Hmmm

[buffroller 10+ year member]

I am trying to just get my wires and everything ready in my summer car with the amp.

I have no headuint in yet, but wanted to see it power up..

So I have the ground and power wire connected but the amp wont power on. ..

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[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

that is because you need a rem wire for the amp to turn on, just run a small jumper from the positive terminal to the rem terminal if you want to see it power up,

 

[sobe3yourself. 10+ year member]

hmmm = troll thread

 

[buffroller 10+ year member]

haha not a troll!

I was unsure if I needed the remote wire. Thanks!

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

yep thats what tells the amp to turn on.

 

[buffroller 10+ year member]

I installed my head unit, and still nothing. I noticed a slight spark between the ground wire and chassis of the car, not sure if that's normal lol. It's too cold for me to mess around with it now

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

Did you try the jumper thing? Sounds like when you installed your deck you may of connected the rem to the power antenna wire insted of the rem wire. Try jumping the rem to the power, if it turns on your rem at the deck is not hooked up properly.

 

[Audiohazzard 10+ year member]

^^^^ this, the small spark is the cap's inside the amp charging. Now for your amp not coming on just take a small peace of speaker wire and strip it back about 1/8th inch and just touch the remote connection with one end of the wire and the batt+ with the other end. If there isn't anything wrong with the amp it will come on.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

lulz, I remember when I tried to test my first amp I did the same thing...

 

[buffroller 10+ year member]

Ha thanks guys I'll have to try that! It indeed sounds like something I could have done lol.