I am halving problems with my system. I have 2 amps one that I just
put in and one that I just put in today. The remote wire is does not
function properly. The one that accually powers the power anntena does
not provide enough power to turn an amp on. Previously I used the
remote wire from the old CD changer that was in the car before I
bought it. That had enought power to turn on one amp. When I put in my
CD changer, that remote coulod not handle turning on the amp and the
changer. I opened the fuse box and connected it to the radio fuse
(that way it would turn on with the car and still be associated with
the audio). This remote was able to turn on the CD changer. When I
installed the second amp the old CD changer remote could not power
both amps. I tapped into the remote for the new changer and that
allowed everything to turn on. Think that's crazy? I'm just getting
warmed up. My car has climate control which means it has buttons for
A/C and heat, not knobs. Nobody makes a mounting bracket for a head
unit that has holes for buttons instead of holes for knobs. Therefore
I am stuck with the factory reciever which is located in the trunk on
the LX model. Obviously I do not have any RCA's, so I needed an amp
with line level input. For that I'm using a Kicker KX 120.2. Thats not
powerful enough for the sub I got so I'm going to have that power my
rear speakers. The sub amps is connected via RCA's running from the
low level out on the kicker amp. I thought the sub amp would need more
power because it is more powerful, so I ran my power wire (8 GA) from
the battery to the sub amp then over to the Kicker amp. The remote is
also going first to the sub amp then to the Kicker amp. Because I
needed to run speaker level inputs into the amp I cut the wires just
as they came out of the reciever, then connected them to the speaker
level inputs on the amp. I connected the speakers wires coming out of
the amp to the to the speaker wires right outside of the reciever.
That's about where the crazy wiring stops and the crazy electronics
begins. I turned everything on and the sub started to act up. as if
there was noise in the lines. It went on for about 10 seconds before
the radios fuse I was using as a remote blew. at that point I noticed
some smoke from under that rear deck as I looked in the trunk. I think
it came from a speaker but that doesn't make any sense to me. After I
replaced the fuse with a 10 amp instead of a 5 amp I turned everything
back on and now the 6x9's cut in and out, but the sub works fine. I'm
about to start troubleshooting with a meter. If you like I can post
some numbers. Any response would be geratly appreciated even if it's
just laughter at my crazy setup.