sence my stock head unit has no remote wire, when I hook the amp up, will it still drain the battery? I have everything connected, but the deck does not have no remote wire, and if it does I have no idea how to locate it. I am worried it will continue to run the amp when the car is off and drain the battery. Am I worried for nothing? If it will continue to drain the battery, how do I prevent this from happening?
use a test light ($5), you just need to connect the remote wire to a wire that is only hot when the car is on, (like the ignition power wire -not constant- going to the radio) and on factory radios it is usually a wire that is made to send the signal to the power antenna
you just gotta make sure the wire you attach the remote wire to only has power when the car is on not when its off and you'll be fine
just run a wire from you positive battery terminal to a small 5a fuse then to a 5dollar switch from your local autoparts store and hook it to you remote screw terminal on your amp. now evertime you leave your care just turn the switch off, then when your readt to hear some jams turn it on, you really dont want to splice into any existing wires because it could interfere with the computer diagnostics when you get you inspection.
If you dont have a remote wire how did you power up the amp? You should have a led indicator light on the amp to tell you if its getting power when the ignition is off. if it does`nt then get a multi meter and check for power at the amp terminals. It will drain your battery, you might be able to run a wire from the ignition, so when you turn the ingition on then thats where you get your remote wire hook up. just make sure when ingnition is off you still dont get power on that wire.. hope this helps.....
