As soon as I saw the wire and the fuse I scrolled down to the comments cause I knew he was getting clowned about that and yep I was right.....but for real if it works for you and it's your vehicle I say go for it not everyone has time and money to make everything look professional!!
duceky1977 where can I connect the remote wire? My cigarette lighter doesn’t turn off, I don’t have a sun roof, and I’m really not sure where to go with it and I don’t like wrapping it around a fuse like that.
No need to run long blue wire from fuse to amp.. Take blue wire from Line output converter and connect directly to amp that’s all you need and share the L.O.C ground wire with ground amp wire and connect to amp. Great video btw
Bro the yelow and blue wires you cut off of that were your renore wires i have the same hi low converter its a scoche from walmart you were suposed to hook yellow and ground up to amp power and ground and then run blue to remote on amp and boom no electrical fire risk
You mean boom his battery is dead if he did that. U don't connect ur remote wire to the amp. That literally means it's taking power from the power wire coming from the battery.
Incorrect. The LOC is signal sensing. It only allows transfer of power from the amps battery lead to the remote when the stereo turns on. That's the entire point of the LOC. Everything in this video is wrong. @@thelegendarywasdgamer9724
It's always something for starters. From what I see you could install your amplifier without HI/Low signal adapter to "high imput" in front of amp. But you did good here anyways. I would strongly not recommend wiring anything to fuses. You can find mostly yellow cabel behind your head unit and measure voltage there. When ignition is on and shows 13.5-14.5V~ and when ignition is off and shows 0V you got the right one from which all car audio amps take start signal normaly. For measurement use multimeter (10$ new one) and measure this yellow wire with black one (usualy) .
You don’t need the remote wire with the converter correct?? No need to run a remote wire when you have the converter tells the amp when to come on right?
Everything he did is after the head unit. This is a simple setup thanks to the Loc. If he were changing out the head unit or any of that it wouldn’t matter. It’s just using the existing audio wires to go from a hi pass signal to a low pass signal for the amp. Then he has an on off signal to turn the amp on and off. Very simple. The loc just converts the high pass amplified speaker signal to a low pass line in signal for the amp. Been doing it this way for years in set ups that it can be done in.
All you gotta do is connect the speaker wire to the Left speaker (positive & negative) and right speaker (positive & negative). This is your input signal for your amplifier. The LOC, power, ground and remote switch are then to be connected your amplifier.
@FenleySmith lol I have read more of these comments since you responded to me. There's a fuse adapter that can connect to your cars fuse panel and it gives you a duel fuse connection with a wire attached you can use for a remote. Completely removable, doesn't affect any of the cars wiring for warranty and it cheap
@FenleySmith awesome 👌. Just a FYI if you're going to run multiple amps,lights, any equipment off remote you're able to just make sure your fuse you connect to on the panel is the same. Example if the fuse you attach is 15 then the second fuse can't be higher! ( safety ).... if you need more amps connect to a bigger fuse in the panel, same thing applies. Your welcome bud! You have any other questions let me know. Lol if you want to keep factory head units rca's can be made as well
Please people don't put your remote wire like that please take advice from somebody that's been doing it for 17 years you can melt your fuse box in car
im confused so did you splice to wires from the speakers to the amp and connected the converter as well? how did you splice the speakers to the converter to the amp? you didnt mention how you connected your converter to the amp, you kind of did but lack of telling us how you then connected your subs? did you connect the speaker wires to the converter then splice the wires from the converter to the amp? and what about your positive and negitive wires for left and right? you said you tied them together, so are we not using a negitive at all? just positive to both?
You were supposed to connect the blue cable from your LOC to the remote on your amp, the yellow cable to the power on the amp and the black cable to the ground on the amp. That way your amp turns on when your car turns on
What if the remote on the back of my Kenwood X502-1 is only an option to be plugged in do you have to hardwire it in to the remote plug it looks like a computer plug? Please help
Do I have to use the remote, the ground, and the 12v wire on the converter box? Cause I have a 2017 Ford Escape SE and I have them running from the converter box to the amp and my amp is not powering up
Im asking the same questions I have the 4 speaker wires,yellow,black and blue wire on the converter But I see he dis not connect any of those just the speaker wires
@@osmanbautista1029Because literally everything he did is wrong. Complete hack job and made it more difficult than it needed to be with the remote wire to the fuse panel. This video should be removed before someone fries their electrical system. I'm surprised some people can find their way out of the house in the morning.
@@thomasblake7046yes that true I found out how it really should be on another video that this other guy did but in spanish. He explained it really good
Ah yes the good ol days of highschool when i watched my buddy's car start on fire as we drove to school from doing this. Lol good times. Hey it still worked.
I see lots of these people's points with it being a very unproper setup job, but for a first attempt it is decent. Thing is, it works. Looks similar to my first attempt. Over a few days I cleaned mine up, screwed down the amp, ran the remote wire to the radio etc. But, this is much better than paying car toys 200+ for labor. You're not gonna hurt anyone or set anything on fire. These guys are just a bunch of hypocrites, they probably don't even know how to keep their homes tidy.
So bassicaly if i use a RCA adaptor like you and wire to factory speakers i don t need to wire the remote wire? it will be ok like that ? thank you, nice video !
