Thank you all for checking this out..

I have bought my scion and want to use the stock radio...

so i bought a hi to low converter and connected it to the back speakers. everything is put on right . the power to the battery and the ground to both amp and converter.

this is the problem. when i plug in the RCA from the converter the protection light from the amp comes on.. i am soooo lost and i don't know what to do... if u need pictures of what i did, i'll be more then glad to post it on the next one i right... THANK YOU

 

did you ground the amp? not sure if thats what you meant by ^^^
and make sure all the wires are in all the way?

 

yeah i grounded the amp on the screw that holds the rear lights on the right hand side.

 

Did you ground the line output coverter? If you did, don't do that, its not supposed to be grounded.

Also make sre your RCA's are not pinched somewhere, that could possibly set it into protect mode.

 

i think i tried to not ground the converter, but i will try again and i well let you all know. thanx ohh and no the RCA are not pinching.. thanx a MILLION

 

i tried to take out the ground and now its not working.

 

hmmm...

Take a few pics of the amp and converter, that might help me a bit.

 

will do

 

Amp conncetion


White wires, right speaker gray wires, left speaker. RCA on the other side... and the brown wires are ground.


Converter


Ground for the converter

 

I don't see a remote wire going to the amp, you need that to have the amp turn on.

Also make sure that you have the RCA'a on the "input" and not the "output" on the amp.

But I would still not ground the line out, I have never had to do that with any car I have ever installed on. I have been installing at Best Buy for 3 years.

Another thing I see is that you have a 4 guage wire going in as your power, and an 8 guage wire for your gound, thats no good.

 

I have the remote wire, but i didn't include it on the picture. but i have to find another place to conncet it to b/c the place where i have it is a constant feed.

when i put in the remote wire, it does nothing. i go and put the ground on the converter and the amps protection goes off.. its so weard. i had this sistem on my eclipse spyter and had no problem with it. i mean everything that u saw (except for the conveter).

the green light should turn on when i connect the remote wire, but it doesn't.. but the protection red ight turns on when i connect the converter w/ ground.. hmmm i'm so lost..lol

 

ok i found out the problem. it was the amps ground.. WOW so stuped.. now one other problem. i connceted the remote wire to a constent feed in the back of the radio. i don't wanna take out the radio (to much to do) so i bought a button. how does it work..? i out up some pics of if.



thetre are three conncetions on the back. which one is the plus? ground? and etc.

 

Dont do it to a switch. Go to the fuse panel and look for ignition. (IGG) and tag it to that. It will be a lot easier for you in the long run...

 

the fuse box outside or inside?

 

inside
its the fat blue wire to the right

 

The fuse box is inside the vehicle under the driver side steering colum. If you stick your head up there you will see it. It is a small rectangle with a cover over it. If you use a fuse tap you probably wont be able to put the cover back on but no big deal.

 

If you do want to use a switch to toggle the amp on or off, like I did, you need all three terminals on the switch connected. You need a 12+ power wire to one terminal, another wire that heads off to your remote wire, and a ground. Normally on a switch you dont need a ground, but b/c you have an LED you need to have the switch gounded. I installed a switch so I have use my subs when my wife is not in the car.

 

^^^ that is funny.. about your wife... WOMAN!! lol

well i just founf out that i don't even need a ground for oyu.. if u see the picture of the switch, it had three connections on the back. what i did was put the remote amp on the top connection and the power on the bottom, left the middle one wireless.. and it actually turn on.. I WAS LIKE WOW!!! i'll post the picture of it up so anyone could go ahead and do it,,