head unit wiring

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: head unit wiring

Posted By: zourious
Subject: head unit wiring
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 7:16 PM

ok this is my problem. i had my radio riped out of my dash.and i have 2 amps and a 1.0 cap.i got a new HU and started hooking it up and i ran into this problem i have the 2x remote wire's from my amps spliced into 1 and i have on my HU a red wire yellow wire and a blue wire where do i connect the 2x remote wire's from my amps to my HU and where should i put the yellow wire from my HU? also i have my red wire from my HU hooked up to the radio fuse on my fuse box is that a good ideal.thanks

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Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 7:21 PM

Typical Head Unit Wire Harness click on this link.

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Posted By: zourious
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 7:32 PM

thank you for that link.now for a quick queastion do i hook the yellow to my lighter and the red to the radio fuse on my fuse box and the remote wire's from my amp to the blue and white wire on my HU?

Posted By: zourious
Date Posted: November 16, 2005 at 8:54 PM

red goes to my radio fuse on my fuse box and the yellow goes to my cigg lighter and the remote wire's from my amp's to the blue&white wire on my hu?

Posted By: zourious
Date Posted: November 17, 2005 at 6:40 PM

can i hook my constant 12v to the fuse and still keep my memory?and what fuse should i use?

Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: November 17, 2005 at 7:17 PM

zourious wrote:

can i hook my constant 12v to the fuse and still keep my memory?and what fuse should i use?

This is not real clear......can you re-phrase your question.....?

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Posted By: zourious
Date Posted: November 17, 2005 at 7:46 PM

thats weird i made a post and it did not come up humm..ok i need to know where to put the yellow wire from my hu to the fusebox so i dont lose all my settings everytime i turn the car off..i have the red and yellow wire's from my hu ran to my radio fuse on my fusebox and everytime i turn the car off i lose all my settings on my radio.so i need to know where to put the yellow wire in the fuse box..thanks for the help

Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 10:00 AM

Why not just test for the constant lead behind the radio? That's why it's there. If you can't find one, check to see if a fuse is blown.

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