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Old Jun 4, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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hat did I do wrong (sub hook up)

ok I have a maxima 95 with the bose system.

what I did was this.
ran the positive power cable down to the amplifier.
put the ground cable atached to the jack stand bolts
now the RCA
"output converter" conected to:
rear right side speakers (pink and blue) to the +-
rear left speakers (red green) to +-

when I turn the radio (or CD) all spearkers are working.
but the sub doesn't seam to be turned on (there is a red light that turn on on the sub, that is not on) and it is hard to feel if the sub is pulsating, since the rear speakers are vibrating everything.

Are my connections corret? did I hook the correct colored cables?

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Old Jun 4, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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do you hear bass coming out of it?
Old Jun 4, 2004 | 01:20 PM
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What kind of sub and amp. Is the amp on? Did you run the remote wire?
Old Jun 4, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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remote wire?
Old Jun 4, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kgb006
remote wire?

the amp wont turn on unless its hooked up correctly
Old Jun 4, 2004 | 03:50 PM
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is that the blue cable (that hooks up between the power cables?)
where do I hook it up on? on the brown wire of the output converter?

edit: I think it is the remote wire that I haven't plugged in. where do I put that in?
Old Jun 5, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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OK I did fix it, it was the remote wire.
I wired to the battery, but I saw that if I dod that my sub stays constatly on. will that drain my battery? how come on my older car setup the sub would turn off if the radio was off and would turn on if the radio was on. is there a different way to wire this remote cable?
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 01:50 PM
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Don't run it to the battery because the amp will always be on. Hook it up to the headunit so it will turn off when the headunit if off and when the car is off.
Old Jun 5, 2004 | 06:29 PM
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there should be a blue remote wire on the headunit, connect the remote wire there.
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