What is an Amplifier Remote Turn-On Wire?

[@tylerbarnes2951]

This was the most helpful video I’ve found. Thank you so much. This was extremely detailed for people who aren’t super savvy with car stereos lol

[@NMONEY56]

Installing an amp today, this was the one step I missed 😂

[@JadinkalidgeM]

Me too I killed my battery 😐

[@Slightcomp]

Me too. Amp wouldn’t turn on and I panicked about it for a hour and a half till I found this video . Ganna fix it in the morning

[@alexd.p6464]

Same and I hope my battery is full tomorrow

[@jasonmcdaniel6447]

Or I put a new

[@joshuaoliver9716]

This forgotten step is the epitome of my current install

[@abilio5150]

Thank you SO MUCH for your video. After spending 6 hours trying to figure out why I didn't have and sound and after taking my radio back thinking it was a bad unit, I was able to resolve my no sound problem in 2 minutes after watching your video. THANK YOU!

[@slaternapier1640]

nearly a decade later. this info is still helpful for head units with touch screens and phone-play. thank you

[@Gidenkidenk]

I was struggling to find a remote wire and hooked up to the antenna after watching this video!! Sub's are working!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@jayjwin1178]

Yes, i was confused as my stereo has no remote wire. But it has antenna out, it should work.

[@lancevancedance2284]

@@jayjwin1178 did it?

[@costafinkel]

Congrats man! The video went directly to the point, but still managed to be quite detailed. Keep it up.

[@P4R4CHUTE]

Great video, I just wanted to add, Do NOT wire your amplifiers rem to the radios 12v constant( typically the yellow wire )! this will cause your amp to be on when the car is off and drain your battery.

[@882828jc]

Thank for you advice. But really need to know, after connected both blue/white wires of after market radio harness and adapter for my car, where can I hook up the remote turn-on wire from after market Amp to ? Or do I need a T connector or what? Thank for help again. Appreciated.

[@GillySqueeze]

This comment was very helpful now I have to disconnect what I just connected to the yellow wire

[@YBODiver]

I’ve been looking for this video for about a year and have been holding off paying someone hundred quid for about 2 months to do it myself and save the money. Fully sorted now thanks a lot

[@teamdrizzy4470]

This is the most explained and detailed video I have watched, this is like 4 video in one and it was well explained. I'm new to adding a sounds system to my car and your videos absolutely helpful.

[@rodkluth7935]

Thanks bud was looking around for 45 min online until i fell on this and figured it out right away

[@cd7302]

45 today lol. Wish I saw this first

[@LaBrother]

I just hooked up my remote wire to the 12v cigarette plug. Works fine since the plug is only on when the car is on. Just make sure to hook it up the the + terminal(the tip)... The remote wire just tells the amp when to turn on so it doesn't drain the car battery.

[@jdmchickkustomz9417]

Hey that sounds easier than whatever this complicated thing is

[@IOAN2ER]

​@@jdmchickkustomz9417 im doing same rn on my amp, its easier. And if something goes wrong im gonna blame yall😂

[@AntonioMartinez-gg5ru]

@@IOAN2ERwhat happened did it work?

[@fastfoodpitstops]

Excellent video! I bought my wife a Land Rover Freelander which has a factory Harmon Kardon amp under the drivers seat that I didn't even know about. I installed a new head unit and speakers as factory replacements, using the correct (and only) Metra radio wiring adapter and dash kit. Head unit powered on, no sound. There's no mention of this in Crutchfield where I bought my adapters and connectors for this install so I did some internet digging and found out there's a hidden factory amp and it's obviously not powering on now. So thanks to this video and very detailed explanation and a schematic on another site showing the remote turn on pin for the factory amp, I am going to splice an inline fuse between the remote wire coming out of the factory amp plug and the rear 12V lighter adapter that sits at the back of the center console for rear passengers so it turns on when my key is on.

[@ztoob8898]

Thanks for making this video! I'm using an automotive class D amplifier for non-automotive use, and the instructions with the amp just said: "Connect the REM terminal to the remote control wire from the head unit with 18 AWG wire." Well, I don't have a head unit; I just needed to know what to do with the REM to turn the stupid thing on: tie to 12V? to Ground? to one or the other through a resistor? Thanks to your tutorial, I felt confident in connecting it directly to 12V, and it came up as expected. Thanks again for supplying information the manufacturer didn't see fit to include in the stupid manual!

[@MrAStompy]

Can you split the remote turn-on wire and feed 2 amps with it? Or run one remote turn-on wire and loop it out to the second amp if it is closeby?

