[Echo42987]

Hey another quick question...so Everything is hooked up right and I am 100% positive!

But the AQ amp is turning on and the Sundown amp isn't.

My confusion is w/ the remote turn on w/ the Kenwood DNX8120

Which connection do I put it too...

1) Ant. Cont.
2) P. Cont.
3) Ext. Cont.

I hooked everything up in the order of the other thread I have and no sparks or w/e. When the AQ amp turns on it's power light flashes softly. HU turns on w/ no problem and operates great.

-Nick-

 

[Echo42987]

No fuses have blown either on the amp and or the one in between the battery and the amp.

I have it hooked up to the EXT. CONT. and it's voltage is only 2.18?

 

[Knobby Digital]

Should be a blue wire coming off the harness.

 

[Echo42987]

The only blue wire coming out of the HU is the ANT. CONT.

ANT. CONT. = Motor Antenna Control Wire (blue)
P. CONT. = Power Control Wire (blue/white)
EXT. CONT. = External Amplifier Control Wire (Pink/Black) - This is what it's hooked to now

 

[Knobby Digital]

My bad. It's external amp control.

 

[Echo42987]

My bad. It's external amp control.

It's hooked to that and nothing....

 

[Knobby Digital]

Is there a blue/white wire? Maybe on another harness?

 

[Echo42987]

Is there a blue/white wire? Maybe on another harness?

Thats the P.CONT. wire like I labeled above and I tried hooking it up to that one too still nothing

 

[Knobby Digital]

I don't have any experience with that unit. Hopefully someone who does will chime in.

For the time being you can run the remote wire off the amps to a fuse that gets ACC power.

 

[Echo42987]

I don't have any experience with that unit. Hopefully someone who does will chime in.

For the time being you can run the remote wire off the amps to a fuse that gets ACC power.

So the red wire in other words? Doesn't the red wire/ignition wire only stay on during the initial ignition?

 

[Fiercetimbo17]

You use the blue and white, the one your are using is a special amp control wire for kenwood amps only.

 

[Knobby Digital]

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Run your remote wires from your amps to your fuse box. Take out the fuse that says "RADIO", put the wires in the slot that one of the blades goes into, then push the fuse in.

 

[Knobby Digital]

You use the blue and white, the one your are using is a special amp control wire for kenwood amps only.

He said he used that one. Either his connection was booty, or there's something wrong with his headunit.

 

[Echo42987]

You use the blue and white, the one your are using is a special amp control wire for kenwood amps only.

I tried the blue/white and it still didn't turn on the amp.

 

[Echo42987]

Well I switched it to that then I got sound for like a second and all of a sudden all this loud Beep and Crazy noise came out of the speakers, it was REALLY loud

 

[Fiercetimbo17]

Yea you must have an issue, the blue and white is amp turn on and should provide 12 volts when the radio is on.

strip that wire bare, test it at the back of the harness hooked up to nothing. If it reads under 12 volts with that radio on something is wrong with your headunit, kinda unlikely but it is a kenwood and thats the only radio ive seen with that problem.

If the wire reads 12 volts you have an issue with your remote wire run

 

[Echo42987]

Yea you must have an issue, the blue and white is amp turn on and should provide 12 volts when the radio is on.

strip that wire bare, test it at the back of the harness hooked up to nothing. If it reads under 12 volts with that radio on something is wrong with your headunit, kinda unlikely but it is a kenwood and thats the only radio ive seen with that problem.

If the wire reads 12 volts you have an issue with your remote wire run

Nah I got the amps to turn on by switching to that cable but now I got music for like a second and All of this crazy beeping sounds and stuff that were really loud!

 

[Echo42987]

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Fiercetimbo17]

Is the sound coming from the amp or speakers?

Also what amp and what are you running?

 

[Echo42987]

Sundown 100.4D and the sound comes out of the speakers