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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:22 PM
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i just finished wiring my amp using a hi lo RCA kit. im still going to keep the stock headunit. there is one thing that i cannot figure out. where on the stock HU does the remote wire go for the amp?
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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If i remember corrrectly, I think I used the power antenna wire as the remote turn on, when I was using my stock head unit and a hilevel input on my amp/.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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will that actually work? doesnt the antenna only get powered when you switch the setting to AM/FM?
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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found this.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/icdedppl/faq.html#c12
do i use the orange or blue?
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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blue is always your power
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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went outside and looked. there is 2 blues. one on the left and another on the right?
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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Why is there a question mark after your sentence? Anyways, the chart says one of the blues is for the negative on the Front Right speaker so if you see a light green cable right next to it, I would make an educated guess that the blue wire is for the speaker and you should connect to the other blue wire.
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 03:24 AM
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The remote goes to the gray wire. I just wired in a Sony XPlode 1000watt amp into my stock HU. Works great, pushing two Pioneer 400w 10s.
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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^^^ grey wire is the right wire... one the bigger of the two plugs
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