[@pedrocarr9246]

Allen ! Nicely done sir. I learned a lot and it's because of your work many many people like me are learning cool things . Thanks again.

[@lenycollado1300]

Thank you so much finally found the reason my amp was not turning on 3:20 i had the remote wired to the wrong wire on the radio!

[@IMP3TIGO]

Isn't it better to connect the remote wire to a fuse (by using a fuse tap) if your factory stereo doesn't have a remote wire to connect to? Problem with connecting to acc or ignition is that you can get a surge of signal when you turn on your car to acc or ignition that could damage the amp and/speakers.

[@misha1151]

This is a very good video, thanks! Exactly what I needed

[@majorpayne7909]

Great Video. I just stumbled across it. I knew there was a different way to power the amp. Took my car to an audio shop to install my sub. I was told they couldn't find the ignition wire to power the amp on my 2019 X7. Nothing against the shop. They're old-school, as they were struggling with a 20 CTS. I will do the installation once I get the wiring diagram.

[@tsvetomirkirov3619]

Този приятел много ми помогна, препоръчвам, много кратко и просто обясни защо е контрол кабела за радиото към усилвателя музика !

[@jeffreyhudson3434]

On my head unit it is the red wire and also the orange one......all it does is power on the head unit when the vehicle is either started or put in accessory mode......One note is that your yellow constant power wire(to battery +) is running your head units clock,settings saving,etc...

[@andrewisdiabetic9982]

This video was super useful, although my aftermarket stereo system has not one, but three remote turn on wires!

[@B.Piercesports]

Me too

[@fortnitefortnite0]

Really simple to understand and straightforward video thanks mate. sending likes from Aus

[@kiwi7341]

Thank you for a very nice and clarifying video.

[@1_ebuzz]

super, simple and easy to follow instructions regarding remote wire - explained how/where to hook up remote wire on stock HU. superawesomesauce!

[@5280Sam]

Thats bro you just saved my life i was gonna buy another amp

[@arnaldomorones6647]

Straight to the point! Very useful!

[@markrez516]

Thanks, our amp works now🎉🎉🎉

[@SonicElectronix]

Nice!

[@maryjoanmontalvo9153]

Can I install a switch on that remote line so that I have option to use sub only when I feel like bassin?

[@brandenvandermerwe5352]

Yes of coarse you can.

[@Qk_704]

How

[@al-ghafarerenabor3063]

Its January 2022. But still thank you for this video. I keep on tapping my underseat woofer on the antenna cable. 😂😂

[@erickrivera4910]

Thanks. You just showed me the wire I was trying to figure on my aftermarket headunit. It says P.ANT. ✌️

[@austinbecker3880]

So on my aftermarket radio it only has a blue wire and not a blue and white wire. Can I power my aftermarket amp with the solid blue (antenna) wire?

[@OldElvis1927]

Great job. Clear and to the point. Very helpful. Thank you.

[@pyrojoe1404]

so 12v from ign is ok but is there a required or too much amps to turn on remote ?

[@a.k.3659]

I know time has passed but for anyone else to see. The answer is "the less the better". I just hooked the one end of the remote turn-on wire on a 15A fuse [(which was for the radio) has 12v on ACC and IGN] on the passenger compartment fuse box.

[@GaneshSankar]

+Sonic Electronix I bought a unit and Metra JBL harness... using the RCA output from my Boss Audio HU instead of wires on wiring harness... Car Harness doesn't have a blue/white but it does have a JBL amp... Can I just connect the Blue White to my Accessory so it turns on when my car is on and turns off when it turns off? Will it work this way (HU has a better output than the JBL) Referring to 4:10.

[@fear3127]

Reallyyyyy helpful thank you !🙏🙏

[@henrypold4904]

Can I connect both - amplifier and power antenna to blue/white wire? I have Sony XAV-AX100.

[@itsagueybana]

I did that. I have the XAV-AX50000.

[@derekthomasgriffin]

I did this and the wire got hot. But didn’t burn up and worked. Good thing I used solder and heat shrink. Also, when I connected the remote to antenna wire, my amp wouldn’t produce power to sub for first minute or so after each start up. But it works!

[@ogamov]

This count be explained better:) thank you! i have that same alpine radio on my car lol

[@joshuajones7483]

exactly what i need 30 seconds in thanks boss

[@myronmarable9957]

You da best bro that's what I was missing

[@inflatable_friends]

This was extremely helpful

[@ralphmouth7856]

Thanks bro..good video..vey explanatory..👍👍👍

[@VolanicASH]

I punched into my blue wire with my remote wire in my amp. And obviously it wouldn’t turn on. Was so puzzled. Watched this, and now I’m gonna look for a blue and white wire. Thanks :)

[@RWL2012]

I read on a forum that someone plugged their remote turn-on wire into their remote control jack! Yes it was a bare wire plugged into a jack but you still can't blame him for putting the REMOTE into the REMOTE lol... I think the terminology should be changed

[@Abrinley23]

Such a useful video. Thanks Guy.

