Powering up a HU

[champaned_out 10+ year member]

is there anyway to power up a HU without installing it into a car?

i have my 880prs laying on my desk, i just want to see the display and get familiar with everything since i have a few more days until i install it

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[2loud4u 10+ year member]

Sure there is.

U need to have one of the following

a car battery

or

a AC to 12V DC power converter

or

A computer powersupply with atleast 10amps on the 12 volt rail

Then you just hook up 3 maby 4 wires.

Ignition wire.

Constant power

Ground

sometimes illumination

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

yep just hook up the constant wire (yellow) and ground to your bar battery and you can power it up or u can get a $20 ac to dc converter from radioshack. i have one they always comeint handy at some point of time.

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

yep just hook up the constant wire (yellow) and ground to your bar battery and you can power it up or u can get a $20 ac to dc converter from radioshack. i have one they always comeint handy at some point of time.

U also need to hook up the ignition wire or it wont turn on.

If your deck has the illumanation wire you will need to hook that up also or no display for you.

 

[JohnnyChuttz 10+ year member]

U also need to hook up the ignition wire or it wont turn on.If your deck has the illumanation wire you will need to hook that up also or no display for you.

Not true. Neither the illumination, nor the the dimmer wire are connected on my 880. Works fine.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

you should just need to touch the red (or maybe its yellow) and black wire to the 12v battery under the hood of your car/truck

 

[champaned_out 10+ year member]

U also need to hook up the ignition wire or it wont turn on.If your deck has the illumanation wire you will need to hook that up also or no display for you.

okay so the yellow/black wire connects directly to the batt.

but where do i hook the ignition wire up to?

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

just twist the red and yellow wires together and hold them on the + terminal and hold the ground on the - terminal.

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

ignition wire is 12+

 

[jmoreno150 10+ year member]

beat me to it ! do what he said lol

 

[champaned_out 10+ year member]

got it thanks

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

Not true. Neither the illumination, nor the the dimmer wire are connected on my 880. Works fine.

MY 680 needed that wire hooked up but some dont. that is why I said sometimes.

 

[2loud4u 10+ year member]

Not true. Neither the illumination, nor the the dimmer wire are connected on my 880. Works fine.

MY 680 needed that wire hooked up but some dont. that is why I said sometimes.

you should just need to touch the red (or maybe its yellow) and black wire to the 12v battery under the hood of your car/truck

You need both the constant and ingition wire

 

[champaned_out 10+ year member]

thanks for the tip, i tried it a few days ago when i had some spare time...

i hooked up the ground to the - terminal and the power and accessory(red wire) to the + terminal on my car battery and the HU powered up with no problems