Which color stereo wire is the Turn-on Lead?

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Jul 18, 2003

mischa49

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Which color stereo wire is the Turn-on Lead?

Im doing an Amp install but I dont know which color wire from my stereo is the turn-on lead wire, the wire that will que the amp to turn on when the stereo is also on. Thanks for the help everyone.

Jul 18, 2003

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its not blue?

Jul 18, 2003

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Power antenna lead off of radio will work (blue) if it dont have one, tap into the red acc power wire thats what i had to do before

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Yea, completed my amp install, it was the blue one, just had to consult my stereo manual. Thanks for the help guyz.

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Actually some headunits have 2 wires coming out that are blue. The solid blue is power antenna and the blue w/ white stripe is the one you want to use for the remote turn on.

If you use the wrong one your amp will shut off when playing a cd.