[@daproducer25]

My Question is. My factory radio already has subs connected to it. So do I run wire from my remote wire to the amp as well?

[@kennethmejia5452]

Very good video 👌🏽

[@mattparry2081]

Top man , cleared up a question I had 👍

[@Ohseekiing]

So i bought my new deck and connected the blue white wire from the new deck to the wire harness i bought. I just bought an amp and i don't know where to connect the remote wire since the blue white is all ready connected to the wire harness. Should i connect all 3? Do i connect the blue white from the deck to the wire harness and also to the amp remote? I disconnected the blue white wire from the wire harness and just connected the blue white from the deck to the remote to the amp but my speakers wont work now. I'm thinking i need to connect all 3 wires together

[@chrismacphersom3258]

Dont ever depend on the coloring. In a pinch ready to go kits that are color coated but you should understand what wires are what. You can look up wiring diagrams on the net. Thanks for the video brotha.

[@darkomuzenyak3437]

Thank you bro, you helped me a lot!

[@twin2wadetweakedmotors459]

Great video bro 💪💪

[@niicks_z]

Dude thank you so much 😂🙌🏻

[@ooltimu]

Thanks! I looked a lot for what is the extra wire on my RCA cable. Now I know.

[@virelalamario7506]

Salut from Vanuatu 🇻🇺. Thank you for this video it was very helpful 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@BanditoCGET]

Hey, I have a quick question. I currently have 1 amp for 2 subwoofers. I want to add another amplifier for the mids and highs I will be getting soon. Will I need to run another remote turn on wire to that amp as well? Do I just split the blue/white wire into two so I have one for each amplifier? Sorry I'm new at this and I want to do it right.

[@jordisejos7364]

Finally someone that explains how thank

[@cochran47]

Thank you! Missed this in my buddies hilux installing an amp today lol

[@davidkruchio5438]

Saved my life

[@JaeCruz636]

Answered everything THANK YOU!!

[@varunpandit4927]

Excellent explaination..helped me a lot.😎

[@MrCbell57]

I had to use my power antenna wire. Works great.

[@larbiva1476]

Thanks for your awesome help! Now i can go back to installing my amp😉

[@AverageDadMTB3]

So can I use the blue antenna wire for my amp ?

[@thesayayin365]

Hi good video!! question Can i connect two amplifiers and one epicenter to the same remote wire or is too much? So far i have connected two amps only and the lights inside dimm a lot when the base hits.

[@nicksanchez930]

Hey Al, If i connect the white-blue wire to the blue antenna wire and i don't listen to the radio can i go directly into the antenna 12v? or can i splice into the red ignition switch wire since it is not the constant. being that i dont have a factory amp power wire.

[@guessguy209]

Thanks for the video. Question... Is it possible to use an amps remote turn on wire to power other devices (splice into and wire off of the blue white wire)? I need constant power to a rear camera when the car is on and this remote wire is the only line i have run to the rear or my car.

[@shawnprice9366]

appreciate you brother thanks for explaining

[@edgelmendoza1094]

thanks for the info...it makes me clear to understand about remote wire and how to determine the color of the remote wire at the back of the stereo panel...thanks a lot once again...Edgel Tm

[@99FXR]

So we connect it to the blue/white wire BEFORE the harness? Just splice it in?

[@brothersjohnlabrague6766]

Wow you solved my problem, thanks..

[@dylanhermans8538]

finaly a good video that helps me THANKS!

[@antonioreyes2382]

So do you need to make a connection through the firewall to the battery or can you bridge the rem wire to the 12v connection on the amp? Please help

[@pinecon]

Would if you wanted to have both the stock amp and the aftermarket amp running at the same time? Would you just splice into the amp turn on wire?

[@divanygertrudis4172]

Thanks man you really helped me out

[@jayjohnson488]

are you able to use the speaker positive as remote turn on? ive seen a few guys use it to connect to kicker hideaway amp/sub as the remote in and it work? Im asking as i will be using a Line out converter and want to use the positive speaker wire as the remote turn on for it. Thank you

[@saiph8421]

VERY HELPFUL thanks!

[@thomasesr]

So, is it internally connected to a 12V relay to connect power to the amplifier or is it a digital signal to switch a internal transistor/mosfet?