Running this same line out converter. You don’t have to tap in to any fuse. That yellow wire and black wire on the converter is the power and ground wires that you can run into the power and ground on your amp. Have mine that way and it works fine. 👍
Tapping into the fuse is for the remote though to shut them on and off? I hear some people saying you can tap the remote from the loc to the remote on the amp itself but that doesn’t make too much sense to me
What sense does that make? The remote wire is the signal that turns the amp on and off and has nothing to do with the LOC. The remote wire needs to be connected to a source of power that will turn on and off with the car which is why the fuse box is perfect. (I recommend a fuse tap instead of just rapping it around the fuse like that 😅)
I belive he tapped into the fuse panel to a switched 12v power source so when the car is off the amp turns off then when he powers the car the amp turns on from the switched 12v he tapped into
Cool video bro bro but can you cut the amp on and off say it's 5 in the morning and you don't want to beat can I turn it off without unplugging something
How do you keep the voice from coming out of sub with this adapter I purchased this adapter for my Jeep and I’m getting straight voice out of sub no bass 🤷🏻♂️
You are great for making this! Thank you! The only thing that would be an issue is how you wired your remote wire to the fuse! They make a kit for that!
In addition to running speaker wires from the LOC to the car speaker wires, I just realized I ran an additional set on both car speakers and ran them into the speaker terminals on the sub amplifier obviously where the sub speaker wires go into. The sub works and sounds great I just don’t know if there’s any issues to having another set of wires on each side of the car speakers running into the speaker terminals on the sub amplifier
Question if you do this set up are you able to run more speakers to the amp itself? On a 4 channel amp I’m trying to see if this will work even though it’s sending a signal to the head unit I want to know if the amp will have power more
the whole point of a LOC is to get low frequencies from stereo (as in left and right) speakers. so you don’t need to tap into all 4 speakers. i assume you’re running the subs in in parallel; i would follow all of these steps and then get an RCA splitter and connect those to the LOC RCA output. I think that would be easier.
@@Keepthefaith116 ohhhhh okay okay i see. I’m not super familiar with anything other than subs but i *think* (and do this at your own risk) if you splice an RCA into the original speakers and skip the LOC all together; running those new RCA’s directly from speaker to amp, it should work.
@@CoffeeByMichael what I’m saying is this I have a amp but I have no speaker wires connected to it only power, ground, remote and rca for the converter but will this still work if I add tweeters to the amp that has no speaker output?
on mine, running the remote wire directly from the battery to my amp would’ve kept my amp on 24/7 and drained my battery when the engine wasn’t running.
I think it would be better looking at the car manual and see what colors are the positive ignition and ground in the stereo more safe and easier my opinion tho
My remote wire has been connected to my radio fuse this way for 5 years now. It has never caused any problems. Ofcourse the wire isn’t that tacky on mine though. The wire was cut just short enough to fit beneath that fuse only.
Please some reply fast I need help I have a 1500 watt amp in 2 subs in 4 rear door speakers in 3 dashboard speakers in 2 corner speakers what do I need to connect everything in out it together I have a factory radio will this little piece right here power all my speakers or do I need something else I have a chysler 2010 touring
uhhh...if you mean do you need to power and ground your amplifier, then I have a two part response for you, 1. yes you need power and ground to power and ground an amplifier and 2. please stop, get a professional to install it.
and if you mean the power and ground on the LOC, then no you don't need to. It is, however, always best to ground everything that you can. just use discretion.
Hey man, what was the reason you ran it like this? Was it because your fuse kept blowing? That’s what’s happing in mine. My 25 fuse connected to the amp keeps popping. But I think it has to do with me hooking my yellow wire up to my positive running to the amp. But I see you actually cut your yellow and black positive on the output converter, and you cut the blue, do I have the same issue as you? Does this mean I don’t need those ones either
FYI Next time you run a remote wire to the fuse trim some of that exposed wire. That is a positive output if that wire touches ground could cause that wire to heat up depending on what side of the fuse you connected it to. If you can connect it behind the stereo connect it behind the stereo my 2nd option for me is cigarette lighter if it’s not consistent current. I would also consider at least investing in light circuit tester it would help you find a remote wire.
So do you still have a wire running to the battery? Im trying to find a way to power this small powered sub without having to disconnect my battery and lose my pcm settings.
@MichaelLammers yea but, on my 2014 mustang I have a bolt in the Fuse box near the battery with a cable running from the battery to that, can't I just put an o ring and put it on there without having to disconnect my negative terminal from my battery?
@@JonFenoMBeaTZ It's never smart to do electrical work on your car with a connected battery, but this entire video I made 8 years ago is a hackjob and super dangerous lmao Do whatever works, I am no expert and have no experience outside of this video
I hooked my remote wire to my 12 volt accessory plug. I used a wire tap no cutting done and I fused it. Works great and it's safe. Only comes on with the key on.
I've done this several times. But I am having a few issues now and I'm not sure why. I have a 2005 Endeavor limited that has a factory 500watt amp and a factory sub in the back. The sub was blown so I removed it and used the 1 set of wires that went to it as the signal wires for the converter. Since it's just 1 set of wires (1 positive and 1 negative) do I take the 2 sets and twist them to gear her from the converter and then connect them to the wire coming from the old sub? Or do I only use 1 set ?
