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[optimusprime 10+ year member]

also back on topic should probly put a fuse between your amp and bat and between your hu and bat

 

[slammedincouch 10+ year member]

thats the radio bro

It's actually my TV's mustache...

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

will it be ok with 16 or 18 gage directly wired to the terminals?

use 8 gauge for amp to bat and im guessing 16 is safe to the HU

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

thats the radio bro

in the bottom left of the pic? pretty sure thats a tv bro

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

that tv has a little round antenna and i think a bow tie antenna also does it have three antennae maybe? :edit: bro.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

put them together and connect to a switch then the hu?

If the 12V constant gets broken you will lose all preset/clock/etc info stored in the deck. If your going to use a switch then connect the 12V constant directly to the battery and the SWITCHED wire through the switch...duh?

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

If the 12V constant gets broken you will lose all preset/clock/etc info stored in the deck. If your going to use a switch then connect the 12V constant directly to the battery and the SWITCHED wire through the switch...duh?

they battery will go dead sooner or later anyway most likely every time he brings it out so what does it matter? :edit: actually just throw the amp remote switch wire right in there too

 

[Nooby 10+ year member]

use 8 gauge for amp to bat and im guessing 16 is safe to the HU

hmm, i've got two 16 gauge coming out of the amp for both + and - , so im guessing i can just connect both of those to the battery and it'd be essentially the same as 8 gauge. trying to use the limited supplies I have here

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

two runs of 16 for each?i think that might work wouldnt it have been cheaper to buy a radio that was built for this?

 

[Nooby 10+ year member]

two runs of 16 for each?i think that might work wouldnt it have been cheaper to buy a radio that was built for this?

what fun would that be though?

any word on the blue and white wire, says something about power control, anyone know what its for? connect the one on the head unit to the one on the amp right?

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

hmm, i've got two 16 gauge coming out of the amp for both + and - , so im guessing i can just connect both of those to the battery and it'd be essentially the same as 8 gauge. trying to use the limited supplies I have here

no.. it wont be the same bro.... you will still have a massive amount of resistance going through the 16 gauge... could easily blow an amp if your not careful.... i would go with atleast 12 gauge at a minimum

 

[Nooby 10+ year member]

no.. it wont be the same bro.... you will still have a massive amount of resistance going through the 16 gauge... could easily blow an amp if your not careful.... i would go with atleast 12 gauge at a minimum

The harness coming out of the amp for the power is 16 gauge. kinda confused what difference it makes coming from the battery.

Negatives are all hooked up, just checking over everything and gonna hook the positives up in minute. if that works and the sub doesn't kill the battery then its getting put in the cooler some time tomorrow.

Edit: sub not working

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

o ok... didnt see the pics of the amp... if your talking about the stock harness that comes with it, you should be fine... but i'm pretty sure the power wire on there is 12 gauge

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

the amp draws more power keep checking how warm the wire from the amp to battery gets when you hook it all up.

 

[Nooby 10+ year member]

Powered it up, the subs not working the light on the amp is on. The only wires connected to the sub are coming from the amp, is this right?

RCA between head unit and amp.

The 5.5s are one front left, one front right.

There are extra wires on the back of the head unit for back left and back right, should these be connected to anything?

Also wondering if its possible that the head unit isn't compatible with a sub or needs to be set up