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Hey guys just want to get your input. On a factory head unit with amp and sub install where do you pull your remote turn on from? I usually go to the fuse panel and find an accessory on only fuse. What do you do?

edit the reason im asking is i just had a customer blow his HU it was wired to the hvac control fuse in the panel. well he took it to a local shop and there telling him it was my fault for wiring to the panel like that.

it shouldnt of been your fault there shouldnt be any reason for it blowing the radio cause its fuse protected. what kinda car was it?

05 cavalier thats what i said it doesnt make any sense... o and this wasnt a factory headunit it was a jensen dvd/tv tuner. it had a remote wire but when this kid installed it he cut if off for what reason im not sure we where short on time so we just did the fuse panel thing like i said. he said he heard a pop when he plugged the s-video in for the tv tuner and the fuse blew on the hu. the internal amp is fried. how do you wire it devin if it doesnt have a remote wire?

find a good turn on under the dash. if that thing fried it was the decks fault no yours. did it have a fuse in the back of the deck? if it did and didnt blow its not your fault. and in the fuse block its all 12-14.4 volts so its not going to fry something out unless its grounded. id say shit deck if all your connections look great. the shop just told him that for 1 of 2 reasons 1: they dont know what they are talking about 2: they want it to look like it was your fault so they would get to sell him a new deck/install.

If the car has a factory amp, it has a factory amp turn on. Usually a pink wire.

yea i looked for that wire justin but i didnt find it. devin i belive its number 2 the shop is shady and it pisses me off. is there anything wrong with going to the fuse block on this i never thought so. also what do you mean by grounded? the fuse in the back of the hu was blown.

Factory Amp Turn-on pink + radio harness or amplifier

Thats what it was in the 03 Cav's

So these guys are saying that by you using a fuse in the fuse box as a remote lead that it damaged the HU? Bullshit.

this is an 05 but i think i get what your sayin

Remote wire for what???

You talking a switching 12V as in the normal red wire froma head unit?

When going to the fuse block you got to be careful on what side of the fuse your on. Remeber one side is hot. If the fuse blows its breaks between both sides... But one side is still hot....