4 WIRES= 2 sets of speakers so 2 wires per speaker (positive/negaive) same with the rca connection you only need 1 rca per sub, if you're using 2 sub woofers then you need to connect 4 wires but that's a different way.
if I want to connect the front speakers, I would have to buy another line out converter right? cuz my amp has 4 channels and also, what is the speaker output? is that used only when u have a sub woofer?
So the only thing I really need to buy is a line output converter? (LOC) because I’m moving from a 2005 Honda Accord coupe to a 2016 Honda Accord coupe and the head unit runs uses on a touch screen system and I don’t wanna fuck with that. So I run the remote wire to a fuse that’s always on, and then use the LOC to make the standard connections I did with the after market radio in my old car? If that makes any sense, sorry if thats confusing.
Also, I’m only using one sub so could I use the speaker wire on either of the factory subs in the rear or does it have to be one specific side? Such as using the left or right speaker. Thanks
Seth Graber yeah man all you’d need is a LOC. same exact schematic as this video. and as far as one sub, i’m not sure if you’d benefit from splicing both wires from the LOC into one for noise reduction purposes but you should be good to just use 2 of the 4 wires. just make sure they’re the right ones! good luck on your build!
Michael Lammers now on my old set up, the wires from the positive and negative connections on the sub to the positive and negative connections on the amp. So in this case, I would still do that but I would buy extra speaker wire, connect that from the LOC to the two correct cables on the factory sub wire harness? Because the Kicker LOC comes with 4 wires so could you help explain that connection. Thanks man
I've got a question? I have New Mercedes-Benz and Don't wanna touch the the radio, Navi, lol on any other car I wouldn't care and have. But this car already has the Bsst 14 speaker Burmester Sound System, doesn't get much better. My worry is I've never tried one of these cheap boxes to tap into my my rear deck speakers, I mean how does one of these compare to using A nice Deck with RCa PREOUTS?
Do I need to use lineout converter if I have the RCA out on radio (4 RCA out, two front and two rear, no speacially for sub) if i wanna use amp and woofer?
No, the LOC is only for if you DONT have the RCA outputs on the back of your radio. Most OEM radios dont have them, so if you dont wanna buy a new radio you buy the LOC.
So my car now has a after market strip but there is a output converter wired by the six by nines. Which leads me to believe before I got the car it was factory stereo. How do I by pass the converter so that I can install my amp and sub?
Just take the LOC out and hook your rear speakers back up. If your running aftermarket head unit then run amp as normal. Whomever owned it before you ran the factory HU with amp and sub running off rear speaker
Looks like you didn't use the remote wire from the converter to the amps remote turn on or connect the yellow wire to your cars constant 12 volt source. Why did you do it the way you did it? You could have just hooked the converters yellow wire to the amps positive, the black to the amps ground, then the blue/white to the amps remote. No need to run a remote from the front to the rear.
DJ Soundz Entertainment I realize this now. it actually took me a long time to figure out i needed an LOC and by the time i installed the LOC, i had the amp’s remote already tapped into the fuse box. but you’re right, might have to remake this video
DJ Soundz Entertainment so, you are saying if you do it this way to just run the remote wire, 12 volt constant, and ground wire from the LOC to the amp, and that would work?
I did the same hook up and when I turn the volume up all the speakers shut off or loses signal amp stays on and radio on but loss of sound what am I doing wrong
You can just run a wire into your remote straight into you power line, but your amp will always be turned on, so if you want to keep unplugging your amp everytime you use it then it will work :p
This guy is going to be responsible for so many car fires…I’m an electrician by trade and thoroughly enjoyed the comedic value of this video…couldn’t stop wondering if it was a sploof and he was gonna finally say, hahhaha.. just kidding…don’t do any of this
Thank you! First thing is how did you get the fuse out? I've tried many things but can not manage to get it out. Second, what is that thing plugged into next to your fuse box?
sorry for getting back to you so late, been busy working. I used a plyers to get it out.. they can be tricky little fuckers but some force should do it. the thing plugged in next to it is the snapshot device from progressive insurance, has nothing to do with the audio set up
Two things. If you cannot remove a fuse, YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORKING ON A CAR! Second, This video shows opne of the best ways to turn your car into a smoking useless pile of crap. DO NOT FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS. Shoving a stripped wire under a fuse like that is more likely to short, or break than anything else. Enough breakage and it will get hot, when it gets hot it turns into a cigarette lighter. PLEASE FIND A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE PROPER WAY OF DOING THIS! This is not it! (10yrs ASE Certified Autotech)
Okay, thank you for telling me where I am wrong. Now please tell me what I should do instead of that. I needed the remote wire to get power only when the car and engine are both on, but to be off when the car is off. If I want to get my stock stereo out and put in an aftermarket stereo I would have to remove 90% of my dash and I really don't want to do that, plus I like how my infotanment center is hooked up. Tell me what I should do instead of just criticizing my mistakes please. DM @basedgoatgod on Instagram with you answer please. Thank you.
yes, because you're only splicing the wires together, the rear speakers still carry the signal, it's just also set through the LOC. Just be very careful as these wires are often small and rewiring them is a LOT more difficult.
