for my amp ?
Short and simple
So we connect it to the blue/white wire BEFORE the harness? Just splice it in?
This count be explained better:) thank you!
i have that same alpine radio on my car lol
Do you have tutorial for intalling a kill switch to the amp?
Great Video. I just stumbled across it. I knew there was a different way to power the amp. Took my car to an audio shop to install my sub. I was told they couldn't find the ignition wire to power the amp on my 2019 X7. Nothing against the shop. They're old-school, as they were struggling with a 20 CTS. I will do the installation once I get the wiring diagram.
i have a blue only wire .. the mamual says ( BLUE (auto anthena/amplifier control cable) .. can i connect the remote on that?
Tonie Ramos
I did this and for the first minute after each start up my amp wouldn’t turn on.
2004 4runner
Both Blue and Blue/White wire has the text "Factory amplifier remote turn on" so you can wire the amplifier to either Blue or Blue/White? I am still confused.
This was extremely helpful
exactly what i need 30 seconds in thanks boss
Hey, I have a quick question. I currently have 1 amp for 2 subwoofers. I want to add another amplifier for the mids and highs I will be getting soon. Will I need to run another remote turn on wire to that amp as well? Do I just split the blue/white wire into two so I have one for each amplifier? Sorry I'm new at this and I want to do it right.
Thank you for a very nice and clarifying video.
Hey Al,
If i connect the white-blue wire to the blue antenna wire and i don't listen to the radio can i go directly into the antenna 12v? or can i splice into the red ignition switch wire since it is not the constant. being that i dont have a factory amp power wire.
Great job. Clear and to the point. Very helpful. Thank you.
I had to use my power antenna wire. Works great.
Thanks. You just showed me the wire I was trying to figure on my aftermarket headunit. It says P.ANT. ✌️
Straight to the point! Very useful!
I have a problem.. so when I put my remote wire and positive wire in the right place where they are supposed to go it doesn’t work but if I put my remote wire in the positive place and the positive in the remote wire place it works perfectly fine is this safe or no?
Can I use a blueremote wire as a negative wire to use on a toggle switch if I do not have black wire ?
so when you connect it. it will play your music from your subs?
Please help.
How do you bypass it if you barents using a head unit?
Thanks! I looked a lot for what is the extra wire on my RCA cable. Now I know.
Thats bro you just saved my life i was gonna buy another amp
What does it mean if your aftermarket radio has only the blue power antenna wire and no blue with white stripe wire?
Its January 2022.
But still thank you for this video.
I keep on tapping my underseat woofer on the antenna cable. 😂😂
Can I just use one of them connectors that taps into that and connect the other wire at the end? Is that the only wire I need is just that one? Find the aftermarket radio aftermarket amp
I don't have power in my bleu wire of my Android car radio sir....i like the way you vive thé details
So if I have both which one should I wire it to ?
Hi good video!!
question
Can i connect two amplifiers and one epicenter to the same remote wire or is too much?
So far i have connected two amps only and the lights inside dimm a lot when the base hits.
So with my alpine radio this should be hooked to the blue and white wire connected to my radio and not the red ignition wire thats also connected?
I have a 12cd changer in my van and I am not getting CD control at the radio switch and the changer is not selecting the CDs; I checked for continuity in the cable at the main pin which is bigger than the other pins, and I don't get any beeping on the meter, I suspect a bad cable....what does the main bigger pin do should I get power there if I connect to the radio and test?
Whats the thickest or smallest guage u can use
What about if you want to put in a toggle switch?
What about that? I think it will work just fine if you put it in the remote turn-on wire. Right?
Hi can you help me.. My amp stopped switching on with the remote wire but manually If I bridge the power and remote terminal the amp powers on.. What could be the issue
This might sound like a stupid question but how do you hook up aftermarket door speakers to the amplifier? Do you just take the sound output of the amplifier to all the speakers? Many videos just explain how to hook up subs and when it comes to door speakers they say just to hook them up, not very helpful at all.
Sitting in my bed feeling like a dummy thanks man😂🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
So let’s say I snip the blue wire from the back of my radio to connect my amp power wire to it do I connect all 3 pieces of wire together?
thanks for the info...it makes me clear to understand about remote wire and how to determine the color of the remote wire at the back of the stereo panel...thanks a lot once again...Edgel Tm
My Chinese Android head unit has no "AMP" remote turn-on wire, but it has an "ANT" wire made to power old motorized radio antennas. This ANT wire provides a voltage of 12VDC with respect to the GND wire (only when the radio is turned on, but there is a dedicated pref in the factory settings to make it powered all the time when the head unit is on). My question is: can I use this ANT wire as a remote turn-on wire for the amplifier?
I have questions i have alpine cde-136bt which wire terminal go to with white /blue or just blue wire ?
