remote turn on for amps

**tacobandit** · 12-31-2007, 10:08 PM

okay here is the main question i have at this point, right now i have a pioneer avic-n2 that i am going to sell, when i do im going to put in an lcd and my compaq laptop, now i know how to hook up the rca cables but how do i connect the remote turn on for the amps? The wire from the headunit that tells the amps to turn on. Is there another wire i can use or maybe something off the gm harness that i wont be using?

**lbridges** · 12-31-2007, 11:07 PM

You can run a relay off whatever will be powering the computer

**tacobandit** · 12-31-2007, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by lbridges

You can run a relay off whatever will be powering the computer

well its a laptop so im going to be using a belkin auto/air to power it, but i am going to use an m2 atx to power my xbox, i can run the remote wire off that?

**walstib** · 12-31-2007, 11:47 PM

Pins J6 on M2-ATX, see the manual for details.

**lbridges** · 01-01-2008, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by tacobandit

well its a laptop so im going to be using a belkin auto/air to power it, but i am going to use an m2 atx to power my xbox, i can run the remote wire off that?

See post above, but also whatever will be triggering the auto/air plug to go hot could also trigger the amp.

**Mylt1** · 01-01-2008, 02:46 AM

any keyed 12v source will turn the amp on. find something that is controlled by the key and tap into it.

**tacobandit** · 01-07-2008, 04:33 PM

okay so i got my m2-atx today and i am looking it at, the manual says that the left pin is RMT and right is the ground. So i have to ground the pin itself?

**Dan95five0** · 03-22-2008, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by tacobandit

okay so i got my m2-atx today and i am looking it at, the manual says that the left pin is RMT and right is the ground. So i have to ground the pin itself?

im wondering the same thing. any help?

**tacobandit** · 03-22-2008, 11:01 PM

well i couldnt get it to work either way, so i used the 12v wire from the radio to power it, i installed a switch so that i can turn the amps on/off so i wait until the computer has loaded before i turn it on

**Rad333** · 03-24-2008, 12:07 AM

I'm turning my amp on using the j6 jumper on a m2-atx and I don't have the ground pin hooked up to anything. The RMT pin runs straight to the turn on lead on the amp. It works great; The m2-atx delays turning on the amp for a couple seconds so you don't get any amplifier pop when it turns on.