Should use a switch in instead of a fuse. Its way easyer. Turn on if you want bass to turn heads and turn off when your mum and nan is in the car.. on the switch it has ground,live,remote. Test if switch and wires are okay. Have 3 coloured wires. Or any wire, Unconnect the wire from the amp so there no spark while putting it through the car and run the wire from the amp to somewere suitable to turn it off and on, in the pocket switches near key ignition. Its easy to hook up. Warning!! must turn off when not in use. Because it can leave you with a flat battery.
How can I hook my illumination/ Dimmer for my aftermarket audio deck in a 1999 GMC Sierra... The wiring harness adapter has a wire on it, but the stock harness doesn't...
I highly suggest using a fuse tap adapter instead about 1000% safer and will be a better connection you can get one at most any auto store but the sell them at Wal-Mart to it allows you to plug in the fuse like regular but it has a small 3-4 inch wire that comes off the adapter that you use to connect to it without any exposed wire it also looks good!!!
Above is a link to one they sale at Wal-Mart as of 3/30/18. It is currently $7.99 but that's a lot cheaper than what you'll pay if your car catches on fire!!! Lol
Is it safe to run a LOC on new cars like 2017 mercedes cla ? Someone mentioned this plays up with the cars computer if it feels the car is drawing too much power and gives fault codes on the dash ? Is this true ?
grounding the LOC is only necessary if you’re using it for your remote wire on the amp. there is a VERY little amount of power going through it and all of it is wired into the circuit so it’s grounded from the car’s speaker circuit. i keep the gain all the way up on the LOC and refine it on the amp. hope this helps.
How does this video have 1900 likes?
Reaper lmao you tellin me😂😂
As soon as I saw the wire and the fuse I scrolled down to the comments cause I knew he was getting clowned about that and yep I was right.....but for real if it works for you and it's your vehicle I say go for it not everyone has time and money to make everything look professional!!
duceky1977 where can I connect the remote wire? My cigarette lighter doesn’t turn off, I don’t have a sun roof, and I’m really not sure where to go with it and I don’t like wrapping it around a fuse like that.
@@tylerc3477 just run a wire tap from the cigarette lighter and hook it to a toggle switch that way you can switch the power on and off.
@@tylerc3477 use your fuel pump fuse
No need to run long blue wire from fuse to amp.. Take blue wire from Line output converter and connect directly to amp that’s all you need and share the L.O.C ground wire with ground amp wire and connect to amp. Great video btw
thank god for the internet… i swear ive been searching for this video the whole day and I finally came across it!!! thank you so much
Bro the yelow and blue wires you cut off of that were your renore wires i have the same hi low converter its a scoche from walmart you were suposed to hook yellow and ground up to amp power and ground and then run blue to remote on amp and boom no electrical fire risk
Nikolas Parfitt How is it a fire risk without being powered
You mean boom his battery is dead if he did that. U don't connect ur remote wire to the amp. That literally means it's taking power from the power wire coming from the battery.
Incorrect. The LOC is signal sensing. It only allows transfer of power from the amps battery lead to the remote when the stereo turns on. That's the entire point of the LOC. Everything in this video is wrong. @@thelegendarywasdgamer9724
It's always something for starters. From what I see you could install your amplifier without HI/Low signal adapter to "high imput" in front of amp. But you did good here anyways. I would strongly not recommend wiring anything to fuses. You can find mostly yellow cabel behind your head unit and measure voltage there. When ignition is on and shows 13.5-14.5V~ and when ignition is off and shows 0V you got the right one from which all car audio amps take start signal normaly. For measurement use multimeter (10$ new one) and measure this yellow wire with black one (usualy) .
Anyone watching this...
DO NOT connect your remote wire to a fuse like that!!!!!
They make a fuse that you can piggyback a wire to it. What in the hell did I just see. Damn near 3 inches of bare wire before going into the fuse.
Thank u glad I'm not the only not stupid person hahahaha
AGREED
When I saw that part alone I said "HOLY SHIT"
Yo i just try that and it left my amp on
You don’t need the remote wire with the converter correct?? No need to run a remote wire when you have the converter tells the amp when to come on right?
Not all converters do
Only the "switched line out converters" are ones that come on like that
Everything he did is after the head unit. This is a simple setup thanks to the Loc. If he were changing out the head unit or any of that it wouldn’t matter. It’s just using the existing audio wires to go from a hi pass signal to a low pass signal for the amp. Then he has an on off signal to turn the amp on and off. Very simple. The loc just converts the high pass amplified speaker signal to a low pass line in signal for the amp. Been doing it this way for years in set ups that it can be done in.
Would this fail if I only wired my speaker wires to one side of the back speakers
Did you have to run power and ground and remote to the line output converter? Or just connect the speaker wires?
All you gotta do is connect the speaker wire to the Left speaker (positive & negative) and right speaker (positive & negative). This is your input signal for your amplifier. The LOC, power, ground and remote switch are then to be connected your amplifier.
