Remote Wire Connection

[Brycestro]

Hey all, back again for another exciting episode of "so what on earth do i do now?"

Here's my problem... I have a Sony headunit (no that's not the problem although some might beg to argue) and on this sony headunit i need to run a wire from the remote terminal to switch on my amplifier when the headunit is on... I've bought myself an amplifier wiring kit... in this i have one long thin piece of cable which is the remote wire. Now i've asked others about it, and everyone i've talked to has has a small piece of wire already coming from the remote spot on their H/U which they then simply crimped or soldered to their remote wire and ran it through to the amp.

HOWEVER, on my headunit, the place where i am supposed to be connecting my remote wire to does not have wire already extending from the headunit, but rather has what appears to be a small plug/sockety thing. It almost looks a bit like a headphone spot on a walkman where you would plug your headphones into. (Yes, this is definitely the remote spot on the headunit and not for any other sort of input or output). I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar headunit and whether you can buy some sort of jack like connection that is made for it or something...

Any help much appreciated, thanks all.

[hakhawk]

hmm, is it a bullet terminal maybe? otherwise, is it just the one wire with a connector on it or multiple wires to that connector? if its one wire, cut it off and crimp your remote wire on.

[Brycestro]

hhmm nah i mean like there's physically no wire coming from the H/U remote spot... it's just a plug hole thing... like if you can picture a powerpoint on a wall... and you plug say a toaster into it... the remote spot on my H/U is like that in the sense that something has to plug into it.

Have a look at the diagram i've attached, it should show you what i mean a little clearer hopefully.

[hakhawk]

ok, what model sony is it?

[DJ Majah]

You arent confusing the remote power (generally yellow cable) - which you are looking for to turn other devices on, with a remote port - for a remote control (infra red, or on steering wheel)??

[MoSkA]

Yeah there should be a wire coming out with Earth, 12v, Accessory, Speakers, etc. on the same connection. Mine's solid blue, but mine's also Pioneer.

[bbad13]

hhmm nah i mean like there's physically no wire coming from the H/U remote spot... it's just a plug hole thing... like if you can picture a powerpoint on a wall... and you plug say a toaster into it... the remote spot on my H/U is like that in the sense that something has to plug into it.

Have a look at the diagram i've attached, it should show you what i mean a little clearer hopefully.

is that where the antenna gets pluged into???????

[jack.mc]

is that where the antenna gets pluged into???????

thats what i thought when i saw the pic...

[Tasmaniak]

Brycestro, it may also be called the ant(+) or trigger or rem(+) or somehthing similar. we really need to konw the model number of the headunit.

[Brycestro]

Ok... rechecked instruction manual... it refered to an optional steering wheel control attachment as the "remote" wire and hence the confusion. I have now found the wire i was chasing though and it's connected. Apologies to all those whose time i've wasted here

[hakhawk]

no problem mate, glad you got it sorted. we all gotta learn somewhere.