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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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Is there any people or instructions around on where I am going to find the audio for my amp? I got it today and its a lot bigger than I thought ha ha.
I took the cover off in front of the drink holders so far. I am looking for the right connections. I know I have to run a wire under the carpet and through the firewall to the battery for the power wire.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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then run the remote wire to behind the head unit and connect it to the blue wire, and the RCA's from the amp to the RCA output's behind the head unit.

i forgot ground on the amp to a good ground point and speaker wires to the sub woofer.

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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There are no RCA style outputs on my head unit its the stock one...It has a green plug and it has another multi port thingy beside it not being used. Dont tell me I need a new head unit to accept my subs and amp??
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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you COULD or you would need a lineout adapter. look them up and how to install them, it will let you plug rca's into the stock head unit. As for the remote turn on wire, find an accessory wire behind the radio to turn the amp on.

you will need something like this: http://www.sjgreatdeals.com/sisloc80.html
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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Well the amp came with this thing with a bunch of wires that come out the end sorta like that but its made to go into the amp. Do I manually connect all the wires to it? Its a plug thats got 8 wires coming out of it. It says you use this or the RC style but not both at the same time.
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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ORIGINAL: cowsgonemadd3

Well the amp came with this thing with a bunch of wires that come out the end sorta like that but its made to go into the amp. Do I manually connect all the wires to it? Its a plug thats got 8 wires coming out of it. It says you use this or the RC style but not both at the same time.
...wow
Maybe consider having someone with a little knowledge
do this installation for you.
You really don't sound like you know what you're doing.
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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did you look at the link that butt bandit put up.... you amp has THAT built in. That "thing with a bunch of wires".... connect this to the speaker outs from behind your factory radio. You have a pair of wires for each corner of the car. l/f, r/f, l/r, and r/r. Posatives and negatives.
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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I know how to do wiring but I dont see any end that will fit into it. Like the ends on the radio are different than the one with amp. Do I use the wires coming off the plug and add them to the amp, like snip them? Because I am puting my speakers through the amp. Anybody know of a diargram that shows what wires goes where so I can splice them?

Oh I really dont have enough money to pay someone. Its like 35 bucks at best buy plus gas money. Any help is appreciated greatly.
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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I just want to clear up what I am saying and trying to do.

My STOCK radio deck has NO rca plugs. It has a standard or stock BLUE plug on it with 14 wires coming off of it. Many colors.

I have a amplifier and I want to amp 2 componets in the doors and 2 subs in the trunk. I have a connector that came with the amp that has 8 input wires on it.

What I want to know is what wires do I use to connect all the speakers listed above. I really want to install it tomorrow.
 
Old Mar 11, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: KarTuneMan

did you look at the link that butt bandit put up.... you amp has THAT built in. That "thing with a bunch of wires".... connect this to the speaker outs from behind your factory radio. You have a pair of wires for each corner of the car. l/f, r/f, l/r, and r/r. Posatives and negatives.
umm you can't call me that
 



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