Amplifier Questions

[Murray]

ok I have a coulple of questions to ask you guys

1. Has anyone heard of a Boss "AVA" series amp? I think Boss makes an "AVA" series head deck but I've never heard of an "AVA" amp. Anyway, I picked one up and it says it's an "AVA-370"

2.On my amp there are three hookups in a croup (B+ , REM , GND) I know that B+ is the possitive battery connection, GND is ground, but what is the REM? Do I need to use this to hook up my amp?

3. On my amp there is also a spot fo "hi input", what exactly is this and can it be used with any head unit?

Last but not least

4. Is there really a great reduction in sound quality if you run your power wire and you're RCA's along the same path?

Well that's all for now, any help would be appreciated.


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[Rich]

Originally posted by Murray
2.On my amp there are three hookups in a croup (B+ , REM , GND) I know that B+ is the possitive battery connection, GND is ground, but what is the REM? Do I need to use this to hook up my amp?

The REM connection you mentioned refers to a wire on the deck,you need to connect this cause when u turn the deck on, it sends a signal to the amp telling it to power up ,then when the deck is off, the amp will be off, and not draining your battery. :smoka:

The Deck should have a wire for this, check the manual for a wiring diagram, or look on the back of the deck, it should be labled.

Personally I havent heard of a Boss AVA-370 amp, but then again, im not a big Boss fan myself, im a Pioneer man myself

I personally have my power wires and my RCA's close together, and I havent had a problem, but the power wire im running is stuff my dad got from work, its got quite a bit of shielding, hopefully someone else can answer that better for ya,

and about the high's input on the amp, I have no clue...sorry I cant help ya more dude.




Good luck with the install man, and tell us how it sounds when ur done

[Murray]

Thanks for the help,

just one more thing

What type of wire do you use to connect the REM?


P.S. I found out the the high inputs are for decks which don't support RCA's, you just connect speaker wire to them.

[Rich]

you can practically use any kind of wire to hook up the REM. It doesnt have to be very big at all because all it does is carry a tiny little signal. you can probably find some really thin cheap wire at an electronics store, or maybe where u bought ur amp.

[DannMann99]

I agree

[Integra4200]

i have all my wires running togther and i've heard some nosies but only when the music is turned all the way down. only happens some times. but i've also got a cheap wire kit... about to replace it all.

[bumpinstang77]

Dude Dannman this thread is from like 4 years ago!!!!! wtf.

[m1lkman]

Another Epic 4 year bump

*bump*

UGH!

also, does the REM wire have to be connected? Trying to test an amp off an old ATX PC power supply.

[PaulD]

well, if you want it to actually turn on it does. You can just jumper a wire from the +12V terminal to the remote term for testing.

[m1lkman]

Thanks.

Yup, amp is fried, time to check craigslist.