Stupid amp always on

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 loughborough Posts: 372 Pug 306 - gone BlackmK 2 vtr - present
    #1
    My amps always on even when the cars not and it's draining my battery I have to connect and discovery the earth in the boot every time wanna have it on any one help in what I could do ?
  2. Established Member Joined: Nov 2009 Maldon Posts: 2033 1. MK2 Chalked VT'd 1.1 2. MK1 VTS
    #2
    You need to wire a remote cable into the back of your head unit. This will basically switch the amp on when the head unit is on.

    If you head unit doesn't have a remote output - you can splice into your switched live on the back of the loom of the head unit, and run a cable to the remote on your amp.

    Will fix it.
  3. L-plater Joined: Feb 2009 Southampton Posts: 62 SAXO VTS mk1 GOLF mk3 with lambo doors!
    #3
    Yeah as above really.. You need to find either the remote cable, or the other igniton live. Another not so great alternative is to put a switch in the current line, not ideal, but works.
  4. Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 822 Citroen Saxo Vtr 2001
    #4
    If you pull your stereo out mate most new(ish) stereos have a blue remote wire but it should have a liittle black print or tag on it saying remote. Run a cable from that to the remote connector on the amp and that should solve your problem
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo
    #5
    your remote cables to connect the stereo to the sub if its on all the time is not your problem, what you'll need to swap you red and yellow wires around behind your head unit, so instead of being red with red, yellow with yellow its needs to be red/yellow on both and then you connect your remote cable depending on what sort of head unit you've got to either a blue and white cable or just slot it into the power (red) cable on the head unit and it should work

    this should also be in the audio section
  6. Established Member Joined: Nov 2009 Maldon Posts: 2033 1. MK2 Chalked VT'd 1.1 2. MK1 VTS
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rorz_vts View Post
    your remote cables to connect the stereo to the sub if its on all the time is not your problem, what you'll need to swap you red and yellow wires around behind your head unit, so instead of being red with red, yellow with yellow its needs to be red/yellow on both and then you connect your remote cable depending on what sort of head unit you've got to either a blue and white cable or just slot it into the power (red) cable on the head unit and it should work

    this should also be in the audio section
    This is if the head unit is losing its settings, and means it will get a constant feed?

    This isn't right for what to do.

    He needs to connect his remote cable from his amp either into the blue remote cable at the back of the head unit loom, or needs to splice into whatever colour his switched live is. Usually yellow.
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo
    #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MunkyBoy View Post
    This is if the head unit is losing its settings, and means it will get a constant feed?

    This isn't right for what to do.

    He needs to connect his remote cable from his amp either into the blue remote cable at the back of the head unit loom, or needs to splice into whatever colour his switched live is. Usually yellow.
    but if he hasnt swapped the red/yellow cables round he will still get a constant live due to the way the head units work