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noob555

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 7:56 PM / IP Logged

Sorry for anything that I ask that may sound stupid but i'm a complete noob at car audio...Anyways my question....how do you attach a remote wire to a head unit?... do you splice the remote wire to the battery wire on the wiring harness?

furflier

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 8:39 PM / IP Logged

Need a little more info.What hu do you have? What are you trying to accomplish? Most aftermarket hu's have a remote wire on them. If it is a factory hu, it might not have one.

noob555

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 8:57 PM / IP Logged

Not a specific hu just in general how would you hook up the remote wire to a hu..lets says its a factory one.

furflier

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 9:25 PM / IP Logged

First off the remote wire is not needed if you are jsut using the hu. The purpose of the remote wire is to turn on an amp or other accessories. As stated above most factory hu's don't have one unless there is a factory amp.

noob555

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 9:34 PM / IP Logged

Yeah in a stereo system the remote wire is hooked up to a amp but say i want to install an amp to a factory hu where would i hook up the remote wire in the factory hu?

furflier

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 10:02 PM / IP Logged

If the factory hu doesn't have one you can tap in to the accesseory wire.

noob555

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Posted: July 07, 2007 at 10:18 PM / IP Logged

So in most after market hu a remote wire comes and I just hook that up to the amp and connect the wiring harness, and in a factory hu if theres no remote wire i just tap into a accessory wire?.... One last question..what does it mean to tap into another wire and is there an accessory wire on all factory hu's?

i am an idiot

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Posted: July 08, 2007 at 7:08 AM / IP Logged

The accessory wire is the Switched 12 volt wire. This wire is the one that gets 12 volts on it when the key is turned to the on or accessory position. And no not all vehicles have an accessory wire. If the car is a pre 2003 model then yes it will have an accessory wire. 2003 and later there is a chance it will not have such wire. When you figure out what kind of car this amp is going into, let us know and we can tell you where to connect the remote wire. If it is a common vehicle, I am sure they can tell you what color the wire is and exactly where to access it.

noob555

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Posted: July 08, 2007 at 12:22 PM / IP Logged

A 2005 Chevy cobalt do i tap the remote wire into the Factory Amp Turn-on because in the wiring diagram their is neither a accessory wire nor a switched 12v wire.

noob555

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Posted: July 08, 2007 at 6:30 PM / IP Logged

....and if you are suppose to tap into the factory amp turn on wire what do you do if their is neither a factory amp turn on wire or a accessory wire where do i tap the remote wire into now? or does their have to be a factory amp turn on wire or accessory wire.

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