Hey guys. I've been searching on this forum a fair bit and a few people have said to use the brown plug behind the glove box for the remote wire to an amp as it is an unused accessory plug or something? I'm just wondering before I use this plug if it still provides power when the ignition is completely off (before the door is opened) ? . The way mine is wired at the moment, my amp turns off as soon as the ignition is turned off and before I open my door the head unit stays on but obviously I can't hear any sound due to the amp being off, my amp doesn't have a high level input otherwise I would have used that first. Thanks.
this may help: wrote this on another ve sound system thread Personally i use Parrot AudioControl LC2i Two Channel Line Output Converter ($149) AudioControl LC2i Two Channel Line Output Converter - LC2i i have put it in all my mates cars ( with stock headunits that are not changeable, inc VE's ) when they do sound systems, sounds awesome! Cheap LOC's dont even some close to how this sounds. No road noise what so ever Gives you a bass RCA's for subwoofer amp and a speaker RCA's for if your going to amp those aswell This unit has a auto turn on "signal-sensing turn on" when you turn on and play music it picks up the line and turns on and has remote out that runs to your amps to turn them on at the same time as well also can run a remote wire to with is you rather it turn on by something else if you wish has a couple of tuning features on the unit its self if you want to play around with it AudioControl have a range of sound processors so you can knock 2 birds with one stone as far as RCA's and Remote. Sound master has 3 of the current range on the site aswell check it out Good luck!
Thanks mate, I'd buy one of those but I've already got two LOC's installed and i'd rather not change anything as it's perfect except for this amp powering on issue.
I pick it up from the 3 pin plug on drivers side of center console just below the stereo. There is a large square white plug on the left side behind glove box that doesn't go to anything has about 20 wires in it , the brown is acc and orange next to it is constant 12v
Ok guys, just took my glove box off to test the wire and it only receives 12V with the ignition, any one know of any other wires I could use that stay on when the ignition is off but go off when the drivers door is opened? Thanks for that mate but I've already got LOC's installed and don't really want to switch them out for another one as the sound so far is perfect, just the amp issue is all that's bugging me.
gday all just wondering if wat you are talking about you can put an amp into my VE caprice it has the Bose DVD 10 speaker surround sound system in it the guy down at local hi fi shop said it cant be done unless i change head unit and what ever else at a cost of over $6000!!!! can anyone help please
So I had a little play and found out the LOC i'm using will do an auto remote output, not too sure on how though as there is very little online about this particular Focal LOC. It has a +12v, Ground and remote connections. I tried connecting the +12V straight to my battery, the ground to negative obviously and the remote running to the amp, the amp came on straight away like it was connected straight to the battery. I'm assuming it passes the +12V straight through to the remote output which is why it stays on when hooked up this way. But it says on the site: "Automatically generates a remote control of the amplifier power-on from the signal detection." Anyone had any experience with the Focal HiLo LOC before?
I've used the brown wire at the back of the glovebox also. There isn't a wire that will work when the key is off as far as I am aware. I just put up with the fact that once I turn the key off I loose sound. Wanna keep the sound on....keep the key on
I don't mind living with it. It's just the fact that I have 2 amps, 1 for a sub and the other for the 4 speakers. The 4 channel one uses an LOC and the sub one already has high level input so those have been used. They are auto sensing though so whenever I turn the ignition off and before I open my door, the sub keeps going but the other amp shuts off. Sounds a bit weird
That could be annoying. I'd probably set the sub amp up to shut off with the key also. Maybe get a loc for it!!!
Velo - The Focal HILO you are using will auto turn-on when it detects audio signal. This allows keyless play for the VE. You have it wired correctly, Red 12v, Black GND, Yellow Remote. The Focal HILO will hold the remote for about 10-15 sec after audio signal is no longer preset. Hope this helps.
Any reason why my amp stays on after the ignition is off and the car is even locked? I have the remote wire to the brown behind the glovebox.
The easiest retained accessory power wire in a VE is either of the two big green wires in the main harness of the power window switch block. Connect it to a relay, and then use the relay to switch a +12V feed from one of the constant power wires in the headunit harness - They're orange with a blue trace. Et voila, you have remote power line that will turn on when the key is turned to ACC, and then stay on with the radio for 60 seconds after the key is removed, or for 5 minutes if the key is in the ignition at the off position. It turns off immediately when the drivers door is opened (or after the above time out), along with the radio, windows, and everything else that uses retained accessory power.
If you want proper retained accessory power, yeah. You could get away without using the relay, but I had an issue with video interference caused by the power window motors, so I isolated my devices with the relay.
