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<blockquote data-quote="shellback" data-source="post: 7718028" data-attributes="member: 639162"><p>First, please bare with me with my ignorance in car audio. I'm slowly getting it...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/graduate.gif.d982460be9f153bb54e5d4cb744f6ae8.gif</p><p></p><p>Ok, local POS shop (weird - most employees were wearing odd electronic devices on their ankles) installed an aftermarket amp and speaker set up in my ride a few months ago.</p><p></p><p>...fast forward to present day....I was doing some tidying up in my car and noticed the blue wire connected to the amp (remote wire) was exposed in plain view and was trying to find out where it was connected up front.</p><p></p><p>When I traced the blue wire to the front, I somehow was under the impression the wire is supposed to connect to a specific wire behind the HU. Anyway, when the shop installed the amp, they soldered the blue wire to some unknown wire under the dash. I have no clue what it was soldered to. I figured, if it works, why mess with it...</p><p></p><p>I tried tucking the wire to keep it out of sight. Next, I reconnected the battery, and suddenly, smoke started coming from under the dash.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif</p><p></p><p>I removed the blue wire and this it what it looks like:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/E36Partsforsale/Clifford%20Alarm/DSCN0200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The blue wire was soldered to the mess of wires you see here. It was soldered to where you see the red tape:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/E36Partsforsale/Clifford%20Alarm/DSCN0199.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Once the smoke cleared, I checked the HU works and it does power up.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea if my amp works. Can I connect the amp remote wire to a new location. Of course, I still need to source some new (unburnt) remote wire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shellback, post: 7718028, member: 639162"] First, please bare with me with my ignorance in car audio. I'm slowly getting it...[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/graduate.gif.d982460be9f153bb54e5d4cb744f6ae8.gif[/IMG] Ok, local POS shop (weird - most employees were wearing odd electronic devices on their ankles) installed an aftermarket amp and speaker set up in my ride a few months ago. ...fast forward to present day....I was doing some tidying up in my car and noticed the blue wire connected to the amp (remote wire) was exposed in plain view and was trying to find out where it was connected up front. When I traced the blue wire to the front, I somehow was under the impression the wire is supposed to connect to a specific wire behind the HU. Anyway, when the shop installed the amp, they soldered the blue wire to some unknown wire under the dash. I have no clue what it was soldered to. I figured, if it works, why mess with it... I tried tucking the wire to keep it out of sight. Next, I reconnected the battery, and suddenly, smoke started coming from under the dash.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif[/IMG] I removed the blue wire and this it what it looks like: [IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/E36Partsforsale/Clifford%20Alarm/DSCN0200.jpg[/IMG] The blue wire was soldered to the mess of wires you see here. It was soldered to where you see the red tape: [IMG]http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i433/E36Partsforsale/Clifford%20Alarm/DSCN0199.jpg[/IMG] Once the smoke cleared, I checked the HU works and it does power up. I have no idea if my amp works. Can I connect the amp remote wire to a new location. Of course, I still need to source some new (unburnt) remote wire. [/QUOTE]
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