I have a question regarding the remote wire. I was listening to my music and subs were hitting hard then all of a sudden my amp shuts off. I assumed the remote wire got loose maybe so i checked the remote wire being the unit and it was fine. No power to amp at all. So then i jumped the remote wire and the battery cable on the amo and it turned right on. The remote in back of my head unit would not turn it on. While it was bridged the music play and as soon as i turned it up the subs would cut in and out. I can't figure out what the problem is. Is it my remote wire not being connected to my head unit? It wouldn't power on that way for some odd reason. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks All!
playa4lifesd619 did you ever figure out what the cause was i have the same problem.
please tell us what solved your problem with your amp shutting down- was it a problem with you remote amp turnon wire as you suspected - your post was 2 years ago, but many have the same problem.
I also need help with this problem
In other words if the stereo doesn’t have a blue or blue and white wire all you need to hook on a 12volt red wire that turns the radio on and off?
I have like this box, it’s an Amplifier retention , it’s literally just a box, do I stick the blue wire just inside of it?
What about a marine radio? I have two amps on my bike and i can turn the radio off but amps are on constantly except when ignition is off? Do i need to run a switch to turn amps off or am i wiring the system wrong? Thanks
You da best bro that's what I was missing
Answered everything THANK YOU!!
Thanks for the video. Question... Is it possible to use an amps remote turn on wire to power other devices (splice into and wire off of the blue white wire)? I need constant power to a rear camera when the car is on and this remote wire is the only line i have run to the rear or my car.
I have a Sony dsx-b700. It has a blue/white wire. The wire harness I bought metra Lc-gmrc-01 has a blue/white wire also. So I connected the 2 and everything works but now I want to install an amp kicker cxa400.1. where and how do I connect the remote wire for the amp. Do a "y" connecton?
I punched into my blue wire with my remote wire in my amp. And obviously it wouldn’t turn on. Was so puzzled. Watched this, and now I’m gonna look for a blue and white wire. Thanks :)
My kenwood radio has a blue and yellow and blue and white, I connected the amp to the blue and white but it’s popping the fuses on the amp
I know this is a old thread, but how do I hook it up if I'm installing two amps?
can i use a power antenna wire for remote turn on of my amp? because my head unit doesn't have remote turn on wire.!
Yes if your turn the ignition on and test it with a test light and it lights up your good. Ythe remote wire is just a secondary power wire
I did this and for some reason my amp wouldn’t run my sub for the first minute or so after each start up
So given this blue white wire is hooked up. If the car stereo is hooked up to accessory power. You turn ignition off and remove key. It turns the stereo off. Does that turn off the amplifier too? Any chance of problems sometimes and that amp stays on? Because Im getting a battery drain somewhere . Im using an aftermarket unit with a harness adaptor hooked up the factory amplifier. EVerything works fine except for that battery drain.
Saved my life
Such a useful video. Thanks Guy.
I read on a forum that someone plugged their remote turn-on wire into their remote control jack! Yes it was a bare wire plugged into a jack but you still can't blame him for putting the REMOTE into the REMOTE lol... I think the terminology should be changed
Some amplifiers can be turn on with the RCA cables.
What wire turns the deck on cause I could've swore it was the black wire and yellow wire ?
Reallyyyyy helpful thank you !🙏🙏
If i don't have the radio, but only have amp. Is it it okay to power +12V on that pin?
Great video, i question that wire and decided not to do anything with it but now clearly i was wrong to do so.
To Edgar Alvarado@ I tired to reply to your comment but it won't let me but I ahd the same problems as yours I just got mines fixed today cuz of the stock head unit all you need a switch that turns on and off the amp/subs. My audio shop told me to start the car first thn turn the amp switch on and turn off again before you turn off the car or else It will do the booming.i been had that problem pissed me off took it to the shop and now it's fixed hope it helps
My f250 wiring harness has an amplifier ground wire (16). Is that the trigger? Thank you.
appreciate you brother thanks for explaining
What if I wanna use a Factory amp And a aftermarket amp ? Do I just attach them both to the turn on wire?
DistrictChris Music did you ever figure this situation out?
If I'm trying to use my Ford Sync system and add an aftermarket amplifier, I can pull the radio out and, using a multi meter, find the wire that is 12 volt (switched) and tie into that? Originally I was going to tap into the speaker wires and use the high level inputs but have decided to use a pre-amp (equalizer) and will use a LOC instead. That requires me to run an antenna wire. I'm not a big fan of running a wire to a fuse in the fuse box.
hey Allyn thanks for the great video. I have been trying to narrow down the cause of 'no sound' on my Lexus LS 460 mark levinson audio system is it the same principle as this or is there any other thing that I'm missing. Its still not delivering audio. Thanks again.
Super helpful. Thank you.
You said accesories, is that the purple wire? It’s connected to something in my car, can i tap on that wire? would that not mess with the watever it is connected to?
So do you need to make a connection through the firewall to the battery or can you bridge the rem wire to the 12v connection on the amp? Please help
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