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Power control wire - tells the amp to turn on, usually connected to the blue/white or blue wire when blue/white is not present on aftermarket radios. On factory systems you usually want to hook up this connector to an acc source on the car
Check your ground. Make sure you sand off any paint where you grounded the amp. Also did you hook up the remote wire? It's the blue wire on the back of your headunit. Some say remote wire, others say power antenna either one will work. Sounds like one of the two...hope this helps.
All amps are basicly the same. It should be plain as day where the speakers connect to. The 12V screw connects to the main power from battery, be sure to fuse that wire and use a proper size wire, thicker is better,I suggest at least 8gauge with 40amp fuse. The GND is ground and should connect to car metal, file paint for soild connection. The REM is remote and connects to the remote of headunit or if you have a stock deck to the acc of car found in wire harness of headunit. Plug in the RCA's to head unit, or get a converter to plug into speaker wires from car if you have a stock headunit.
either the wiring your running is short circuting,or the amp is shot, or the subwoofer is shot, try hooking the same speaker up to the other amp. along with the other speaker to the other amp, see if the same thing happens.
Its quite simple. Just go to any hardware, or electronics store and purchase a small toggle on off switch. Find the rem wire where it runs from the back of the headunit to the amp, and wherever its easy to reach simply cut the wire, Strip the two ends of the wire and mark the piece still connected to the head unit +, and the one connected to your kenwood amp -. Next Find a suitable place to mount your switch, (probably somewhere close to the drivers seat). Mount the switch, but make sure you can reach the terminals on the switch. Then Splice a wire from the + end of the cut remote wire, to the + end of your switch and connect it.(if the switch's terminals aren't marked +, and - just pick one and call it +, and the other -, it doesn't matter) Next run a wire from the - end of the cut remote and connect it to the - switch terminal. Then you're done... Just remember for your amp to be on both your headunit and switch have to be on. Also while your wiring disconnect the - terminal of your car battery to avoid shorting anything. Also discharge your capacitor if you have one. Enjoy you system!
Yes!!!!!!!!!! Your remote wire is what tells your amplifier to turn on and off it won't work without it. Assuming your stereo headunit is an after market unit it has the correct wire for this. what you have to do is pull out you headunit, and in the back of the headunit where all the wires plug into your unit there is blue wire with a white stripe. this is the remote turn on wire. connect a wire to that blue n white wire and run it back to your amp, insert it into to the spot marked remote. turn your head unit on and your amp will power up... if you have all the rca cables hooked up your amp should be ready to go.... btw good choice on the amp, kenwood is the way to go!
Check the fuses-should be a pair of 30 amps on the side. use a paper clip and jump power from the power+ to the remote+ and see if that lights it up-if it does than your remote lead isnt giving it juice-
use a multimeter to check for power on the +ve wire, could be your fuse, it only rus a sec when you jumper the remote to +ve because the remote cannot give out the nessary current to run the amp.
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