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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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Hey people. I am new to the audio thing and have no idea what i am doing as far as installing my amplifier and splicing the rca to the stock head unit. I took off the panels on the center console. just need help from hear on out. i also already have a spot to drill throught the firewall. just need help with the rest. Any suggestions???? I have a Kenwood mono amp 9103d that i want to connect with 2 12" kenwood subs w3011.
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basically i have the wires connected but i dont know where i went wrong. There is no power going to the amp. so im stuck
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http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZdELGYS...rs_wiring.html

i used that

i didnt really drill a hole either i just used the hole that the car already has...

Do you have a turn on wire? Connected
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i have the subs connected correct but the amp isnt recieving any power. i dont know where i went wrong.
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do you have power, ground and remote hooked up?
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yes i do. but i also lost the diagram that i was using that tell me which wires are which so im not sure now if i have the right wires spliced with each other
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do u have this!! remote hooked up? where is that connected in the head unit?
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behind the head unit
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what wire?
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so you spiced the RCAs into your headunit...

ummm what year is your car?
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its a 2006
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alright hold up....let me go check mine out cause the directions that kenwood gives you are all effed up....i had to do the trial and error way....
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its a 2006 tc.......... this is what i found for the wiring diagram...2005 Scion tC Car Stereo Radio Wiring Diagram
Radio Constant 12V+ Wire: Blue
Radio Ignition Switched 12V+ Wire: Gray
Radio Ground Wire: Brown
Radio Illumination Dimmer Wire: Green
Radio Antenna Trigger Wire: Orange
Radio Amplifier Trigger Wire: N/A
Front Speakers Size: N/A
Front Speakers Location: N/A
Left Front Speaker Wire (+): Pink
Left Front Speaker Wire (-): Purple
Right Front Speaker Wire (+): Light Green
Right Front Speaker Wire (-): Blue
Rear Speakers Size: N/A
Rear Speakers Location: N/A
Left Rear Speaker Wire (+): Black
Left Rear Speaker Wire (-): Yellow
Right Rear Speaker Wire (+): Red
Right Rear Speaker Wire (-): White
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so where did u put the remote wire? it should be the blue
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ok thanks
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well me and my friend were trying to do this last night. he was the one messing with the wires. He says the Blue wire
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try connecting the remote wire to the power on the amp see if it turns on, if it does then thats ur prob
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my friend tried that yesterday and we got absolutly nothing
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the problem that i found when i was trying to connect my power control wire was theres alot of blue and green and red and brown wires back there....so you cant rule out only one blue or one red cause theres more than one....epecially with this hu if it has the ipod connection


i have the kenwood KAC-X10D powering my 12" JL W6V2
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hm well the way i did it was use a output converter that connects to my rear speakers... so my setup is a bit different then yours .......but where did u put the ground ?



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