The white/blue wire on the left is from my kenwood HU, the blue/white wire on the right is from the metra harness. The left wire was labeled, P Cont. and
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01-05-2012, 07:47 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Quick wiring question w/ pic
The white/blue wire on the left is from my kenwood HU, the blue/white wire on the right is from the metra harness.
The left wire was labeled, P Cont. and the right one according to the labeling chart is the amp turn on. My question is does it matter which wire I connect my remote turn on wire from my amp to? Since I think they both do the same thing. |
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I think P cont means power is on even if the car is off..
from the HU I'm gusssing its switched, only on if car is on or in accessory position. I don't think you want power to your amp all the time. Put a voltmeter on them to see what you have. Or call Crutchfield....they are good tech help. |
01-05-2012, 08:07 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
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You can wire the antenna adapter to this wire if you want. It will not harm anything just will have the antenna on even if your playing a CD. Some head units only have that wire and no powered antenna wire. If you have a powered antenna wire I would use that. However note that sometimes the powered antenna wire does not supply enough voltage.
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So since the P Cont is always on with the head unit, it'd be fine to connect my remote turn on wire from my amp to it right? |
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I was half right..... A side question, you said that tap might not provide enough voltage, so it might be less than 12 volts?....or did you mean current? A power audio amp would draw a lot more current than a low gain op amp circuit in the antenna.
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01-05-2012, 09:40 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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The current is what I mean. However it is rare that this happens.
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