Remote cable to head unit prombelms

[brodie2906]

Am having problems connecting my remote cable from the amp to the head unit, cannot identify which wire the remote connects to as they are coloured differently and don't have a multimeter, have even tried connecting it to the 12v car lighter but had problems, its a 1.2 mk2. Works fine when I connect the remote straight to my 12v live feed so no problems from that end but fed up of having to take the fuse out constantly. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Mendizmo]

Have you got a pic of the wiring from the back of the head unit mate? Which brand of head unit? On my Sony it was a blue wire with a label on it to say remote. It should tell you in the user guide if you have one.

 

[Harbinger]

There should only be one wire free for this, generally a blue one on Sony, Alpine and Pioneer units anyway, it should have a round metal thing on the end of it or a bit of tape and it's very thin compared to the other wires, but as i've said there is generally only one free wire anyway, if there is not one there then I'm sorry the unit doesnt have the right outputs on it for an amp.

 

[skinz]

amp will turn on with any 12v supply, regardless of radio being present, red going into back of radio should be ignition feed - tap onto this. or as mentioned before the blue is for remote, note: some hu's require remote to be turned on in their base settings