Help installing sub in Stratus

It has a high level input but it says up to 4V only, that's not very high! and Larkdog, I assume you mean a remote, which tends to be something that mounts someplace seperate as far as I've seen (but I haven't used them myself). That amp doesn't appear to have it. And stock stereos won't have RCAs. Your best bet is to just get a head unit that has a seperate preamp out for subs (which would usually mean 3 pairs of preouts unless one is rear/sub switchable) because then you'd have effective amp volume control and you'd have RCAs. Check out the Kenwood KCD-X469 or the Alpine CDA-9805. Those are pretty cheap especially on Ebay (I'd get one from Ebay but make sure the seller has a VERY good rating and a return policy!) Crutchfield is more expensive but it comes with mounting stuff too. So while I'd get things seperately, Crutchfield for that might be better for you.

But keep in mind this stuff will work without a new head unit, it's just recommended that you get one. Maybe you could even sell the stock one for a few bucks. And it'd save the cost of a high-> low converter.

forget my last question, i figured it out myself

ok so far i have tapped into rear speaker wire, attached ground wire to body frame, hook amp power cable to battery terminal.  all that is left is to hook directly into the radio system control.  i got to the rear of the radio/cd player, but there is a big white plug and a black cable (which i assume is the antenna)  but where would i hook into the system control at?  which wire they are color coded but what color should i go with?

If I can remember and am not 100% sure on the 03 I think the remote wire color is ORANGE / red. Do you have an orange and red wire? Is so tap into it and see if you get +12 volt when the radio is on and it should get no voltage when the radio is off. If that’s correct than attach that to the remote input on your amp and that will turn the amp on and off .

well there is no ORANGE / red, but here are the wire colors i do have (mind you, i got no gauge to check voltage)

these are bunched together

• pink,
•  RED / white,
• ORANGE / brown,
• purple / YELLOW,

these are on the other side bunched together

• black
• BROWN / red
• blue/red
• green
• BROWN / yellow
• BROWN / blue
• blue/white
• blue/orange

my best guess would be to say the black is the ground and all the rest from this second group are speaker wires.  so which of the others would i splice into, remember i don't have a voltage checker thingy!

If the car has power antenna, you can just tap the remote wire going to that in the trunk. Also, for my car, it had a remote out on the CD player but there wasn't actually a wire on the harness because I don't have power antenna so I just stripped a few inches of wire, made it into a little ball, put it on the pin and then shoved the wiring harness wire in

the car doens't have a power antenna

but this topic is dead now b/c I finally got everything installed and working, SOUNDS GREAT!

all i did to get the dash panel off was use a really long flathead screw driver to pry it off, very gently, of course.  the 12volt wire was the red and white one, the pink was the ignition wire.  i bought a tester set and found the right wire real quick like.  I also ran all the wires underneath the car, following other routed cables and such.  i did NOT go with the rca high low converter, i found no need to do so.  my amp is hand-me-down, my sub box is homemade, and my woofer is radio shack.  I paid for nothing except the 12volt tester... a pretty good sound system for only $4, i must say.

thanks to all who offered assistance, ESPECIALLY bberman1 he gave the best help, and quick responses.

I am a mathematician my trade, masters degree in Math, if anyone ever needs some help, give me a shout

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