DeepStroke

I'm trying to hook up a Amp to the stock radio and i need to know where to hook up the Amp's remote wire. The dude at the store said to hook it to a fuse that would turn on automatically upon ignition.
Is this the best place to hook it up or should i hook it up somewhere else?

Thanks.

chitown

Cigarette lighter circuit.
There is also a gray accessory wire behind the radio.

DeepStroke

Which fuse is the lighter hooked through? Or should I just hook it to one of the wires that lead to it? And if so which wire?

Thanks for all the help...

tom0613

iTrader: (2)

JUST HOOK IT UP TO THE ON OF THE BLUE WIRES ON YOUR AFTERMARKET HARNESS

tom0613

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SORRY WRONG INFO

DeepStroke

I don't have an aftermarket harness. I have the factory cd player and a converter to have the amp hooked up. Sorry, should have been more clear...

tom0613

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DIDNT READ BFORE I TYPED. IF YOU HAVE A TESTER OR VOLLT METER,ETC JUST FIN THE ONE THAT GIVES YOU A 12 VOLT SOURCE WHEN THE KEY IS ON THE ON POSTION

tom0613

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AND I YOU DONT HAVE ANY METERS JUST SPLICE OR TAKE A LITTLE OF THE RUBBER OFF EACH WIRE AND JUST TAP THE REMOTE WIRE TO EACH ONE AND WHICHEVER TURNS THE AMP ON THATS IT

SuperWhite12

There should be an open pin on the back of the radio. I forgot which one it was. so if you can get a multi meter you can just check the pins added it in... imo i think this is better than hooking it up to a cigarette lighter

tom0613

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true sounds neater but if he has a meter he can also use any source that has 12 volts and turns on when the car is on

tCizzler

Also just an option, you can just take it straight to the battery, I read that on rockford Fosgates data sheets for their amps, i would assume it would work on any makers amps. It doesn't drain any power unless the amp is hitting and it gets rid of that bass surge when you turn on your car, or turn it off, if you have it, its so annoying.

ADRdesignCo

coming from the back of the radio, just tap slice the remote wire to the blue wire on the stereo harness. no need to buy an after market harness. i am assuming you are using a line out converter. i did the same thing when i had the stock headunit. so just splice off the blue wire in the stock harness (the bigger harness btw). hope this helps :D

EazaMadLoo

Ok, so the guy who said the rockford manual said you could hook it up to the battery, hes right, any remote can be hooked up to any 12v source, including the battery, the problem with that is that its on all the time, and if you put a switch on the remote wire and forget once to turn it off, you have a dead battery, your best bet is to do like everyone else has said, find the pin on the back of the head unit and splice it in, i would also reccoment putting it thru a switch too tho that way you can kill the subs if you wanted to, and unlike hooking it up directly to the battery, if you forget to turn off the switch, it wont do anything because its hooked up to the headunit. thats what i always do whenever i install a system,

L4rry_B1rd

I would hook it up to the gray ACC wire...

traviswilliam210

Reading through these comments, seeing all these senior members giving the absolute worst advice on hooking up remote wires, tapping into pins on head units, hooking to the battery and adding switches to kill the constant hot, lmao don't listen to them,
Best thing to do is spend the 5 or 6 bucks on a mini fuse tap and find the switched accessory fuse location, usually in the interior fuse box under the dash by the driver and connect the remote wire to it and plug it in, its very simple and hassle free ,
I did a video on this on my 2012 Scion tC , I'm not 100% positive that its the same as the xB, but I would almost bet the fuse boxes are very similar to each other, here's a link to my tC video so you can actually see the wire tap and location.

Tglaspie1

Traviswilliam210,
just wanted to thank you for sharing your video from you tube I wouldn't have been able to figure the whole rubber nipple thing to run my wires through. As well as running them through the bottom of my door. Thanks again. Made my stereo amp etc install super quick and super easy. You da Man....