RCA and remote question *PIC*

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

The RCAs I got have a wire for the remote in between the left and right wires. Is this ok to use?

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[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Yeah it should be fine to use. Just a convenience when running them I guess. Pretty cool...

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

looks fine to me, but thats the first time ive seen something like that...

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

i believe knukonceptz rca's are like that...which is what those may be

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

Nope, I don't know who made them but Lightning audio sold them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif.

 

[lotas 10+ year member]

yeah I have a pair like that, its a handy feature.

 

[CarAudioAddict 10+ year member]

That wire is designed to be used for a remote wire.

Most that I've seen though, run the remote wire beside the RCA's, not between

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

yeah hooker audio has it too.

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Although that wire can be used as a remote on line its actual intended purpose is to connect the chassis of the amp to the chassis on the head unit in an effort to further reduce the possibility of noise, on some amps you will find a screw beside the inputs that seems to have no purpose this is the intended mounting location on the amp and anywhere on the chassis of the head unit.

99.9 percent of the time this is not necessary so you might as well use it as a remote wire.

 

[CarAudioAddict 10+ year member]

Although that wire can be used as a remote on line its actual intended purpose is to connect the chassis of the amp to the chassis on the head unit in an effort to further reduce the possibility of noise, on some amps you will find a screw beside the inputs that seems to have no purpose this is the intended mounting location on the amp and anywhere on the chassis of the head unit. 99.9 percent of the time this is not necessary so you might as well use it as a remote wire.

And to think, I always thought is was a remote wire (thats what the packaging said it was), but used it in the manner you describe to help reduce the possibilty of ground loop problems //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Although that wire can be used as a remote on line its actual intended purpose is to connect the chassis of the amp to the chassis on the head unit in an effort to further reduce the possibility of noise, on some amps you will find a screw beside the inputs that seems to have no purpose this is the intended mounting location on the amp and anywhere on the chassis of the head unit. 99.9 percent of the time this is not necessary so you might as well use it as a remote wire.

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Originally intended for noise rejection. But, since nobody ever used it for that, they started using them for useful things (like the REM wire).