wiring probs

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

Ok so I hooked up ny new kenwood and u had to hook the 12v constant to the ignition 12v or else it wouldn't even turn on I have to manually turn the hu off. Will I have to dissconect my amp also when I hook it up

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[Mclovin it son 10+ year member]

ive had this problem before as well i actually had the same hu but yes i always had to disconnect the amp which got tiring after a while so i bought a new hu

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif there's no way around it?

 

[Mclovin it son 10+ year member]

there probably is but i could never figure it out

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

Ok so I hooked the 12v constants to the 12v ignition on the back of the hu but not the car harness and hooked the remote to the car harness ignition wire. But I don't have an amp to test it. I still have to manually turn of the hu but do you think this will turn the amp off?

 

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

Are u hooking both power wires to the constant? If so find a 12v source that is off when the car is off and hook the 12v thats not ur constant to that, it is normaly the red wire.

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

I did but the hu wouldn't turn on unless I hooked to the constant

 

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

To answer your? Yes when u turn ur hu off it should shut the amp off. But Imo you should find a wire, or run a new one. It really stinks having to try and find someone to jump u when u forget to shut it off.

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

Yea that's what im trying to avoid. How should I run a wire? Its really tough to do anything because the way its set up behind my hu it kicked my *** trying to run my rca's and remote

 

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

Your fuse panel may have a couple open spots you can run it from. And it might be a pain in the arse, but IMO its worth it. Did u double check and make sure u did not blow a fuse or anything. I find it odd that you had a a 12v wire that is getting current with car on but will not work.

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

I triple checked all the fuses and everything tinkered with all the wires and still no solution. I've never ran into this problem and i've wired many systems

 

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

What kind of car do you have? Try findind a forum for ur car and see if anyone there has any advice. If not u can run another wire or just turn it off. And like I said ur amp should shut off when the hu is off, but u will have to wait till u get one to know for sure.

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

underhood small fuse is blown

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

toggle switch

 

[Rainelli 10+ year member]

I have an 01 buick lesabre. And I was trying to avoid a toggle switch. But my amp will be here Tuesday so I have till then to figure it out.