Remote Where The F-ck Is It

[Hellbound 10+ year member]

The only blue wire on the hardness is Power antenna.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

The only blue wire on the hardness is Power antenna.

I believe you can use that to turn on the amp, not sure though. Try it and see if the amp turns on. All that wire does is tell the power antenna to raise when the head unit is turned on, i don't see why that wouldn't work to turn the amp on.

 

[Hellbound 10+ year member]

Isnt the Power antenna for the HU radio?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Isnt the Power antenna for the HU radio?

Is the power antenna wire coming out of the head unit or out of the wiring harness attached to the car?

 

[biteablegravy 10+ year member]

In talking to him on AIM, it seems like there's an antenna wire coming out of the factory wiring..

He could just tap into the blue wire on the harness with the blue wire coming from his amp and be done with it.

All the amp needs is the signal that the headunit is turned on.. That's all the remote wire does.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

In talking to him on AIM, it seems like there's an antenna wire coming out of the factory wiring..
He could just tap into the blue wire on the harness with the blue wire coming from his amp and be done with it.

All the amp needs is the signal that the headunit is turned on.. That's all the remote wire does.

Umm, if i'm not mistaken, if he hooks up the remote wire to the wire on the harness that won't do anything. The power antenna wire on the harness is LOOKING for power from the head unit to turn on the power antenna. If i'm not understanding you, my bad. I think you need a tester to see which wires are "live" when the car is on/off to determine where to hook up the remote wire.

 

[biteablegravy 10+ year member]

Right. When he plugs the aftermarket harness into his stock harness, it'll complete the connection, and the blue wire on the harness will be able to send the signal to the amp.