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something came to mind and got me curious. my future setup is going to involve 2 amps (1 mono for subwoofer and 2ch for component set). i got stuck about installation... so both amps take 4awg power/ground so im definately going to need a 4awg distrubitor T-style block for the battery/power cable to split it to both amps.

so from my car battery in order, its gonna be:
car battery - fuse holder and fuse/power cable - dis.block of power cable - wired to mono amp & 2ch amp power/battery slots. correct?


now remote wire.... someone fill me in on this? i never took a look at my pioneer deh-4400 deck so i dont know the features of it. but i do know its compatiable for a subwoofer output if it matters and i have had it hooked up to an mono amp before. so how are my remote wires for both amps going to be hooked up? should my deck have 2 inlets for remote wires or what?

RCAs.... completely loss on this. i do have an amp kit which came with rcas which are the dual headed styles meaning theres 2 rcas on each side of the wires. making it a total of 4 connectors. 2 each side. so should my deck have multiple rca inlets too? whats all this talk about female/male connectors or something i read off sites selling them? what type of RCA should i look for for my 2ch amp?

 
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You have everything about right.

The remote wire is a signal the HU sends out to the amplifiers telling them to turn on. You should be able to just wire that same signal to one amp, the jump it over to the second amp's remote connection.

The rcas, you have a total of two RCAs, one for the right speaker signal, one for the left speaker signal. You should be able to plug them into your HU. You will need to run them back to your amplifiers, it's possible one of your amplifiers has an input and output, then it'll be easy, connect one pair of RCAs to the amp's input, then a short length of RCAs from that amp's output, to the other amp's input.

It might, however, be advantageous to run two separate sets of RCAs to the back, connect one to the stereo outputs, the other to the subwoofer output, that way you can control your sub from the amplifier.

 
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When I added a second amp to my non-7thgencivic, I just split the remote wire to both amps. For the power, I used one of the following to split off an existing 4 gauge power wire, but in gold. Stinger's patented 3-way "T"-style distribution block.

 
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Think of remote turn-on as the only reason your amps don't stay on and drain your battery when you shut off your car or radio.

Your HU has 2 preouts (RCAs). 1 for your amp which powers your front speakers. The other either for the amp that powers your subs or your rear speakers. If you are using a mono/2 channel. Just plug the RCA cables into the preouts that say front on your HU and run those back to the 2 channel input. Then plug the other set of RCAs into rear/sub preouts on deck and run those to the mono amp input. Then do some searching on how to set your Amps' Crossovers, gains, filters, etc.

 
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in this diagram, should my remote wire be wired in the first diagram or 2nd half?


are there gonna be 2 slots for remote or should i just split it like stated above


as for the rca, does an RCA mean a total of 1 wire with an head on each end, giving it a total of two "ends"? or does an RCA mean 2 heads on each side giving it total of 4 ends? cause the rca i have has 2 ends on each side giving it 4 total.

does anyone have a diagram or photo of an random aftermarket deck to give me an general idea how the rca inputs/outputs look like?


thanks for the info fellas

 
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an RCA is 1 wire with a connector on either end of the wire, when you connect your 2 channel and sub amp, you will need a pair for both, as both will take 2 channels of signal. So in total you will need 4 connectors that plug into your deck. If your deck is "compatible for a subwoofer output" you will plug the 2 wires for the subwoofer into the subwoofer outputs on your deck. Then you will plug the other 2 wires into the front or rear outputs on your deck, depending on if you want to amp your front or rear speakers.

When you say your deck is "compatible for a subwoofer output" that generally means that there is a non-fading preout on the deck. That means that if you fade your volume to the front or back, then that output won't be affected. That output might also have other features, like a subwoofer crossover and/or its own volume control.

As far as male/female, think about sex male connectors are the ones with the pins (like your RCA cable will have) and the female of course is the one on the deck that it will plugged into. They are named because one fits into the other, similar to how a male fits into a female hehe.

Wire your remote the way it is in the second diagram

 
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Considering your amp will not have a spot to input a remote and a spot to output a remote, it will look more like this.

 
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so im i gonna need an distrubition block for the remote wire or should i wire it as diagram 2 i gave?

what are benefits of each? does it really matter since its just a signal and nothing else?

and for the female/male rca... so its like the male is the piece that goes into deck while female goes into amp? or other way around

 
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If you look at this:


Your interconnect has male ends, both your HU and Amp have female ends. You plug the cable into female ends.

Go with your right half of your remote wiring diagram. You amplifier will have one screw in post to where you connect the remote wire, just screw in the remote wire from the HU, then at the same place, screw in another wire, and connect that to the second amp.

You won't need a distrobution block, at the worst, you can splice the wire and just connect another piece and tape it up.


I think this will all make sense when you have an amp to look at, it's all really straight forward, if you've ever looked at like, a home theater DVD player or CD player that you connected to a receiver, it's exactly like that.

 
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thanks for the info Ed, im gonna wire it as the right half of diagram i gave.




and im guessing the rcas with the tips are the males eh? lol

 
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yep, as i explained in my post

those crazy electrical engineers and their sexual undertones