Amp wire help

[wrench78]

I am getting ready to install an amp in my 08 Altima using factory radio. Where has everyone ran there blue remote wire to? Not sure what is the best place to run it too. Any help? I orignally ran it to the Seat heater fuse box(I don't have seat heaters installed in my seats) When I turned the switch on, My dash flickered on and off, then my Altima wouldn't start. It's at the dealershiip now getting fixed. I want to run my remote wire from power source thru a toggle switch then to the amp, so I can turn the amp on and off by switch.

[vballer22]

I am getting ready to install an amp in my 08 Altima using factory radio. Where has everyone ran there blue remote wire to? Not sure what is the best place to run it too. Any help? I orignally ran it to the Seat heater fuse box(I don't have seat heaters installed in my seats) When I turned the switch on, My dash flickered on and off, then my Altima wouldn't start. It's at the dealershiip now getting fixed. I want to run my remote wire from power source thru a toggle switch then to the amp, so I can turn the amp on and off by switch.

Whoa who told you to run it to the seat heater fuse? don't listen to them next time.

Anyways, It sounds like you havnt realized something thats gonna make you cry if you dont read my post. Theres no possible way to connect an amp wire or audio output directly to the factory stereo. You do have two options however, you can of course buy a new head unit with rca outputs, or more easily, buy a line out converter.

What a line out convertor does is convert (hence the name) the high signals in the speaker wires to low signals, like the ones rca cables carry. The factory stereo does not have anywhere to connect an amp turn on wire or rca cables.

What you then do is after you hook up the line out converter, you conect the rca cables from the converter to the amplifier, thus giving you a clean signal and compatible with all amps.

ALSO, this option has slightly lower sound quality, but most people won't mind unless running a high quality and high powered system:Most amps nowadays have speaker level inputs. What this is is a wire harness with usually four wires coming out the back. these four wires tap into your rear speaker wires, in your case the 6x9's in the deck, and carry signal to the amp, which then uses a built-in converter and automatically extracts the low frequency signals, mostly the bass, and reproduces it on the subwoofer. The big advantage of this is that the amp has a signal sensing input which doesnt require the blue wire, it automatically detects when signal are going through the wires and turns the amp on for you.

Sorry, that was a long explanation, but Lemme know if youve got more questions.

[wrench78]

Thanks, but I think that you don't know what I was refering too. I have a line out converter that I hooked up to my rear speakers to run rca to the amp. Now here was the question that I am trying to figure out. To POWER the amp, you need a ground, 12v power, and a 12v remote wire that powers the amp on and off. If you use an aftermarket radio (which I am not) you can use the blue remote wire that comes with the radio. Since I am keeping the stock radio, I need to run the remote wire to a 12v source that turns off with the igintion. My question was for people that have done the same thing, what source of power did they use for the remote wire.

Now, I did not know about the Amp level imputs. I did not know that turns the amp on and off. I am just use to having to run a remote wire. I might have to give that a shot. Thanks.

[wrench78]

I got figure out. I was using a lighted switch and had the gound and power wire switched. All good to go now