Conventional Car Amplifier Installation

Video Transcript

"Now we are going to hit some boring stuff, oh yeah the "conventional installation". What is "conventional installation"? It is where you have the ideal situation, you have a vehicle that has an after market head unit, you have some RCA outputs, it is bread and butter. Power, ground, remote and RCA, RCA's are for signal, power is obviously for power, grounding is for grounding the amplifier to the frame of the vehicle to give it continuity and remote is switched power, accessory power from the ignition, like your factory radio would use to turn on the power on the amplifier. Very simple but here is a tip for you, when installing the amplifier remember to hook up in this order, power, ground and remote. Why, you say that, well power for power, ground for continuity and you want to hook up remote at the last minute possible. You do not have to do it that way, but it is recommended so that you already have constant power and then running switch instead of switch to constant power. That is pretty conventional as you can get you know I use a fuse holder up front, you guys out there probably know most of the basics. Not giving you an exact lesson in amplifiers today but I am giving you a preview of what to look forward to when you want to install an amplifier. Another day, another dollar but this is conventional installation in a nutshell. So for all of you guys that have all those after market head units but you have not augmented your vehicle with full range amplifier capability or some subs, time to get up off your butts and do it, make it better and there you are, conventional installation in a nutshell."