X5 2004 Non Nav Stock Amp Remote "ON" Question?

[MPDano]

Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to remotely turn on the stock amp from the dash harness.

I got one those harness kits and it says the White Wire is the Remote On, but when I put power to it, nothing happens.

Amp is not on as far as I can tell. I have sound going from my Carputer sounds outs to the harness.

Help me please

[wullaby]

you replaced the factory radio with aftermarket and you want to use the existing stock amp??

[wullaby]

DO you have DSP amp or premium sound system....

[MPDano]

Premium Sir. Yes, I am hooking up my Carputer up. I am just getting the wiring sorted before mounting up the Touchscreen and PC.

I am wondering if the other set of wires on the stock harness plug aren't being touched by the Harness Adapter I bought from Metra have anything to do with it.

You can see in the first pic that the lower row with a black and a white pug aren't being used in the adapter.

[MPDano]

Second pic goes to the lower portion of the stock stereo

[wullaby]

It has been years since the install, but to turn your new aftermarket radio, you have to tap into a fuse in the glovebox, that will be your remote turn on. You can use a test light to see which fuse gets power with car on and off, I want to say its the windshield wiper ones that was used 15 or 10amp fuse...but the white wire in the back off the dsp amp i used to jump to power my two aftermarket amps, i never used my oem amp. I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by MPDano

Second pic goes to the lower portion of the stock stereo

[MPDano]

Hello,

It's not the Carputer that is having the problem turning off and on via the ignition.

It's the Stock Amp that I can't get to turn on. Eventhough I am sending 12 volts to the Remote Turn-on amp wire on the harness.

[MPDano]

According to this. The lower black plug and white plug on main harness plug have nothing to do with the Amp.

small white plug x13598
Pin No. / Wire Color / Function
1 / / No function
2 / White-Brown / Audio common from 6CD player
3-7 / / No connection
8 / White-Red / Audio Left Channel from 6CD player
9 / White-Blue / Audio Right Channel from 6CD player
10 / / No Connection
11 / NAV / TV Audio +
12 / NAV / TV Audio -

NEW Small black plug: x13649 plug
Pin No. / Wire Color / Function
1 / Tape left +
2 / Tape left -
3 / Left Connection for AUX Input
4 / Right Connection for AUX Input
5 / NAV / TV Audio +
6 / White-Black / Phone audio + Positive
7 / Tape right +
8 / Tape right -
9 / No connection
10 / AUX Input Ground
11 / NAV / TV Audio +
12 / Brown-Black / Phone Audio - Groundv

[wullaby]

was the amp working before, was there recent rain, did u check fuses in the back passenger side for the radio to make sure...just throwing some things out there, my dsp amp got wet, and when it dried it came back on....then a few more times of this and it died on me.

[MPDano]

Amp works perfect. I just put the original stereo and cd player back in so my wife can listen to the radio tomorrow.