hi all

ok i fitted a kenwood minidisc player that came out of my fto put all the amp leads in etc etc turned on and the amp did not come on, i pulled the sterio out and checked wires and remote leads etc and still no joy disconected the remote lead and bridged it across from + to remote on the amp and it came on!! tryed remote lead again and still no joy is there any stupid things i need to know about the subaru wiring loom or is my head unit gone dicky.

any of you boys know???


the stupid thing is it worked in my fto i just dont get it

Hullo!

Did you use the standard connector in the car? If so, the remote turn-on lead is used to trigger the amplified aerial (at least, it is on my Legacy). You might need to run an extra cable down, if yours has the amped aerial to.....?

well when it was in my FTO i had to cut the conectors off the end of the iso off the head unit i went down halfords and got a new one that connects to what ever the scooby has (two black conecter blocks) and it dont work. the remote leads are separate from these blocks

i also have a spad conector that is a black wire that comes from the loom it must be an earth is this for the head unit or somthing else coz i think there was a cd changer in it before?

[Edited by DJ ATOMIC - 12/19/2002 11:52:06 AM]

So, have you run your own remote turn-on cable down to the amps or what?

Do you have a voltmeter or tester of some sorts?

If so check the amp is receiving 12 volts and the ground is fine.

Next disconnect remote lead from the amp and using a short bit of wire connected (preferable with a fuse inline) to the remote line, touch it on the +12v connector of the amp. Does it turn on? If not then something wrong with the amp or fuse has blown.

Next do the same for the remote lead back to the head unit.

Check the remote out is live from the stereo etc....

HTH

H

Also just re-read and thats what you have done... I'm rather plastered so excuse the blurred vision :D

H