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Amp wiring

Post by Bargain Bucket » Sat May 26, 2012 6:35 pm

I'm trying to wire up my subwoofer amp but failing miserably on which wires to splice into. I have searched and found various threads on the subject but I must be too stupid to understand. It's a bog standard OEM install (no DSP, no Harmon Kardon, etc). I need to decide where to take the remote on/off signal from and where to pick up the OEM rear speaker left and right signals from (my sub amp has high level inputs). It's a facelift E53. Do I pick up all of these signals from the BM54? If so, which wires?

Any help greatly appreciated !!!!

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Amp wiring

Post by Rusty » Sun May 27, 2012 12:50 am

Do you have an amp in the bottom of the left boot cubby? It will be on the back of the Bluetooth's big shiny box?


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Re: Amp wiring

Post by Bargain Bucket » Sun May 27, 2012 6:54 am

No I don't. Nothing but air and a few other unknown substances lurking there.
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Re: Amp wiring

Post by Sanj » Sun May 27, 2012 12:28 pm

Go to the quadlock on the BM54 and look for these:

Rear Left
+Yellow w/ Violet Stripe
- Yellow w/ Grey Stripe

Rear Right
+ Blue w/ Violet Stripe
- Blue w/ Grey Stripe

Splice these to get yourspeaker feed to the amp.

Remote is the purple w/ White stripe.
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Re: Amp wiring

Post by Bargain Bucket » Sun May 27, 2012 7:16 pm

Excellent. Thank you Sanj :D
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