wiring an amp

[christhekiddy]

hi peeps i got an amp and sub and all the cables but cant get it to work got the power cable of the battery wired ok and earth to chasis. then put the audio cables out of stereo in to the amp and speaker cablefrom the amp to sub, but no joy do i need any other wires there is a hi out put slot on the amp, the power light is not either but there is defently power going to it? any help will be great.

 

[Dink]

you fitted a remote didn't you as you didn't say

 

[clio head]

yeeeee sounds like u need to fit a remote cable...nornaly a blue bullet conector in the back of the head unit in all the ones i have fitted...all it dose is send a signal from your head unit to the amp tellin it to turn on....

 

[45six182]

I know it used to be important to run power direct from the battery to an amp.
Is that still the case ?
In my current Clio there wasn't anywhere simple to get a cable through from the engine bay to the passenger cabin.

Any advice for a 182 please ?

 

[christhekiddy]

no havent got a romote cable where does that plug into?

 

[jammydj]

There should be a connection on your amp call REM or summat similar. And a blue wire coming out of you ISO block behind the head unit.
Part of your amp wiring kit should have been a length of thin blue wire, this is the remote wire and needs to go inbetween the two (more running under the carpet unfortunately!).

This then makes the head unit switch the amplifier on remotely everytime you power up the head unit.

Hope this helps
cheers
James.

 

[christhekiddy]

ta mate i ant no good with things like this so what is iso block there is a blue cable attached to a load of others?

 

[Dink]

it is normally blue with a white stripe comming out of your h/u wiring with nothing on the end of it

 

[fUbAr]

bugger... i could have taken a picture of it if i had known lol

i fed all my new cables to the boot today.