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John

posted on 27th Mar 08 at 13:39

Remote will draw almost no current, far below the sort of things you can plug into a 12v socket, it's solely a signal.


Ian

posted on 27th Mar 08 at 03:00

You could use the ignition switched live in the boot and tap in to your speaker wires if your amp accepts high level input and you're not drawing much current. Check the fuse on the ciggy lighter and compare is with the rating of your amp, ideally you want a bit of a margin in there as you're running it for prolonged periods.

If the cig lighter is not up to the job then you'll need a fused feed from the battery so you'll have the dash in bits anyway so get proper audio.

Does the HU have pre-outs?


jon(c20xe corsa)

posted on 26th Mar 08 at 21:46

u nead 2 get the main feed from the man bat so u nead 2 go under the bonet so u mite aswell get the pre outs and the remot from the head unit u can use the sigy lighter 4 the remot but it is piont less u cant use it 4 the mane feed as it will end up popin fueses or melting sumink :)


govinda

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 14:08

you can use a 12v with no probs


pow

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 11:33

Its 12v :)


Cheese Man Chris

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 10:57

Trust me, its 12 volt

:D


DAZ1985

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 10:01

If i could be arsed pull my headunit out id check the power of the remote cable


eug

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 09:44

dunno lol i always thought it was 12v too. cos the aerial amplifier uses the same kinda remote switch on and thats 12v so is the clock.


Cheese Man Chris

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 09:26

The "remote turn on" with all my amps have been 12volt :boggle:

The blue wire coming out your head unit is 12volt. So you can use the ignition live in your boot.

Where are people getting less than 5volt from?

[Edited on 25-03-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]


eug

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:31

with it only been low ampage for your ignition remote lead, and worried about putting 12v into your amp. you can fit a tiny transformer in line or maybe a resistor to bring it down to 5v. maplin electronics will have everything


eug

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:22

for that box i told you about for your pre outs from speaker wires, just ring these guys at audio island on 01652 659311 and ask for paul or nick and say i advised ya. they will tell you anything and everything you will ever need to know about ICE


eug

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:13

i always thought it was 12v when ever i tested amps i just bridged the + with the remote just to get it going and it always worked fine


mattk

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:08

shit yeah, just seen that on the amp

wont the amp still work though, as long as I have the ignition on


DAZ1985

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:03

remote switch isnt 12v though iirc its less than 5v


mattk

posted on 25th Mar 08 at 00:00

Yeah, I have a cig lighter power point in the boot, thats what most the Fiat boys use for their remote lead,

its mostly the Pre out I need advice on now, you seem to have it spot on though :thumbs:


eug

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 23:56

your amps remote lead BTW of the ignition in the first part of that msg i just sent.


eug

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 23:54

if the ignition wire is in the boot and only live when the keys are in the ignition then you can put your amp of that. and if you dont want to take your headunit out then you can tap into your rear speaker wires but you will need a little black box that has left and right speaker wires coming out of it at one end and a set of rca's at the other so it can go into your amp as normal. auto leads make this product as i had one. what it does is takes the high speaker level and converts it to low level line output for an amp. it also has an adjustabe level on it for L/R to get the levels spot on


Dan J

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 22:34

Just take the RCA's from the pre-outs in the head unit. You'll need the remote feed anyway, that basically tells the amp that the head unit is powered up. The amp, therefore sub, won't work without either of the two.


mattk

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 16:40

the amp has "level" wrote on the back and a dial that goes from 0.3v - 6.0v


John

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 15:45

Can only take the pre outs from the speaker wires if the amp has a high level input.


mattk

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 15:05

sound, cheers, I wanna put my sub in the Punto, I have an ignition live in the boot already, I CBA taking the headunit out if I dont have to :(


donvaux

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 15:03

remote wire is the blue wire coming out of the head unit, and the pro outs should be taken from the back of the head unit too not the speakers


mattk

posted on 24th Mar 08 at 14:43

Is this just an ignition live? and can the pre out jack plugs be tapped into a rear speaker wire?