U made my job so much easier now my car bumps it used to just hit now it BUMPS thank u bro u definitely helped me out !! Big thank u
If you're going to connect the remote wire to a fuse. Connect it to the radio fuse
Never done it but was thinking the same
@FenleySmith lol I have read more of these comments since you responded to me. There's a fuse adapter that can connect to your cars fuse panel and it gives you a duel fuse connection with a wire attached you can use for a remote. Completely removable, doesn't affect any of the cars wiring for warranty and it cheap
Ah dang yes I just looked it up , ima buy one instead of buying a aftermarket stereo 👍👍👍👍
@FenleySmith awesome 👌. Just a FYI if you're going to run multiple amps,lights, any equipment off remote you're able to just make sure your fuse you connect to on the panel is the same. Example if the fuse you attach is 15 then the second fuse can't be higher! ( safety ).... if you need more amps connect to a bigger fuse in the panel, same thing applies. Your welcome bud! You have any other questions let me know. Lol if you want to keep factory head units rca's can be made as well
Sorry can I just suggest to connect the remote wire to the radio fuse. it would make it a lot easier
sure, you can suggest that lol.
KFKMF agreed or antenna wire on back of head unit
Please people don't put your remote wire like that please take advice from somebody that's been doing it for 17 years you can melt your fuse box in car
Mark Gomez so where do I put it
Mark Gomez please explain
Thank you that makes it so much simpler than ripping every thing out.
😂😂😂Make sure you have Full coverage insurance this is a fire hazard
im confused so did you splice to wires from the speakers to the amp and connected the converter as well? how did you splice the speakers to the converter to the amp? you didnt mention how you connected your converter to the amp, you kind of did but lack of telling us how you then connected your subs? did you connect the speaker wires to the converter then splice the wires from the converter to the amp? and what about your positive and negitive wires for left and right? you said you tied them together, so are we not using a negitive at all? just positive to both?
liked the video bro. but do goi have to wire up both rear speakers in order for it to work or could you use jjst 1?
fr i have this problem
You were supposed to connect the blue cable from your LOC to the remote on your amp, the yellow cable to the power on the amp and the black cable to the ground on the amp. That way your amp turns on when your car turns on
What if the remote on the back of my Kenwood X502-1 is only an option to be plugged in do you have to hardwire it in to the remote plug it looks like a computer plug? Please help
Thank you!!!!
Can you make a video pls I’ll be down to watch it
There is no power on the amp. Other than the 12v power wire
@@Meded-bi5qd that’s all it needs
Do I have to use the remote, the ground, and the 12v wire on the converter box? Cause I have a 2017 Ford Escape SE and I have them running from the converter box to the amp and my amp is not powering up
Dear god; people don’t do anything this video shows you!
Why not?
😂😂😂😂
Mm mm
If it works it works😂 your not gonna start a fire with speaker wire
How about burn out some fuses 😂
In my opinion it’s best to connect the remote wire to the stock radio remote wire.
Why aren't your positive and ground hooked up on the adapter
Im asking the same questions
I have the 4 speaker wires,yellow,black and blue wire on the converter
But I see he dis not connect any of those just the speaker wires
@@osmanbautista1029Because literally everything he did is wrong. Complete hack job and made it more difficult than it needed to be with the remote wire to the fuse panel. This video should be removed before someone fries their electrical system. I'm surprised some people can find their way out of the house in the morning.
@@thomasblake7046yes that true
I found out how it really should be on another video that this other guy did but in spanish. He explained it really good
Ah yes the good ol days of highschool when i watched my buddy's car start on fire as we drove to school from doing this. Lol good times. Hey it still worked.
I see lots of these people's points with it being a very unproper setup job, but for a first attempt it is decent. Thing is, it works. Looks similar to my first attempt. Over a few days I cleaned mine up, screwed down the amp, ran the remote wire to the radio etc. But, this is much better than paying car toys 200+ for labor. You're not gonna hurt anyone or set anything on fire. These guys are just a bunch of hypocrites, they probably don't even know how to keep their homes tidy.
lmao thanks dude, been over a year and a hald and not a single flame haha
Mvp
Whats the best parameters for the adjustment knobs on the impedance converter? Is it middle or full turn to the right?
so if u have an amp for speakers and amp for subwoofers u dont have to remove the head unit at all with a converter?
So the remote wire from the l.o.c, does it plug into the remote location into the amp alongside the regular remote wire?
Can you use the cords that go from red and black into aux to put in-between the sub and amp to run a aux
So bassicaly if i use a RCA adaptor like you and wire to factory speakers i don t need to wire the remote wire? it will be ok like that ? thank you, nice video !
What if we only have one factory subwoofer in the trunk. Do I need to tap into 2 subs like u did?
you find anything? i got the same problem
Running this same line out converter. You don’t have to tap in to any fuse. That yellow wire and black wire on the converter is the power and ground wires that you can run into the power and ground on your amp. Have mine that way and it works fine. 👍
Good idea.
Tapping into the fuse is for the remote though to shut them on and off? I hear some people saying you can tap the remote from the loc to the remote on the amp itself but that doesn’t make too much sense to me
What sense does that make? The remote wire is the signal that turns the amp on and off and has nothing to do with the LOC. The remote wire needs to be connected to a source of power that will turn on and off with the car which is why the fuse box is perfect. (I recommend a fuse tap instead of just rapping it around the fuse like that 😅)
How did u have remote on. So amp would not stay on all the time?
I belive he tapped into the fuse panel to a switched 12v power source so when the car is off the amp turns off then when he powers the car the amp turns on from the switched 12v he tapped into
Cool video bro bro but can you cut the amp on and off say it's 5 in the morning and you don't want to beat can I turn it off without unplugging something
How do you keep the voice from coming out of sub with this adapter I purchased this adapter for my Jeep and I’m getting straight voice out of sub no bass 🤷🏻♂️
You need a low pass filter see if theres one built in to your amp if not you can buy one itll filter out mids and highs
Where did you ground the black wire and the red positive wire I’m just curious 😂
Straight From The Still grounded the black to a bolt in the chassis. and ground a positive wire? uhmmm i didn’t that wouldn’t work.
