[s3v3rth3stars]

hey guys i bought a monster cable package for my amp and sub and it came with an inline atc style fuse, am i suppose to splice it or what? very limited info on the product itself.

 

[Anshu]

i would suppose your supposed to splice itslef. But ATC doesnt go that high I thought, got any pics or more details?

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

its the cable thats looped into iself it also bring a butt like connector thats too small and some heat shrink!


i said fuckit and spliced it kinda badly and then put the heat shrink on it seems pretty stable

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

another stupid question... sorry, how am i supposed to turn the amp off when the trusk is off?

 

[touringcamry]

Yea, you are supposed to cut the wire loop somewhere. One end will go to the battery via another cable or directly. The other end goes to the amp.

The head unit should have a wire called "Remote" which is blue with a white stripe. That connects to the remote connection on the amp. When the head unit is on, there is +12V on the wire and the amp turns on. When the head unit is off, there is no voltage and the amp turns off.

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

thanks man ive had a real nightmare with this. its my first big audio install thanks for the help

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

from speaker to the box out put i should use 8 gauge wire, and from the box output to the amp use regular speaker wire?
am i correct?

 

[Anshu]

im confused
you shoudl run the 8ga(the thickest wire they sent you) from the battery to the amp. from the amp run the speaker wire to the sub box. Also run an 8ga ground from the amp to the chassis

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

alright man i understand, i was going to run 8 gauge from the amp to the speaker but i guess i was wrong.

 

[Anshu]

cool, any chance you can link us to a page on your amp kit?

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=3984

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

thanks for the tips guys it sounds great!

im running a pioneer ts-sw2541d 10" sub through a mtx audio tc3001 amp

not the loudest thing ever but it really fills out the cabin much better.. now i gotta get some dyna mat

 

[touringcamry]

Ok, you still need RCA wires and speaker cable since that kit did not include any.

Are you using an aftermarket or stock head unit?

Here's what you can do:
Connect one wire on that fuse holder to the battery and the other end to the 18ft long 8 ga wire. That wire will go to the amp +12V connection. The 3ft wire will go from the ground on the amp to the chasis. Don't put the fuse in until you've got everything hooked up. The 16ft section of 18 ga wire will go from the remote wire on the head until to the remote connection on the amp.

 

[s3v3rth3stars]

thanks for all the help, with my absence of knowledge on audio setups i would have never been able to do it without your help guys thanks.