RCA Cables

i have a question about my new RCA cables.  they are Rockford Fosgate Obsidian RCA cables,  i was wondering, what is that tiny wire in between the Red and White cables? its really small i and i was wondering what it is for, thank you for your help

If I remember right, I believe it's meant for noise reduction/blocking signal interferenceSquirrel

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I don't recall seeing one exposed before, at least not from the factory. If it is supposed to be that way, treat it as a ground and run it to the frameSquirrel

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this shows the little wire in the middle,  am i supposed to ground it??

Whenever I have seen RCA's like this they market the middle wire for a remote turn on lead. 2 of the 3 pairs of RCA I use have this wire on them. I ran a seperate wire down the other side of the car as recommended on lots of website to pervent noise, but thats what it is. If you dont use it make sure you snip and tape it off, its a electrical short waiting to happen.

I'm not a pro, but I'd say yes. I've never seen RCA's like this before, but I'll do some more research and let you knowSquirrel

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so what should i do, ground the wire to the chassis, or tape it off??

Tape it off unless your going to use it for the remote turn on. The outer ring of the RCA already goes to ground. In fact thats why when installing a AMP you should always connect your ground wire before the RCA's because if you connect power then RCA's the amp will use the RCA's ground as system ground and can blow up your RCA outputs on the head unit. Little tidbit for the night. Allan.

I like using this wire as a ground comming from the back of the head unit to the amp to prevent ground loops. And also to prevent any noise from getting to the rca's(the closer to the vehicle ground you run the rca's the less chance you have picking up noise from the vehicle).