No remote wire on the back of my deck

[neek804 10+ year member]

I have no remote wire on the back of me radio(well i do but some dummy cut if) so is there another way i can get my amp to work without it or.....

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[HellsRise 10+ year member]

Hook it up to a switch and connect the switch to a 12V source.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Or hook it to your red accessory wire.

 

[neek804 10+ year member]

the red wire?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Is this a stock radio?

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

The red ACC wire would work...but now instead of the amp coming on with the Deck it comes on with the car...so now the only way to turn your amp off would be to turn the car off...Personally i would wire it to a switch.

 

[neek804 10+ year member]

how to do it with a switch

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

how to do it with a switch

Run a wire and put a switch in it.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

you wont even need a switch, the red acc wire runs off the key. so when the key is on, the red wire will be on.

even with an extra switch, you still need the key in the on position..

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

I had mine ran to the battery, with a switch, but I would constantly forget to turn it off. I just ran mine to the remote on the back of the headunit, and put a switch on it for when I don't want them on anyway.

The red accessory wire, or power antenna wire should work I hear

 

[neek804 10+ year member]

where can i buy a switch

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

I had mine ran to the battery, with a switch, but I would constantly forget to turn it off. I just ran mine to the remote on the back of the headunit, and put a switch on it for when I don't want them on anyway.
The red accessory wire, or power antenna wire should work I hear

Power antenna may not work because some shut off when the CD player is on.

A toggle switch can be found anywhere.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Radioshack, wally world, napa, etc... anywhere pretty much, just needs to be a 12v toggle switch.

Word of caution: If you get one's with the LED's in them, mount them in a place so the LED cannot sine up to the windows, my buddy did that (he had 3 switches like that too) and you couldn't see at night haha

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Good point IceTeeBone

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Use a relay, you won't have to turn the switch on or off

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

you wont even need a switch, the red acc wire runs off the key. so when the key is on, the red wire will be on.
even with an extra switch, you still need the key in the on position..

im with az on this one.

i mean why would you have the key in the on/acc position if your not listening to the radio anyways?

sure you might need just a dome light and all, but that will be for like 15 secs and then the key is taken out again.

i say use the accessory wire.