[@cacarotodb2662]

YesThis video it’s for the blue wire 👌

[@KhalidAbubakar123]

hey Allyn thanks for the great video. I have been trying to narrow down the cause of 'no sound' on my Lexus LS 460 mark levinson audio system is it the same principle as this or is there any other thing that I'm missing. Its still not delivering audio. Thanks again.

[@motojaymn4131]

Great video, i question that wire and decided not to do anything with it but now clearly i was wrong to do so.

[@deesnuts1850]

Some dumbasses think that because they know one thing, it's a crime not to know what they know. That just means that you know one thing and the rest of your life is shit. Thanks for the educational video.

[@damienholland9244]

Yeah, I always hate it when people are condescending to me when I ask questions and am trying to learn something. I tend to not ask them any questions about anything again.

[@xMorbidArtx]

@@damienholland9244They finally learn something and want to pretend theyre the arbiters of knowledge and must clutch on to it 😂

[@adamwhite6842]

Great news! So just take the solid blue wire off from the other blue and connect the blue /white to the blue for amp, correct?!

[@adamwhite6842]

It worked! Thank you so much!

[@jdmchickkustomz9417]

Can I just use one of them connectors that taps into that and connect the other wire at the end? Is that the only wire I need is just that one? Find the aftermarket radio aftermarket amp

[@minhgtr]

So given this blue white wire is hooked up. If the car stereo is hooked up to accessory power. You turn ignition off and remove key. It turns the stereo off. Does that turn off the amplifier too? Any chance of problems sometimes and that amp stays on? Because Im getting a battery drain somewhere . Im using an aftermarket unit with a harness adaptor hooked up the factory amplifier. EVerything works fine except for that battery drain.

[@Kiekerr]

So my Golf MK4 needs it's antenna amplified. But I only have a blue/white cable. Could I just try to hook the blue/white one on the an antenna amplifier? Would it keep giving 12v?

[@cameronsmith2403]

So does the remote (blue white stripe) have to hook to the harness then to your aftermarket amp or just skip the hook to the harness to the amp?

[@TheKeymaster316]

If I'm trying to use my Ford Sync system and add an aftermarket amplifier, I can pull the radio out and, using a multi meter, find the wire that is 12 volt (switched) and tie into that? Originally I was going to tap into the speaker wires and use the high level inputs but have decided to use a pre-amp (equalizer) and will use a LOC instead. That requires me to run an antenna wire. I'm not a big fan of running a wire to a fuse in the fuse box.

[@Gerardo19134]

Do you have tutorial for intalling a kill switch to the amp?

[@jahsmarramoutien8588]

Hi did you get am answer your question? I also want to know

[@alexmotts]

If your using a line out converter is it necessary to use a remote wire? If so can i run it straight to the battery?

[@clydeharris2453]

Good video 👍 you couldn't make it any easier

[@grandparolie]

Thanks this video helped me BIG times. X

[@michaeldanner853]

Thank you very much soo helpful!!

[@stevenmagedanz6281]

What does the Pink WIre the Says Back Connect to Ground or Positive ? The Back up Camera has 2 Blue with a White Stripe Wires ? What Do they Connect to Positive or Ground ? Thanks Terry

[@tonieramos9281]

i have a blue only wire .. the mamual says ( BLUE (auto anthena/amplifier control cable) .. can i connect the remote on that?

[@derekthomasgriffin]

Tonie Ramos I did this and for the first minute after each start up my amp wouldn’t turn on. 2004 4runner

[@shaneh8495]

Both Blue and Blue/White wire has the text "Factory amplifier remote turn on" so you can wire the amplifier to either Blue or Blue/White? I am still confused.

[@fluxcapacitor]

My Chinese Android head unit has no "AMP" remote turn-on wire, but it has an "ANT" wire made to power old motorized radio antennas. This ANT wire provides a voltage of 12VDC with respect to the GND wire (only when the radio is turned on, but there is a dedicated pref in the factory settings to make it powered all the time when the head unit is on). My question is: can I use this ANT wire as a remote turn-on wire for the amplifier?

[@jb0915]

So if there is no dedicated wire for amp on agtermarket radio or wiring harness ? I can just hook it up to any of my accessorie wires that I originally don't need ?

[@MrUffizzi]

Great VIDEO, what size crimps would i need to use say a posi-lock to tap in to a suitable cable?

[@MrMedicAdnan]

I am trying to test my amp and subs on a bench so will not have a car stereo, plan to run my phone to amp via RCA's. Question is, can I run a B+ wire (12Volts) into the amp remote input? My understating is the "blue" wire aka "remote wire" coming out of the vehicle's head unit is just a low current 12V output that uses common vehicle ground.