I've just installed a Pyle Amp & Radio in an old boat that didn't have radio wiring already set up or a built-in harness. I wired 8 gauge marine wire to the amplifier from the battery, connected all 4 speakers to the bridged terminal on the amp, and connected the REM wire to the Blue wire on the back of the Pyle Radio and nothing turns on. Now, m a novice at this, but the instructions for the Pyle radio unit are terrible. I'm assuming a large amount of the power that I have connected directly to the battery from the amplifier should be enough to be diverted to both the radio itself through the REM and speakers. Supposedly the radio/head units don't require much power to run and the REM wire is supposed to handle 12 volts easily. So I thought this wire along with the RCA cables is all you need to signal and power on the radio. Perhaps I'm wrong about this... So this leaves me to believe that I may need to separately wire the radio head unit to the battery as well. This is where the included directions in the radio are extremely vague. I'm guessing the directions are assuming everyone has a prewired car or boat and just has to connect the wires to the appropriate colors coming through the dash. I'm, however, starting a new install on a boat that never had a radio and no such designated wiring preinstalled in this boat. So explain to me if the power from the amplifier is enough to power the radio and speakers or if I need to have another dedicated power and ground line to the radio as well? If that is the case do I just twist the red/yellow wires on the wiring kit that came with the radio and connect them into separate 14-18 gauge new marine wire that I now have to run separately from the battery to the back of the radio? Please advise. I thank you in advance!
The head unit does need to be wired separately. Yellow connects directly to the positive terminal on the battery or to positive power in a nearby fuse box. Red connects to the ignition so that the stereo will turn off when the boat is turned off. Black connects to ground or the negative terminal on the battery.
@@rocktheboataudio Thank you very much! I wish the included instructions to the wiring diagram actually showed this. Instead, it just shows wiring harness to wiring harness assuming everyone is already pre-wired for a stereo system. Now it seems I can also combine/twist the red/yellow strands and connect them to positive power to the battery without any issues. The on/off switch on the radio should act as my cut-off switch, not to mention I have a master switch disconnect on my marine battery to cut off all power anyways when I want to use my solar-powered trickle-charger to maintain the battery. Therefore, I would be fine bypassing the ignition switch right if I remember to manually turn off the radio at the power button or use my quick disconnect at the master switch? The ignition wire just seems like an additional fail to other fail-safes I already have. Let me know your opinion on this. Thanks!
I've just installed a Pyle Amp & Radio in an old boat that didn't have radio wiring already set up or a built-in harness. I wired 8 gauge marine wire to the amplifier from the battery, connected all 4 speakers to the bridged terminal on the amp, and connected the REM wire to the Blue wire on the back of the Pyle Radio and nothing turns on. Now, m a novice at this, but the instructions for the Pyle radio unit are terrible. I'm assuming a large amount of the power that I have connected directly to the battery from the amplifier should be enough to be diverted to both the radio itself through the REM and speakers. Supposedly the radio/head units don't require much power to run and the REM wire is supposed to handle 12 volts easily. So I thought this wire along with the RCA cables is all you need to signal and power on the radio. Perhaps I'm wrong about this...
So this leaves me to believe that I may need to separately wire the radio head unit to the battery as well. This is where the included directions in the radio are extremely vague. I'm guessing the directions are assuming everyone has a prewired car or boat and just has to connect the wires to the appropriate colors coming through the dash. I'm, however, starting a new install on a boat that never had a radio and no such designated wiring preinstalled in this boat. So explain to me if the power from the amplifier is enough to power the radio and speakers or if I need to have another dedicated power and ground line to the radio as well? If that is the case do I just twist the red/yellow wires on the wiring kit that came with the radio and connect them into separate 14-18 gauge new marine wire that I now have to run separately from the battery to the back of the radio? Please advise. I thank you in advance!
The head unit does need to be wired separately. Yellow connects directly to the positive terminal on the battery or to positive power in a nearby fuse box. Red connects to the ignition so that the stereo will turn off when the boat is turned off. Black connects to ground or the negative terminal on the battery.
@@rocktheboataudio Thank you very much! I wish the included instructions to the wiring diagram actually showed this. Instead, it just shows wiring harness to wiring harness assuming everyone is already pre-wired for a stereo system.
Now it seems I can also combine/twist the red/yellow strands and connect them to positive power to the battery without any issues. The on/off switch on the radio should act as my cut-off switch, not to mention I have a master switch disconnect on my marine battery to cut off all power anyways when I want to use my solar-powered trickle-charger to maintain the battery.
Therefore, I would be fine bypassing the ignition switch right if I remember to manually turn off the radio at the power button or use my quick disconnect at the master switch? The ignition wire just seems like an additional fail to other fail-safes I already have. Let me know your opinion on this. Thanks!