How to delay the amp start up?

[JohnPD]

I'm getting a slight, faint popping noise from the speakers when I start the car. I did some troubleshooting, and all grounds are good. I disconnected the rca cables from the amp and started the car and had no popping sound. Next, I connected all the rca cables back to the amp, and disconnected the remote start wire then started the car and waited for the head unit to boot up, then connected the remote start wire back up and no popping sound. My head unit takes 8 seconds to boot up. What is an easy remedy to delay the amp start up?

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[RobGMN 5,000+ posts]

I'm getting a slight, faint popping noise from the speakers when I start the car. I did some troubleshooting, and all grounds are good. I disconnected the rca cables from the amp and started the car and had no popping sound. Next, I connected all the rca cables back to the amp, and disconnected the remote start wire then started the car and waited for the head unit to boot up, then connected the remote start wire back up and no popping sound. My head unit takes 8 seconds to boot up. What is an easy remedy to delay the amp start up?

Look up 12v delay relay. Google it or even go to amazon. Quite a few reasonably priced options out there.

 

[some dude]

You can wire your remote wire to a switch. Then you can turn amp on and off whenever you want to.

 

[JohnPD]

You can wire your remote wire to a switch. Then you can turn amp on and off whenever you want to.

That's what I'm going to do, cheap, and easy to do. I picked up a spst switch today