Ignition wire - AMP installation

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:20 am

I've spent three quarters of the day fiddling with the stereo with no result. :-(

I have managed to get EVERY other bloody wire sorted out for what I thought would be a basic installation of an AMP, I am COMPLETELY stumped as to which wire (from the back of the stereo) is the ignition wire. My test light didn't reveal anything to me! It did suggest a few of the speaker wires, though!

The diagram from the Owner's Manual was somewhat confusing too. It seems to be upside down and a mirror image of what is actually there.

Can anybody tell me which wire I should be looking at for ignition power in ?

The system is standard and is a Clarion. The car has a built date of 07/03.

HELP!!!!

Michael

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:48 am

Ignition wire is a bit of a pain as it doesn't exist!

Your best bet is to take it from the cigarette lighter - just run a thick wire from the cig lighter positive, underneath the gearstick, behind the fascia and up to the back of the radio.

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:33 pm

Thanks Mattb for your advice. I realised today that you'd also posted some clues in a reply to a previous post of mine on this subject.

However, this is bizarre, in the end my installation didn't need the ignition cable after all !

It's all working without the ignition cable connected. It powers on/off when I turn the radio on/off !

It's an MTX amp. In the manual there was a small paragraph that mentioned some feature whereby the ignition wire was not required, but it didn't go into any detail.

Now that I have the amp working, I'm not satisfied with the bass in the pioneer 6" 220w 4ways that I put in the front. They just don't seem to have the range.

I've kept my original head unit. Should my next step a sub woofer ?

Post by **Lyndon** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:17 pm

yeah a 10" or 12" sub in a subbox in the boot gives ya good bass

make sure the box doesn't go higher than the roll screeny thingy in the boot or you won't be able to get the roof down

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:24 pm

As Lyndon says, a sub in the boot is the next step. You won't get any decent bass out of the door speakers no matter what speakers you put in there - simply because the door enclosures aren't designed to handle decent bass.

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:46 pm

Thanks guys,

A sub is the only item on my list of things to do.

Althoguh, I suspect that list will grow a little longer after our Sydney CC Meet sometime in March when I've seen what everyone else has done to theirs !