Aftermarket subs/amp wiring question - 05 NB Vert Monsoon - Auto Union

blkpain1.8t · 01-24-2010, 07:00 PM

I've got everything I need to install aftermarket subs/amp in the wife's 05 NB Vert...everything but the information on the monsoon amp wiring. I am familiar with the monsoon system in my 03 GTI, but I don't know how much different, if at all, the wiring is in the 05 NB. I need to know specifically which wires to tap for the LOC, as well as the remote wire so the amp/subs will turn on when the HU is turned on. Thanks for looking.

VDubBugman53 · 01-25-2010, 12:07 AM

I would be getting all that from the back of the radio not the monsoon amp

blazerpounds · 01-26-2010, 09:12 AM

get turn on from the 75x terminal. all your speaker wires behind the deck that you would want to tap are heavier gage "twisted pair" wires. you rreally can tap any of them that you want, its all the same really coming out of the head unit.

blkpain1.8t · 01-26-2010, 10:18 AM

I just thought it would be easier to tap into the harness going directly into the Monsoon amp, as it's local and I won't have to run as much wiring through the cabin to the trunk. I did it in my GTI with great success. However, it sounds like you guys suggest tapping directly out of the back of the HU as a better route; perhaps I should rethink my strategy.

blkpain1.8t · 02-06-2010, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blazerpounds

get turn on from the 75x terminal. all your speaker wires behind the deck that you would want to tap are heavier gage "twisted pair" wires. you rreally can tap any of them that you want, its all the same really coming out of the head unit.

Just for clarification, are you suggesting tapping any of the speaker wires coming out of the HU as a remote source?

blazerpounds · 02-07-2010, 11:18 AM

no youre still gonna need thre 75x lug under the dash for turn on to your amp.

blkpain1.8t · 02-07-2010, 11:52 AM

I don't quite understand what you mean by the 75x lug under the dash.

Dismal · 02-08-2010, 04:19 PM

Underneath the driver's footwell there is a powerblock. It's roughly where your left knee would be while your driving. There is a terminal marked "75X"

blkpain1.8t · 02-08-2010, 06:03 PM

Ah, okay. That would act as a remote signal to turn the aftermarket amp on and off with the HU? Sheesh, this was NOT as difficult in my GTI!

blkpain1.8t · 02-16-2010, 03:10 PM

Edit: I'm an idiot...never mind. It works. Thanks for all the help guys.

01-24-2010, 07:00 PM	#1
blkpain1.8t Slave to the grind... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Firestone Posts: 1,892	Aftermarket subs/amp wiring question - 05 NB Vert Monsoon I've got everything I need to install aftermarket subs/amp in the wife's 05 NB Vert...everything but the information on the monsoon amp wiring. I am familiar with the monsoon system in my 03 GTI, but I don't know how much different, if at all, the wiring is in the 05 NB. I need to know specifically which wires to tap for the LOC, as well as the remote wire so the amp/subs will turn on when the HU is turned on. Thanks for looking. __________________ Political Correctness: A doctorine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

01-26-2010, 10:18 AM	#4
blkpain1.8t Slave to the grind... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Firestone Posts: 1,892	I just thought it would be easier to tap into the harness going directly into the Monsoon amp, as it's local and I won't have to run as much wiring through the cabin to the trunk. I did it in my GTI with great success. However, it sounds like you guys suggest tapping directly out of the back of the HU as a better route; perhaps I should rethink my strategy. __________________ Political Correctness: A doctorine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

02-07-2010, 11:52 AM	#7
blkpain1.8t Slave to the grind... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Firestone Posts: 1,892	I don't quite understand what you mean by the 75x lug under the dash. __________________ Political Correctness: A doctorine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

02-08-2010, 04:19 PM	#8
Dismal Undisputed Go-Kart Champ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: CSCSU, Great Lakes, IL Posts: 1,871	Underneath the driver's footwell there is a powerblock. It's roughly where your left knee would be while your driving. There is a terminal marked "75X" __________________ MOΛΩN ΛABÉ 'Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.' ~ Thomas Jefferson Seaman United States Navy Currently in training to become an Electronics Technician 3rd Class.

02-08-2010, 06:03 PM	#9
blkpain1.8t Slave to the grind... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Firestone Posts: 1,892	Ah, okay. That would act as a remote signal to turn the aftermarket amp on and off with the HU? Sheesh, this was NOT as difficult in my GTI! __________________ Political Correctness: A doctorine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

01-26-2010, 09:12 AM	#3
blazerpounds Cable Guy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greeley Posts: 92	get turn on from the 75x terminal. all your speaker wires behind the deck that you would want to tap are heavier gage "twisted pair" wires. you rreally can tap any of them that you want, its all the same really coming out of the head unit.

02-07-2010, 11:18 AM	#6
blazerpounds Cable Guy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greeley Posts: 92	no youre still gonna need thre 75x lug under the dash for turn on to your amp.

02-16-2010, 03:10 PM	#10
blkpain1.8t Slave to the grind... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Firestone Posts: 1,892	Edit: I'm an idiot...never mind. It works. Thanks for all the help guys. __________________ Political Correctness: A doctorine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

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