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Eargasm · 11th January 2004, 06:53 AM

sounds like whoever hooked up the amp didnt run a power turn on lead, and rather just jumped the power turn on straight to the battery, so the amp is on all the time. You need to have a wire ran from your cd player that turns the amp on only when the cd player is on.

jdm5genlude · 13th January 2004, 06:45 PM

yea i think your right.. beacuse i have a stock headunit i needed a converter.. so in this case.. the amp would turn on when i turned the key on.. so i had to get a upgraded converter.... and this one works beautifully.. it senses any type of music.. and when it senses any music it powers on my amp.. and there for only powers it when sound comes on.. and turns of when i turn off my radio.. i had to do it the hard way. but it worked

SkinnyBoy · 13th January 2004, 09:56 PM

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Originally posted by jdm5genlude
yea i think your right.. beacuse i have a stock headunit i needed a converter.. so in this case.. the amp would turn on when i turned the key on.. so i had to get a upgraded converter.... and this one works beautifully.. it senses any type of music.. and when it senses any music it powers on my amp.. and there for only powers it when sound comes on.. and turns of when i turn off my radio.. i had to do it the hard way. but it worked

a switch would have worked just as well..

jdm5genlude · 14th January 2004, 10:02 PM

ohh if your talkin about a kill switch that would cut the power of the amp... i tryed it.. and i didnt work very well for me.. one day my dad wanted to turn on the system and kept flickering the switch to on.. and off.. and on... and off.. and on.... the system didnt work.. and jus in a few seconds my car was covered in smoke.. the intire car and engine bay was filled with white smoke... it was terrible.. it turned out my negitive and positive wires on my remote wire fused togetha.. and negitive and postive dont go very well.. it burned my intire wire.. power wire.. and even left some nasty stains on my seat.. the roof.. and other places.. so thas why i wouldn never go for a kill switch..

SkinnyBoy · 14th January 2004, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by jdm5genlude
ohh if your talkin about a kill switch that would cut the power of the amp... i tryed it.. and i didnt work very well for me.. one day my dad wanted to turn on the system and kept flickering the switch to on.. and off.. and on... and off.. and on.... the system didnt work.. and jus in a few seconds my car was covered in smoke.. the intire car and engine bay was filled with white smoke... it was terrible.. it turned out my negitive and positive wires on my remote wire fused togetha.. and negitive and postive dont go very well.. it burned my intire wire.. power wire.. and even left some nasty stains on my seat.. the roof.. and other places.. so thas why i wouldn never go for a kill switch..

ahh, you must have done it yourself..

please don't try anything like this again... lol

jdm5genlude · 15th January 2004, 01:48 AM

no i didnt do it myself... it was professionly done.. and what do u care??... either way.. it shoulded have been played with

13th January 2004, 06:45 PM	#12
jdm5genlude diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida	yea i think your right.. beacuse i have a stock headunit i needed a converter.. so in this case.. the amp would turn on when i turned the key on.. so i had to get a upgraded converter.... and this one works beautifully.. it senses any type of music.. and when it senses any music it powers on my amp.. and there for only powers it when sound comes on.. and turns of when i turn off my radio.. i had to do it the hard way. but it worked __________________ i lyke my women how i lyke my cars ~shaved~

14th January 2004, 10:02 PM	#14
jdm5genlude diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida	ohh if your talkin about a kill switch that would cut the power of the amp... i tryed it.. and i didnt work very well for me.. one day my dad wanted to turn on the system and kept flickering the switch to on.. and off.. and on... and off.. and on.... the system didnt work.. and jus in a few seconds my car was covered in smoke.. the intire car and engine bay was filled with white smoke... it was terrible.. it turned out my negitive and positive wires on my remote wire fused togetha.. and negitive and postive dont go very well.. it burned my intire wire.. power wire.. and even left some nasty stains on my seat.. the roof.. and other places.. so thas why i wouldn never go for a kill switch.. __________________ i lyke my women how i lyke my cars ~shaved~

15th January 2004, 01:48 AM	#16
jdm5genlude diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida	no i didnt do it myself... it was professionly done.. and what do u care??... either way.. it shoulded have been played with __________________ i lyke my women how i lyke my cars ~shaved~

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11th January 2004, 06:53 AM	#11
Eargasm diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Marcos, TX	sounds like whoever hooked up the amp didnt run a power turn on lead, and rather just jumped the power turn on straight to the battery, so the amp is on all the time. You need to have a wire ran from your cd player that turns the amp on only when the cd player is on.

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