You are great for making this! Thank you!
The only thing that would be an issue is how you wired your remote wire to the fuse! They make a kit for that!
In addition to running speaker wires from the LOC to the car speaker wires, I just realized I ran an additional set on both car speakers and ran them into the speaker terminals on the sub amplifier obviously where the sub speaker wires go into. The sub works and sounds great I just don’t know if there’s any issues to having another set of wires on each side of the car speakers running into the speaker terminals on the sub amplifier
where does that blue wire connected tp fuse box at 1:13 plug into? do you have to run it back to the LOC?
It’s the remote wire, it goes straight from there into the amp
Reminds me of how we did it in the 80s.
Hi mate with the loc can you just lead of one of the speakers or does it have to be the back two?
Question if you do this set up are you able to run more speakers to the amp itself? On a 4 channel amp I’m trying to see if this will work even though it’s sending a signal to the head unit I want to know if the amp will have power more
the whole point of a LOC is to get low frequencies from stereo (as in left and right) speakers. so you don’t need to tap into all 4 speakers. i assume you’re running the subs in in parallel; i would follow all of these steps and then get an RCA splitter and connect those to the LOC RCA output. I think that would be easier.
@@CoffeeByMichael no subs in my car just aftermarket speakers and factory head unit but I want to add tweeters if necessary
@@Keepthefaith116 ohhhhh okay okay i see. I’m not super familiar with anything other than subs but i *think* (and do this at your own risk) if you splice an RCA into the original speakers and skip the LOC all together; running those new RCA’s directly from speaker to amp, it should work.
@@CoffeeByMichael what I’m saying is this I have a amp but I have no speaker wires connected to it only power, ground, remote and rca for the converter but will this still work if I add tweeters to the amp that has no speaker output?
@@Keepthefaith116 i believe it should, but i don’t know for sure. i’ve never done that.
So I don’t really need to connect the LOC to a ground, remote, or power, right?
No just the speaker
So the yellow and black wire on the inline converter doesnt hook up to any thing? Or the blue wire on the converter?
from the fuse box did you gave power input to amp? Im asking this becoz most of the people give it direct from the battery.
on mine, running the remote wire directly from the battery to my amp would’ve kept my amp on 24/7 and drained my battery when the engine wasn’t running.
it kinda hurts me to see 2.4k likes and 1.5k subs on a video that helped over 550k people
p.s i liked ur video
Is the blue and yellow positive leads and the Orange and brown the negative leads?
liked the video, can you show us your racecar bed next lol.
H.S. I absolutely lost it as soon as I saw this comment....ephin A dood...
Which one is positive and negative between orange and blue. And yellow and brown
I think it would be better looking at the car manual and see what colors are the positive ignition and ground in the stereo more safe and easier my opinion tho
That brand of line out converter has a remote wire hook up on it that was cut off in the video.
so instead of running that remote from amp to a fuse. I can just run it from amp remote to the remote blue wire on the converter??
Alvin No the amp will draw power regardless without a remote wire
What makes this tutorial special is the remote hak job on the fuce box
Just don't expose any loose wire to other fuces and your golden.
Instead of trying to cause a fire. Use a fuse tap. For the remote wire.
what is that
My remote wire has been connected to my radio fuse this way for 5 years now. It has never caused any problems. Ofcourse the wire isn’t that tacky on mine though. The wire was cut just short enough to fit beneath that fuse only.
If you have a one speaker sub do you only need to connect to one of the spots on the converter?
Did the speaker wire come with the kit you have in bio?
My car doesnt have back speakers so how do i connect the amp and subwoofer
I did it through my back door speakers but it’s pretty difficult to do and more of a hassle.
Please some reply fast I need help I have a 1500 watt amp in 2 subs in 4 rear door speakers in 3 dashboard speakers in 2 corner speakers what do I need to connect everything in out it together I have a factory radio will this little piece right here power all my speakers or do I need something else I have a chysler 2010 touring
What were the specs on all the equipment? Amplifier, stock stereo/ speakers output, line output converter? I’m looking to do the same thing.
What if your car has a factory amp and you want to do the same set up that you got going on
Watt about the power and ground wire does it make a difference if there not hooked up
uhhh...if you mean do you need to power and ground your amplifier, then I have a two part response for you, 1. yes you need power and ground to power and ground an amplifier and 2. please stop, get a professional to install it.
and if you mean the power and ground on the LOC, then no you don't need to. It is, however, always best to ground everything that you can. just use discretion.
how do you know which wire is neutral and which is your hot line in the rear speakers?
