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hey everyone.

installed a amp into my 33. its only an old soundstream so nothing flash. the weird thing is the only way to get power to it is bridge a small piece of wire from the power terminal to the remote terminal on it. now i thought that should give it constant power but it doesnt. it just operates normal. as in when i turn the deck off the power goes off. never had this problem before when installing in other cars. i dont have a problem with running it like that it just seems a little weird! any ideas??

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You've sourced power from an accesories line?

Also, that doesn't sound like a problem... That sounds like what it is supposed to do if installed correctly... Why not just run with it? :action-smiley-069:

i sourced power from blue and white wire on the back of my pioneer deck. but its just strange how i have 2 have that piece of wire running from power terminal to the remote terminal. oh well guess ill just go with that :D

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i sourced power from blue and white wire on the back of my pioneer deck. but its just strange how i have 2 have that piece of wire running from power terminal to the remote terminal. oh well guess ill just go with that :action-smiley-069:

ummm Your blue and white wire is your switch wire for the amp... Its supposed to go to the amp to tell it to turn on...

Are you saying that you are also powering the amp with this?

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ummm Your blue and white wire is your switch wire for the amp... Its supposed to go to the amp to tell it to turn on...

Are you saying that you are also powering the amp with this?

i got the remote cable which connects to the back of cd player. positive cable goes 2 battery. and the earth connected 2 bolt. the only way for the amp 2 work is have another small piece of wire from the power terminal to the remote terminal. seems very weird 2 me!

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It sounds a lot like either:

Your remote wire is dead... so bridging it turns the amp on... but this would keep the amp on indefinitely.

More likely, as guessed, you are running the amp off the remote wire, and the power cable you're using to the battery is just not connected properly. It should have an inline fuse (ideally). If it has one, check it.

Otherwise, get a multimeter and test the continuity from the battery positive terminal to the amp positive terminal without the bridging wire.

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