Hello, My son bought a used Scosche SA550 amp with no instruction book. Can you tell me how to wire this amp?? We have a JVC stereo with the outputs already wired in the back ( RCA jacks ) So I am guessing we need the cables from the Stereo to the amp. The amp has 12V+ and gound, what is the remote for?? is there a good way to test this amp to see if it works before doing the entire install?? Is there any place I can get a manual for this amp??
OK, you run the RCA's from the stereo to the amp. The black is ground and you want this as short as possible. where you mount the amp the ground wire should be no longer then 2 or 3 feet. red is power that you run to the positive post of the battery. you will want to buy a fuse block to this. if there is a power surge this will stop your car from catching on fire(hopefully). lastly should be your constant, this is a blue wire from your radio to your amp. this tell the amp when the radio turns on and off, with out this your amp will stay on and kill the battery. i would recommend buying a amp install kit, their around 35-250 bucks, but they come with every wire you need to install the amp. Hope this helps. you should be able to get a manual on line i would think.
Your going to need to hook up everything like you would in the car to test. It would seem to me the cost of the amp hook up kit is worth it, one because you want to test this, second it sounds like no matter what your going to install a amp in the car. I would just install the amp kit from the batter back and then hook up the amp with the extra wire left(before you trim to fit after install) and see if the amp works and if not your still done for the one you do install. Safety note -- if you do hook up and dont use this amp, remove the fuze from the power side wire and make sure you wrap the blue constant power from the radio up. this has a small amount of voltage in the blue wire but if it grounds it will blow your stereo fuse.
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Do you know of a good way I can bench test this unit to see if it works or not?? Do I need the RCA jacks etc..connected to test this unit?? I have looked for a manual, but I can not find one, do you know where I might find one?? Thank you for the help!
Thank you, We got it up and running with you help!
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