This is the first video that clearly explains how to easily connect an amp to a stock radio using a hi-to - low converter. Thanks
Just read the instructions first, this fella idt he did
Hey man, what was the reason you ran it like this? Was it because your fuse kept blowing? That’s what’s happing in mine. My 25 fuse connected to the amp keeps popping. But I think it has to do with me hooking my yellow wire up to my positive running to the amp. But I see you actually cut your yellow and black positive on the output converter, and you cut the blue, do I have the same issue as you? Does this mean I don’t need those ones either
I used an in-line fuse and it gives it a cleaner look
FYI Next time you run a remote wire to the fuse trim some of that exposed wire. That is a positive output if that wire touches ground could cause that wire to heat up depending on what side of the fuse you connected it to. If you can connect it behind the stereo connect it behind the stereo my 2nd option for me is cigarette lighter if it’s not consistent current. I would also consider at least investing in light circuit tester it would help you find a remote wire.
Do your front speakers still play right
yes
wondering where to get those speaker protectors you have? are they steel or plastic?
Randy Lahey they are plastic
So do you still have a wire running to the battery? Im trying to find a way to power this small powered sub without having to disconnect my battery and lose my pcm settings.
You need to power the amp from the battery, yes
@MichaelLammers yea but, on my 2014 mustang I have a bolt in the Fuse box near the battery with a cable running from the battery to that, can't I just put an o ring and put it on there without having to disconnect my negative terminal from my battery?
@@JonFenoMBeaTZ It's never smart to do electrical work on your car with a connected battery, but this entire video I made 8 years ago is a hackjob and super dangerous lmao
Do whatever works, I am no expert and have no experience outside of this video
I hooked my remote wire to my 12 volt accessory plug. I used a wire tap no cutting done and I fused it. Works great and it's safe. Only comes on with the key on.
I've done this several times. But I am having a few issues now and I'm not sure why. I have a 2005 Endeavor limited that has a factory 500watt amp and a factory sub in the back. The sub was blown so I removed it and used the 1 set of wires that went to it as the signal wires for the converter. Since it's just 1 set of wires (1 positive and 1 negative) do I take the 2 sets and twist them to gear her from the converter and then connect them to the wire coming from the old sub? Or do I only use 1 set ?
4 WIRES= 2 sets of speakers so 2 wires per speaker (positive/negaive) same with the rca connection you only need 1 rca per sub, if you're using 2 sub woofers then you need to connect 4 wires but that's a different way.
So the rca are wire with rear speakers correct
if I want to connect the front speakers, I would have to buy another line out converter right? cuz my amp has 4 channels and also, what is the speaker output? is that used only when u have a sub woofer?
So the only thing I really need to buy is a line output converter? (LOC) because I’m moving from a 2005 Honda Accord coupe to a 2016 Honda Accord coupe and the head unit runs uses on a touch screen system and I don’t wanna fuck with that. So I run the remote wire to a fuse that’s always on, and then use the LOC to make the standard connections I did with the after market radio in my old car? If that makes any sense, sorry if thats confusing.
Also, I’m only using one sub so could I use the speaker wire on either of the factory subs in the rear or does it have to be one specific side? Such as using the left or right speaker. Thanks
Seth Graber yeah man all you’d need is a LOC. same exact schematic as this video. and as far as one sub, i’m not sure if you’d benefit from splicing both wires from the LOC into one for noise reduction purposes but you should be good to just use 2 of the 4 wires. just make sure they’re the right ones! good luck on your build!
Michael Lammers now on my old set up, the wires from the positive and negative connections on the sub to the positive and negative connections on the amp. So in this case, I would still do that but I would buy extra speaker wire, connect that from the LOC to the two correct cables on the factory sub wire harness? Because the Kicker LOC comes with 4 wires so could you help explain that connection. Thanks man
I've got a question? I have New Mercedes-Benz and Don't wanna touch the the radio, Navi, lol on any other car I wouldn't care and have. But this car already has the Bsst 14 speaker Burmester Sound System, doesn't get much better. My worry is I've never tried one of these cheap boxes to tap into my my rear deck speakers, I mean how does one of these compare to using A nice Deck with RCa PREOUTS?
I have an '06 Civic w/ Nav and I want to put an amp and sub in it. Is there a way I can do this with the factory radio?
yes, the same way I did it in this video..
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Do I need to use lineout converter if I have the RCA out on radio (4 RCA out, two front and two rear, no speacially for sub) if i wanna use amp and woofer?
No, the LOC is only for if you DONT have the RCA outputs on the back of your radio. Most OEM radios dont have them, so if you dont wanna buy a new radio you buy the LOC.
Hi i have a sp5 and it has a sub wire already in the boot. You connected from 2 speakers will this work with only one speaker wire connected? Thanks
Sq5 sorry
So my car now has a after market strip but there is a output converter wired by the six by nines. Which leads me to believe before I got the car it was factory stereo. How do I by pass the converter so that I can install my amp and sub?
Just take the LOC out and hook your rear speakers back up. If your running aftermarket head unit then run amp as normal. Whomever owned it before you ran the factory HU with amp and sub running off rear speaker
I have a dodge dart how would I know what wire is negative and psotve
so you didn't have to ground the loc at all or give it battery power? you cut the ground and battery wire
correct. there is no power going through the LOC, just the signal from speakers to RCA output
Appreciate it, thank you so much for refreshing my mind. Other video most of them don’t give much useful information…🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
Fuse adapter on the remote wire would help a lot too
Looks like you didn't use the remote wire from the converter to the amps remote turn on or connect the yellow wire to your cars constant 12 volt source. Why did you do it the way you did it? You could have just hooked the converters yellow wire to the amps positive, the black to the amps ground, then the blue/white to the amps remote. No need to run a remote from the front to the rear.
