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Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:01 pm
by BoxBody
I ordered a wiring harness a few monthes back to fit into my aftermarket stereo. Recently tried to fit a subwoofer and all went well until I tried to find the blue wire to connect my Remote wire from my amplifier too. There is no blue wire in the harness and im not sure where to wire the remote wire to. Any ideas?

Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:56 pm
by fonzooorooo
the blue wire's for an electric up/down aerial. That bit of info may help if your harness is labelled.
Otherwise, this may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectors_for_car_audio
Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:13 pm
by 88rsr
You could tap into the switched live that runs to the stereo. It would be ideal as you only want it on when the stereo is on anyway.
Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:42 pm
by K.I.T.T.
88rsr wrote:You could tap into the switched live that runs to the stereo. It would be ideal as you only want it on when the stereo is on anyway.
Only "issue" with that is the amp would be on whenever the ignition is on, even if the stereo isn't on.
AS per fonzoooroo's post, refer to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectors_for_car_audio
9n Polos use standard ISO10487 connectors. The wiring is per ISO10487 too, apart from constant +12v and switched +12v being reversed.
Ash

Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:24 pm
by BoxBody
I had it into the live wire pin and overnight my battery got drained and I could not start the car. Probably because my amp was left on. Ive also tried every pin on the black connector and the amp only seems to turn on when I put it in the pin A4 (+12v Battery). So ive been doing this to use my sub, but every time I leave my car for long periods I have to disconnect the live wire fuse that runs to the amplifier so that it doesnt drain my battery. Just so confused that its only working in the A4 pin or that im doing something wrong?
Thanks.
Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:41 pm
by 88rsr
Know what you mean, not something that would bother me as if I have my ignition on then I'm likely driving in which case I want my music on lol

Re: Subwoofer wiring
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:07 pm
by BoxBody
Got it sorted now. Wired it into the antenna pin but I had to buy the correct end to fit into that pin for it to work
Thanks for the help guys
