s a turn-on for the amp. For the power wire find a spot to go through the firewall. Run the cable through the firewall, and up to the battery. Don't connect it to the battery till you are all done. The ground wire is very important in keeping your stereo safe. Install a ground cable from the negative post on the battery, to the chassis of the car. If reachable, it's best to run it to the firewall. Make it the same size, or larger than the positive cable. I like to run a 4 gauge or larger to the engine block, and an 8 gauge or larger to the chassis. Near the amp, install a ground distribution block. Find a spot as close as possible to this, to connect a ground cable. Its easier to connect it to an existing bolt. However if drilling is a must, make sure not to drill into the gas tank! Wherever the hole is, make sure to sand off all the paint, and put it right on the bare metal. Vaseline will also help prevent corrosion. Now connect the cable from the chassis, to the distribution block. Run a piece of cable from the distribution block, to the amps negative terminal. Connect the RCA cables to the amp. Do not connect them before you have grounded your amplifier, and wait till you connect the battery terminal. Often, the biggest mistake people make is to have their RCA's hooked up the first time their amps get a charge. Since the outer shield of the RCA's are grounded, the amp will try to take some of its ground through them, damaging the preamp of your radio and amplifier. Connect your remote lead to the amps remote connection. Next connect the speaker wires from the back of the subwoofer box to the speaker wire terminal on the back of the amp. Go back and connect the positive cable to the positive terminal on the battery. Turn the gain control on the amp to its minimum setting and turn the car on. Turn the volume up to where a person would listen to it most of the time. Go back to the amp and slowly raise the gain, and li...
