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Posted By: lawton Guide : How to wire an amp - 10th Jan 2006 7:00pm
TOOLS,
amp wiring kit and amp
philips screwdriver
spanners
head unit keys
a connecter for the remote wire


1. disconect the positive on the car battery,
2. find a grommet or something similar in the bulkhead for the live amp wire to go through
3. take up both sides of the sills
4. feed the live wire through the bulkhead and down the side of the carpet to the boot, dont hook it up to the positive terminal in the battery yet,

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5. use the head unit keys and pull the headunit out,
6. find the remote wire that come out of the back of the head unit,
7. cut the remote wire and connect the remote wire for the amp the remote wire that come out of the back of the head unit by using one of these connecters,

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8. run the remote wire down the other side of the car form the live wire,
9. connect the rca leads to the back of the headunit and run them down the same side of the car as the remote wire and into the boot,

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10. connect the live wire, remote wire, rca leads and ground wire to the amp,

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11. if you have a 4 channel amp then buy two of these y splitters and youll be able use all four channels

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Posted By: lawton Re: Guide : How to wire an amp - 10th Jan 2006 7:01pm
12. connect your speakers to the amp

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13. if you have a sub and want to bridge two of the channels then do what is shown below,

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14. attach the amp to the back of the seats or the the boot floor,
15. push the headunit back in, put the door sills back and last of all atach the live wire for the amp the the positive of the battery

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tip,
1. run the live wire down the oposite side of the car to the remote wire and rca lead as it will stop the wire interfering with each other
2. if you dont want to use your amp all the time then why not install a switch somewhere down the line of the remote wire, so at a flick of a switch you can turn the amp on and off, i intalled my switch under the glove box,

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