DJ Soundz Entertainment I realize this now. it actually took me a long time to figure out i needed an LOC and by the time i installed the LOC, i had the amp’s remote already tapped into the fuse box. but you’re right, might have to remake this video
DJ Soundz Entertainment so, you are saying if you do it this way to just run the remote wire, 12 volt constant, and ground wire from the LOC to the amp, and that would work?
@@CoffeeByMichael please remake this video
I’m barley getting anything thru it and I don’t even think my Amps turning on everything ran good grounded to frame remote wire good
is the back converter a hi to low converter or a line output converter
it's a line out :)
I did the same hook up and when I turn the volume up all the speakers shut off or loses signal amp stays on and radio on but loss of sound what am I doing wrong
Hey bro did you ever find the problem ??
First of all you are going thru with this video instead of taking it to a profesional lmao🤣🤣💀
Does the loc not have remote wire?
Does this work on trucks with Bose system
Wat u do with L an R gain nobs on the loc ?
You can just run a wire into your remote straight into you power line, but your amp will always be turned on, so if you want to keep unplugging your amp everytime you use it then it will work :p
yeahh lmao fuck that
2004 Volvo XC90 ! I’m trying to add an amplifier and subwoofers to stock ?
Bro..where you get your glasses?
This guy is going to be responsible for so many car fires…I’m an electrician by trade and thoroughly enjoyed the comedic value of this video…couldn’t stop wondering if it was a sploof and he was gonna finally say, hahhaha.. just kidding…don’t do any of this
Nope! Take those soft hands off the keyboard and get back to work, rat!
I have a 2013 Honda Civic just like yours. Happy to have found this video. I still have a few question. If you could reply that would be great!
of course my dude, how can I help?
Thank you!
First thing is how did you get the fuse out? I've tried many things but can not manage to get it out.
Second, what is that thing plugged into next to your fuse box?
sorry for getting back to you so late, been busy working. I used a plyers to get it out.. they can be tricky little fuckers but some force should do it. the thing plugged in next to it is the snapshot device from progressive insurance, has nothing to do with the audio set up
Two things. If you cannot remove a fuse, YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORKING ON A CAR! Second, This video shows opne of the best ways to turn your car into a smoking useless pile of crap. DO NOT FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS. Shoving a stripped wire under a fuse like that is more likely to short, or break than anything else. Enough breakage and it will get hot, when it gets hot it turns into a cigarette lighter. PLEASE FIND A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE PROPER WAY OF DOING THIS! This is not it! (10yrs ASE Certified Autotech)
Okay, thank you for telling me where I am wrong. Now please tell me what I should do instead of that. I needed the remote wire to get power only when the car and engine are both on, but to be off when the car is off. If I want to get my stock stereo out and put in an aftermarket stereo I would have to remove 90% of my dash and I really don't want to do that, plus I like how my infotanment center is hooked up. Tell me what I should do instead of just criticizing my mistakes please. DM @basedgoatgod on Instagram with you answer please. Thank you.
Do your rear speakers still work with this set up
yes, because you're only splicing the wires together, the rear speakers still carry the signal, it's just also set through the LOC. Just be very careful as these wires are often small and rewiring them is a LOT more difficult.
Should use a switch in instead of a fuse. Its way easyer. Turn on if you want bass to turn heads and turn off when your mum and nan is in the car.. on the switch it has ground,live,remote. Test if switch and wires are okay. Have 3 coloured wires. Or any wire, Unconnect the wire from the amp so there no spark while putting it through the car and run the wire from the amp to somewere suitable to turn it off and on, in the pocket switches near key ignition. Its easy to hook up. Warning!! must turn off when not in use. Because it can leave you with a flat battery.
Can you help me out ?
I have a rattle of bass as soon as the radio powers off. This sound is bass coming out of the subs
How can I hook my illumination/ Dimmer for my aftermarket audio deck in a 1999 GMC Sierra... The wiring harness adapter has a wire on it, but the stock harness doesn't...
I highly suggest using a fuse tap adapter instead about 1000% safer and will be a better connection you can get one at most any auto store but the sell them at Wal-Mart to it allows you to plug in the fuse like regular but it has a small 3-4 inch wire that comes off the adapter that you use to connect to it without any exposed wire it also looks good!!!
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Above is a link to one they sale at Wal-Mart as of 3/30/18. It is currently $7.99 but that's a lot cheaper than what you'll pay if your car catches on fire!!! Lol
Is it safe to run a LOC on new cars like 2017 mercedes cla ? Someone mentioned this plays up with the cars computer if it feels the car is drawing too much power and gives fault codes on the dash ? Is this true ?
Boss K-s my car did it the other day I just totally unhooked the loc
Do you have to ground the loc? also what are symptoms of the gains not being set properly on the loc?
grounding the LOC is only necessary if you’re using it for your remote wire on the amp. there is a VERY little amount of power going through it and all of it is wired into the circuit so it’s grounded from the car’s speaker circuit. i keep the gain all the way up on the LOC and refine it on the amp. hope this helps.
windshield wiper fuse would work fine btw. it's powered by the ignition and that's what you want.
Armed Buckeye maybe in your car, however in mine it is not. i tried the windshield wipers and my amp only turned on when the wipers were active.